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)


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HYDE-SMITH ASSERTS PAST ECO-TERRORISM LINKS, LACK OF VERACITY SHOULD DISQUALIFY BLM NOMINEE

HYDE-SMITH ASSERTS PAST ECO-TERRORISM LINKS, LACK OF VERACITY SHOULD DISQUALIFY BLM NOMINEE

Senator Critical of Senate Dems Move to Confirm Tracy Stone-Manning Despite Ongoing Controversies, Unanswered Questions

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Delivers Remarks on Controversial BLM Nominee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Senate Democrats moved to confirm President Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today argued Tracy Stone-Manning’s...

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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...

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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

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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...

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Hyde-Smith turns attention to lack of large animal vets

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Hyde-Smith turns attention to lack of large animal vets

By Jake Davis

Veterinarians for large farm animals are in short supply.

Across the nation, fewer and fewer veterinary students choose to pursue careers as large animals veterinarians each year, leading to a massive shortage of...

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