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 STRESSES NEED FOR YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS TO FEDS MEETING IN VICKSBURG
HYDE-SMITH STRESSES NEED FOR YAZOO BACKWATER PUMPS TO FEDS MEETING IN VICKSBURG
Interagency Working Group Convenes in Miss. to Learn More on Desperate South Delta Flood Control Needs
VICKSBURG, MISS. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today addressed federal officials to again stress the need for the federal government to construct a pumping station to successfully deliver effective flood protection to the Yazoo Backwater Area of the South Delta.
Hyde-Smith was among members of the...
HYDE-SMITH DENOUNCES DEM’S RECKLESS TAX & SPEND SCHEME, WILL VOTE AGAINST SENATE PASSAGE
HYDE-SMITH DENOUNCES DEM’S RECKLESS TAX & SPEND SCHEME, WILL VOTE AGAINST SENATE PASSAGE
Miss. Senator Contends Job Creators, Workers Will Ultimately Pay for ‘President Biden’s Bad Ideas’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) tonight denounced the latest iteration of the Democrats’ reckless tax and spend scheme forced through the Senate, predicting that job creators and middle-class families will ultimately pay the price for the radical policies in the legislation.
Hyde...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES APPLAUD PASSAGE OF NATIONAL CATFISH MONTH RESOLUTION
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES APPLAUD PASSAGE OF NATIONAL CATFISH MONTH RESOLUTION
Senate Approves Resolution Recognizing an Industry that in Miss. Earned $232 Million in 2021, Employing Thousands
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded Senate passage of a resolution they sponsored to designate August 2022 as National Catfish Month.
The resolution (S.Res.746) recognizes the importance of U.S. catfish to our economy and praises...
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...
Louisiana lawmakers ask International Trade Commission to extend antidumping duties on shrimp imports
Seafood Source
Louisiana lawmakers ask International Trade Commission to extend antidumping duties on shrimp imports
By Nathan Strout
Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Louisiana have asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to extend antidumping duties on imported warmwater shrimp, suggesting...