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, 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...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘FARMERS FREEDOM ACT’ TO FIGHT FEDERAL OVERREACH
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘FARMERS FREEDOM ACT’ TO FIGHT FEDERAL OVERREACH
Biden’s EPA Continues to Push WOTUS Red Tape on Farmers, Ranchers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced she has cosponsored legislation to combat federal regulatory overreach as the Biden administration continues its efforts to impose Clean Water Act restrictions on crop and rangeland.
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Farmers Freedom Act of 2023 (S.3366), which would protect...
HYDE-SMITH GETS USDA NOMINEE COMMITMENT ON RURAL HEALTH
HYDE-SMITH GETS USDA NOMINEE COMMITMENT ON RURAL HEALTH
USDA Rural Development Nominee Stresses Importance of Rural Healthcare, Water Programs at Hearing
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Focuses on Rural Healthcare, Water Systems at Hearing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received commitments from a Biden administration nominee to commit attention and resources to U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA programs that can aid rural healthcare and water systems.
Hyde...
Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Moves to Senate
Ohio Ag Connection
Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Moves to Senate
Ohio Ag Connection
Senate bill S. 1957, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, gained two more cosponsors from Ohio and Kansas, totaling 13 sponsors to-date.
The identical bill authored by House Ag Chairman G.T. Thompson passed the U.S...
Madison declares a state of disaster, seeks federal funds. See why
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Madison declares a state of disaster, seeks federal funds. See why
By Ross Reily
Eight pine trees are bunched together along the Madison Ave. right-of-way, just off of I-55 in Madison. They have died recently and need to be taken down because they pose a public-safety risk...
GOP senator demands answers from Biden admin on 'confusing' regulation that could crush farming families
Fox News
GOP senator demands answers from Biden admin on 'confusing' regulation that could crush farming families
13 senators signed on to the letter along with Ernst
By Andrew Mark Miller
FIRST ON FOX: Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst has penned a bipartisan letter with fellow senators to the Biden...