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 SUPPORTS BILL TO STOP BURDENSOME AG ODOR REPORTING REQUIREMENT
HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS BILL TO STOP BURDENSOME AG ODOR REPORTING REQUIREMENT
Biden’s EPA Eyes Eliminating Exemption that Protects Farms, Ranches from Reporting Animal Waste Air Emissions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has cosponsored legislation to ensure Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not impose burdensome animal waste odor reporting requirements on family farmers and ranchers.
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of S.2430, a bill introduced by U...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO ADVANCE BILL FUNDING ARMY CORPS WORKS IN MISSISSIPPI
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO ADVANCE BILL FUNDING ARMY CORPS WORKS IN MISSISSIPPI
Senate Committee Approves FY24 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted with the Senate Appropriations Committee to advance a FY2024 appropriations bill that includes more than $185.7 million for specifically-authorized U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects and activities in Mississippi.
The committee voted 29-0 to advance the FY2024 Energy and...
HYDE-SMITH EXPLORES RURAL WATER PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS IN 2023 FARM BILL
HYDE-SMITH EXPLORES RURAL WATER PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS IN 2023 FARM BILL
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Explores Improving USDA Rural Water Programs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today explored how the 2023 Farm Bill can maintain and improve rural water programs that serve a large segment of the population in Mississippi and across rural America.
Hyde-Smith participated in a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy hearing titled, Rural Water...
Senators oppose proposed lower duty fees for foreign catfish
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Senators oppose proposed lower duty fees for foreign catfish
By Ray King
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in warning the Biden administration of the disastrous economic outlook...
Hyde-Smith leads letter on catfish concerns
The Hagstrom Report
Hyde-Smith leads letter on catfish concerns
The Hagstrom Report
Thursday, January 18, 2024 | Volume 14 Number 9
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., on Wednesday led colleagues in a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo that requests a reversal of a preliminary decision...
Legislation would protect farmers, ranchers, landowners from costly federal overreach
Minot (N.D.) Daily News
Legislation would protect farmers, ranchers, landowners from costly federal overreach
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WASHINGTON – Sen. John Hoeven, R-ND, in late 2023 introduced the Farmers Freedom Act of 2023, legislation led by Sen. Mike Rounds, R-SD, to provide regulatory certainty for...