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 BACKS TIM SCOTT’S BILL TO PROTECT WORKERS, SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
HYDE-SMITH BACKS TIM SCOTT’S BILL TO PROTECT WORKERS, SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
Landmark ‘Employee Rights Act’ Would Update Nation’s Labor Policies for the 21st Century
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday threw her support behind legislation to modernize the U.S. labor policies for the 21 century and away from policies that favor big labor over the interests of employees.
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Employee Rights Act of 2023 (S.1201)...
Hyde-Smith, AG secretary discuss USDA aid options for tornado victims
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Hyde-Smith, AG secretary discuss USDA aid options for tornado victims
By Daily Leader Staff
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven, spoke Wednesday with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resources available to Mississippians affected by the deadly tornadoes that tore across Mississippi on Friday.
Hyde-Smith used a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the FY2024 USDA budget request to...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH VOTE TO OVERTURN BIDEN WOTUS RULE
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH VOTE TO OVERTURN BIDEN WOTUS RULE
Senate Joins House in Approving Joint Resolution to Stop Far-reaching EPA Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted with a majority of Senators to overturn the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
The Senate voted 53-43 to approve a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to stop the new WOTUS rule finalized by the Environmental...
Foreign investment may be as harmful as foreign ownership for the U.S. farm sector
RFD TV
Foreign investment may be as harmful as foreign ownership for the U.S. farm sector
September 28, 2023 01:00 PM
Our greatest foreign ag concerns may not be the ownership of U.S. farmland, but foreign investment in agricultural business and research.
This is according to one of the...
Lawmakers demand ag trade dispute task force
Agri-Pulse
Lawmakers demand ag trade dispute task force
By Bill Tomson
Legislation is being introduced in the House and Senate to create a task force composed of officials with USDA and the U.S. Trade Representative's Office to identify agricultural trade barriers such as India’s farm subsidies...
Senators address rural veterinarian shortage
Farm Progress
Senators address rural veterinarian shortage
Stabenow, Crapo introduce Rural Veterinary Workforce Act.
By Joshua Baethge
Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D- Mich., and Mike Crapo, R- Idaho, introduced legislation this week to address what they say is a critical shortage of veterinarians in...