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, PANEL STRESS NEED FOR NEW FARM BILL TO SUPPORT YOUNG FARMERS, RANCHERS
HYDE-SMITH, PANEL STRESS NEED FOR NEW FARM BILL TO SUPPORT YOUNG FARMERS, RANCHERS
Senate Agriculture Hearing Includes Testimony from Young Noxubee Co. Farmer
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Opens Hearing on Clearing Path for Young Farmers, Ranchers.
VIDEO: Opening Statement of Witness Christian Good of Macon, Miss.
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith and Christian Good Discuss the Challenges of Catfish Farming.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed the need for Congress...
HYDE-SMITH WANTS ARKABUTLA DAM FIX PRIORITIZED, LOOKS TO FALL FOR MAJOR MOVES ON YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS
HYDE-SMITH WANTS ARKABUTLA DAM FIX PRIORITIZED, LOOKS TO FALL FOR MAJOR MOVES ON YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS
Senator Focuses on Critical Mississippi Flood Control Projects at Army Corps Budget Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received commitments from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials regarding prioritizing two important Mississippi flood control projects, the Arkabutla Lake dam and the Yazoo Backwater Area Pumps.
Hyde-Smith focused on the two...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH APPLAUD SENATE PASSAGE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BILL
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH APPLAUD SENATE PASSAGE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BILL
Miss. Senators Cosponsored the Bipartisan ‘America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded Senate passage of conservation legislation they cosponsored that will reauthorize or establish programs important to sportsmen, hunters, and cattlemen in Mississippi.
The Senate approved the America’s Conservation...
Hinds Community College unveils new training plane for students
WLBT-TV Jackson
Hinds Community College unveils new training plane for students
Video: Hinds Community College unveils new training plane for students
By Nathan Lee
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Aspiring pilots at Hinds Community College now have a new plane for training that was unveiled at the...
Lawmakers, Farm Groups Praise Release of Economic Aid
Progressive Farmer
Lawmakers, Farm Groups Praise Release of Economic Aid
By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor @ChrisClaytonDTN
Lawmakers and farm groups offered their praise Tuesday for USDA announcing the signup for the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) while also noting their...
USDA: Farmers can apply Wednesday for economic disaster aid
The Hagstrom Report
USDA: Farmers can apply Wednesday for economic disaster aid
By JERRY HAGSTROM
Agriculture Department officials told reporters today that farmers can begin applying Wednesday for the $10 billion in economic disaster aid that Congress passed as part of an end-of-the-year funding...