
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 HIGHLIGHTS MISS. BENEFITS IN SENATE AG FUNDING BILL
HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS MISS. BENEFITS IN SENATE AG FUNDING BILL
Miss. Senator Serves on Committee that Approves FY2024 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today welcomed committee passage of an appropriations measure that would direct federal investments in agricultural programs in Mississippi.
Hyde-Smith voted with her committee colleagues to advance the FY2024 Agriculture, Rural...
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BRING WHOLE MILK ACCESS TO ALL SCHOOLS
HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO BRING WHOLE MILK ACCESS TO ALL SCHOOLS
Miss. Senator Cosponsors Bipartisan ‘Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today helped introduce bipartisan legislation to amend the federal school lunch program guidelines to allow unflavored and flavored whole milk to be offered in school cafeterias.
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.1957), introduced by Senator Roger Marshall M.D. (R-Kan.) on Tuesday, would expand...
HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE TACKLE LOOMING ELECTRIC RELIABILITY PROBLEMS
HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE TACKLE LOOMING ELECTRIC RELIABILITY PROBLEMS
Policies Targeting Natural Gas, Coal Creates Risks of Greater Outages, Rolling Blackouts

VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Questions the Risks of Inaction to Fix Nation’s Electric Grid Problems.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and her colleagues on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today examined how Biden administration energy policies increasingly put the nation’s electric grid at risk...
Mississippi Senator introduces ‘Safer Shrimp Imports Act’
WLOX-TV Biloxi
Mississippi Senator introduces ‘Safer Shrimp Imports Act’
"It would give American consumers greater confidence that the imported shrimp they're eating isn't contaminated."
By WLOX Staff
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Cindy Hyde-Smith, a U.S. Senator from Mississippi, introduced...
AOA Thursday 2-20-25
Agriculture of America
AOA Thursday 2-20-25
https://sites.libsyn.com/541047/aoa-thursday-2-20-25
Show Notes
On Thursday's AOA, we start the show with a technical look at this week's market action with Brian Splitt from AgMarket.net in Segment One. Next in Segment Two, we have a conversation...
Destination by Hyatt picks Okhissa Lake as site of striking new development
Magnolia Tribune
Destination by Hyatt picks Okhissa Lake as site of striking new development
By: Lynne Jeter
Last month, Destination by Hyatt announced it would build an impressive, high-end 200-room lodge and a 1,000-person conference center on Okhissa Lake in rural southwest Mississippi, slated...