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)
MISS. SENATORS APPLAUD ARMY CORPS APPROVAL OF FINAL YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS PLAN
MISS. SENATORS APPLAUD ARMY CORPS APPROVAL OF FINAL YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS PLAN
Long-Sought Flood Control Project will Benefit the People, Economy & Environment of the South Mississippi Delta
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today applauded the release of the final U.S. Army Corps of Engineers environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Yazoo Backwater Study Area, which will move the long-sought flood control project toward becoming a...
HYDE-SMITH SAYS EMERGENCY FARM RELIEF NEEDED NOW TO ADDRESS UNPRECEDENTED MARKET CONDITIONS
HYDE-SMITH SAYS EMERGENCY FARM RELIEF NEEDED NOW TO ADDRESS UNPRECEDENTED MARKET CONDITIONS
Miss. Senator Fights to Ensure Sky-High Input Costs, Interest Rates, and Depressed Crop Prices Are Not Forgotten in Federal Disaster Aid Discussions
VIDEO CLIP: Senator Hyde-Smith Argues for Emergency Assistance for Agriculture.
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Argues for Emergency Assistance to Overcome Market-Related Challenges in Ag Sector.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today...
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES NEW DUTIES ON SHRIMP IMPORTS, SUPPORTS MORE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR MISS. SHRIMP INDUSTRY
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES NEW DUTIES ON SHRIMP IMPORTS, SUPPORTS MORE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR MISS. SHRIMP INDUSTRY
Hyde-Smith Supported U.S. Shrimp Industry Challenge to Unfair Trade Practices, Pressured Biden Admin. to Protect Shrimpers & Processors
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised a decision issued Tuesday that will help level the playing field for the Mississippi shrimp industry by imposing antidumping and countervailing duties on frozen warmwater shrimp...
Senators Want Special Investigator at USDA for Packers and Stockyards Violations
Progressive Farmer
Senators Want Special Investigator at USDA for Packers and Stockyards Violations
By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced legislation to establish a special investigator at USDA to look into competition issues surrounding...
Senate passes Hirono resolution designating April as ‘National Native Plant Month’
Maui Now
Senate passes Hirono resolution designating April as ‘National Native Plant Month’
Maui Now
April 7, 2025 · 2:27 PM EDT
The US Senate unanimously passed a resolution led by Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), designating April 2025 as “National Native Plant Month.”
The bipartisan resolution...
Senators Introduce Cormorant Relief Act to Support Catfish Farmers and Aquaculture Producers
Calhoun (Ala.) Journal
Senators Introduce Cormorant Relief Act to Support Catfish Farmers and Aquaculture Producers
Lee Evancho
Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), along with several of their Senate colleagues, have introduced the Cormorant Relief Act, a...