Senator Hyde-Smith, a cattle farmer and the former Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, understands the importance of the state’s $7.5 billion agricultural and forestry industries. As a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Senator will work on legislation, programs, and policies to allow agriculture and related industries to grow in Mississippi and the nation.
The Senator’s record includes protecting private property rights against eminent domain abuses, helping to open foreign markets for Mississippi agricultural products, and supporting country-of-origin labeling.
(March 19 to August 15, 2025, the USDA Farm Service Agency is issuing up to $10 billion in direct payments to eligible agricultural producers of eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program. Senator Hyde-Smith fought to get this assistance enacted in December 2024. These one-time economic assistance payments will help eligible commodity producers in Mississippi mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and falling commodity prices. Learn more: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/ecap)
HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ANIMAL DISEASE QUICK-RESPONSE PLEDGES FROM USDA ASSISTANT SECRETARY NOMINEES
HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ANIMAL DISEASE QUICK-RESPONSE PLEDGES FROM USDA ASSISTANT SECRETARY NOMINEES
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Discusses Animal Disease Response Needs with USDA Nominees.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss), with an eye on various animal diseases threatening the livestock and poultry industry, today encouraged the nominees to lead U.S. Department of Agriculture regulatory and research programs to endorse early preparation and rapid response policies to combat...
HYDE-SMITH WARNS AGAINST BASELESS ATTACKS ON AMERICAN FOOD PRODUCTION IN PENDING MAHA REPORT
HYDE-SMITH WARNS AGAINST BASELESS ATTACKS ON AMERICAN FOOD PRODUCTION IN PENDING MAHA REPORT
HHS Sec. Dismisses Miss. Senator’s Concerns that MAHA Report Will Ignore Decades of Sound Science, Undermine Confidence in American Food Supply with False Claims
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of an expected Thursday release of an initial Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report, U.S. Senator Cindy...
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO COMBAT SCREWWORM OUTBREAK
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO COMBAT SCREWWORM OUTBREAK
The STOP Screwworms Act would Boost Capacity to Stop Parasite from Reaching U.S. Livestock & Wildlife
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) this week cosponsored bipartisan legislation to step up American efforts to ensure a resurgent infestation of the New World screwworm (NWS) does not reach the United States where the impacts to animal health and agriculture could be devastating.
The introduction of the Strengthening...
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Talks Kirk Murder, Farming, & Mississippi Issues with Ricky
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Talks Kirk Murder, Farming, & Mississippi Issues with Ricky
SuperTalk Mississippi
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith spends the entire show with Ricky. They discuss the Charlie Kirk murder, Mississippi Farmers, and many other topics.
Cassidy, Hyde-Smith push for tariffs on Indian shrimp
The Center Square
Cassidy, Hyde-Smith push for tariffs on Indian shrimp
By Nolan Mckendry | The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The screws on foreign shrimp may be further tightened with a newly introduced bill from Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy.
"President Trump imposed...
Sen. Cassidy wants to slap tariffs on imported shrimp; shrimpers agree
WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, La.
Sen. Cassidy wants to slap tariffs on imported shrimp; shrimpers agree
VIDEO: Senator Cassidy introduced the India Shrimp Tariff Act this week, proposing a 40% tariff on shrimp imported from India by 2028.
By Liam Combs
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Senator Cassidy...