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 ADDITIONAL USDA PURCHASE OF GULF SHRIMP
HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ADDITIONAL USDA PURCHASE OF GULF SHRIMP
Miss. Senator Asks Vilsack to Approve Section 32 Purchase to Ease Pressures on Domestic Shrimp Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve a request for additional federal purchases of wild-caught shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico.
In a letter issued Thursday, Hyde-Smith asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to approve a domestic shrimp industry request for...
HYDE-SMITH, COTTON & SCOTT INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN CHINESE SEAFOOD IMPORTS
HYDE-SMITH, COTTON & SCOTT INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN CHINESE SEAFOOD IMPORTS
Bill Includes Ban on Aquaculture Products, Imposes Sanctions on Companies that Facilitate Imports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in introducing legislation to ban U.S. imports of seafood and aquaculture products from China.
The Ban China’s Forbidden Operations in the Oceanic Domain (Ban C-FOOD) Act (S.3417) would also...
HYDE-SMITH, GUEST & EZELL SEEK CHANGES TO NEW USDA EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM
HYDE-SMITH, GUEST & EZELL SEEK CHANGES TO NEW USDA EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM
Miss. Lawmakers Part of Bicameral Effort to Stop Flawed Payment Plan for Natural Disaster Losses
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) are part of a bicameral effort calling on the Biden administration to abandon a long-delayed and deeply-flawed agricultural emergency relief program.
The Mississippi lawmakers signed a letter...
Safer Routes for Logging Trucks in Mississippi
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Safer Routes for Logging Trucks in Mississippi
Southeast Division
American Loggers Council
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS) secured a provision in the Transportation — HUD Appropriations Bill, signed into law March 9, to allow unprocessed agricultural commodities, including...
Federal proposal would reverse farm workers' wage increase
Greenville (N.C.) Daily Reflector
Federal proposal would reverse farm workers' wage increase
Alan Wooten. The Center Square
North Carolina’s senior senator, noting a projected net income loss of 25% this year, says farmers making decisions on crop planting would be helped if the adverse effect...
Senator Young & colleagues urge freeze to Ag Wage Rate that could threaten America’s agriculture independence
WTCA Radio Plymouth, Ind.
Senator Young & colleagues urge freeze to Ag Wage Rate that could threaten America’s agriculture independence
Posted by Kathy Bottorff
U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and a group of Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Senate...