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 AGAIN JUMPS AT CHANCE TO END ‘SPRING FORWARD’ ‘FALL BACK’ RIGMAROLE
HYDE-SMITH AGAIN JUMPS AT CHANCE TO END ‘SPRING FORWARD’ ‘FALL BACK’ RIGMAROLE
Cosponsors Senator Rubio’s New ‘Sunshine Protection Act’ to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
WASHINGTON, D.C. – While the nation prepares to change their clocks next weekend, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week again threw her support behind the effort to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the United States.
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 (S...
HYDE-SMITH PROMOTES CONSERVATION, FORESTRY IMPROVEMENTS IN NEW FARM BILL
HYDE-SMITH PROMOTES CONSERVATION, FORESTRY IMPROVEMENTS IN NEW FARM BILL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today advocated for a more streamlined application process to encourage more agricultural producers to enroll in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs.
Hyde-Smith participated in another Senate Agriculture Committee hearing related to crafting a 2023 Farm Bill. Terry Crosby, a Tallahatchie County native and chief of the Natural Resources...
HYDE-SMITH CALLS OUT ‘MEATLESS’ TREND IN SCHOOL CAFETERIAS
HYDE-SMITH CALLS OUT ‘MEATLESS’ TREND IN SCHOOL CAFETERIAS
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Says Don’t Sacrifice Student Nutrition on the Altar of Climate Activism.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday called out school systems that are moving to remove meat from their federally-subsidized school lunch and breakfast programs.
Hyde-Smith delivered the remarks at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing titled, Farm Bill 2023: Nutrition Programs.
“For years, popular...
Cautious optimism over new plan recommended to finish the pumps
Mississippi Farm Bureau
Cautious optimism over new plan recommended to finish the pumps
By Jon Kalahar
They’d been in this very same room just weeks ago. Giving the same testimony about the rising waters, the flooded roads and homes, the farm land useless for another year. This time, however, it...
Details shared with community about new Yazoo Backwater pump plan
WAPT-TV Jackson
Details shared with community about new Yazoo Backwater pump plan
Project involves installing pumps to prevent flooding
Madeleine Nolan, Reporter
VICKSBURG, Miss. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency held the last of three community...
Yazoo River flood control project to be resurrected
The Center Square
Yazoo River flood control project to be resurrected
By Steve Wilson | The Center Square
(The Center Square) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at a plan to prevent annual flooding in the Yazoo River basin that will include resurrecting a massive pump project that has...