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)
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH URGE BIDEN TO DROP STEP-UP IN BASIS TAX-HIKE PROPOSAL
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH URGE BIDEN TO DROP STEP-UP IN BASIS TAX-HIKE PROPOSAL
Miss. Senators, Colleagues Advocate for Family-owned Businesses, Farms, Ranches
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week joined the entire Senate Republican caucus in urging President Biden to abandon his effort to impose a capital gains tax increase on family-owned businesses, farms, and ranches.
The Senators sent Biden a letter stressing that repealing this part...
HYDE-SMITH: MISS. FAMILY FARMS AT RISK AS DEMOCRATS TEE UP RECKLESS $3.5 TRILLION TAX & SPENDING SPREE
HYDE-SMITH: MISS. FAMILY FARMS AT RISK AS DEMOCRATS TEE UP RECKLESS $3.5 TRILLION TAX & SPENDING SPREE
Study Shows Miss. Family Farmers, Ranchers Would Pay the Heaviest Price under Dem. Tax Schemes
VIDEO: Senator Assails Democratic Tax Plans as Harmful to Mississippi Farms, Ranches.
VIDEO CLIP: Senator Assails Democratic Tax Plans as Harmful to Mississippi Farms, Ranches.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today assailed proposed tax changes in the Democrats’ $3.5...
LAND ACQUIRED FOR LODGE AND CONFERENCE CENTER ON LAKE OKHISSA
(NOTE: The Scenic Rivers Development Alliance issued the following news release on Friday, July 16.)
LAND ACQUIRED FOR LODGE AND CONFERENCE CENTER ON LAKE OKHISSA
July 16, 2021
Meadville, MS (Press Release) - Scenic Rivers Development Alliance today announced the acquisition of approximately 150 acres of land along the shoreline of Lake Okhissa in Southwest Mississippi from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).
Scenic Rivers Development Alliance is a body politic of the State of Mississippi, which...
MS senators call for National Women in Agriculture Day
Vicksburg Daily News
MS senators call for National Women in Agriculture Day
March 24, 2022
By Staff Reports
As part of Women’s History Month and National Agriculture Week, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) cosponsored a bipartisan resolution to designate Mar. 24...
‘Environmental Justice’: Corps officials testify on the Yazoo Pumps Project
Vicksburg Post
‘Environmental Justice’: Corps officials testify on the Yazoo Pumps Project
By Anna Guizerix
Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith pressed U.S. Army Corps officials on environmental justice and the Yazoo Backwater Pumps project this week.
At a Senate Energy and Water Development...
EPA Fiddles as Flood Clock Rolls on Mississippi Delta’s Forgotten Nightmare
Farm Journal
EPA Fiddles as Flood Clock Rolls on Mississippi Delta’s Forgotten Nightmare
By Chris Bennett
If ever a nightmare saga tangled government bureaucracy and politics with science and the backdoor dealings of a federal agency, the Yazoo Backwater Project stands front and center.
Welcome...