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 JOIN COLLEAGUES TO DEFEND USE OF CROP PROTECTION PRODUCTS

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN COLLEAGUES TO DEFEND USE OF CROP PROTECTION PRODUCTS

Letter to Biden Details Administration’s Repeated Actions to Limit their Use 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stood up for the continued use of Glyphosate and other critical crop protection products in a letter to President Biden.

U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) led the letter, which was also signed by Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).  It emphasizes...

HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGES MISS. AG PRODUCERS TO ACCESS NEW USDA RELIEF PROGRAM

HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGES MISS. AG PRODUCERS TO ACCESS NEW USDA RELIEF PROGRAM

Miss. Senator Says State’s Commodity & Specialty Crop Producers Could Receive an Estimated $80 Million for Losses in 2020-2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged commodity and specialty crop producers in Mississippi to learn more about a new U.S. Department of Agriculture emergency relief program for losses incurred in 2020 and 2021.

The USDA on Monday announced it established a...

The need to support U.S. seafood by implementing import protections

Kodiak (Alaska) Daily Mirror

The need to support U.S. seafood by implementing import protections

By Duncan Fields

Sometimes I've eaten something and experienced a vaguely unpleasant taste. After setting for a while, it soured in my stomach. That's how I've come to feel about the John Sackton...