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 COSPONSORS ‘RURAL JOBS ACT’
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘RURAL JOBS ACT’
Bipartisan Bill Would Focus New Market Tax Credits toward Fighting Rural Poverty, Creating Jobs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored bipartisan legislation to put greater focus on using New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) to increase job-creating investments in rural communities.
The Rural Jobs Act (S.1671) would expand upon the U.S. Treasury Department program by designating $500 million in NMTC investments for “Rural...
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $25 MILLION USDA ACTION TO BOOST SHRIMP INDUSTRY
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $25 MILLION USDA ACTION TO BOOST SHRIMP INDUSTRY
USDA Commits to Purchase of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Wild-Caught Shrimp
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) commitment to purchase an additional $25 million in wild-caught shrimp that should benefit the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The USDA on Thursday announced the purchase of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic wild-caught shrimp through its...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO RENEW FEDERAL WATER, WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO RENEW FEDERAL WATER, WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS
As Appropriator, Senator Has Role in Funding Programs Benefitting Miss. Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for Senate passage of legislation to reauthorize a series of federal water and wastewater infrastructure programs that benefit Mississippi communities.
The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (S.914) passed on an 89-2 vote. The bill renews...
California’s War on Bacon Has Tempers Sizzling in Farming States
California Globe
California’s War on Bacon Has Tempers Sizzling in Farming States
‘The EATS Act would prevent states from impeding agricultural trade from other states within the United States’
By Katy Grimes
From the first state in the nation to offer prison inmates an all-vegan menu...
A Conversation With Fontaine On Restaurants, COVID Impact
Northside Sun/Emmerich Newspapers
A Conversation With Fontaine On Restaurants, COVID Impact
Northside Sun
Pat Fontaine is the executive director of the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association (MHRA). He has worked for the MHRA directly and indirectly since 2004 when he began as a loss...
Comment period closes on NCBA’s petition to change wording on beef packaging labels.
Farm Progress
Comment period closes on NCBA’s petition to change wording on beef packaging labels.
By Jacqui Fatka
In discussions on restoring market competitiveness, the Biden administration has promised action on USDA’s Product of the USA label. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association...