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: ADDITIONAL MISS. LIVESTOCK, POULTRY PRODUCERS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR USDA CORONAVIRUS AID
HYDE-SMITH: ADDITIONAL MISS. LIVESTOCK, POULTRY PRODUCERS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR USDA CORONAVIRUS AID
USDA Rule Expands CFAP 2 Payments to Livestock, Poultry Contract Producers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today encouraged eligible agriculture producers in Mississippi to apply for U.S. Department of Agriculture assistance related to losses linked to the coronavirus pandemic.
The USDA recently published...
MISS. SENATORS, COLLEAGUES RECOGNIZE AUGUST AS NATIONAL CATFISH MONTH
MISS. SENATORS, COLLEAGUES RECOGNIZE AUGUST AS NATIONAL CATFISH MONTH
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), U.S. Senator Rafael Warnock (R-Ga.), and other Senate colleagues today praised Senate passage of their resolution to designate August 2021 as National Catfish Month.
The resolution recognizes the importance of catfish farmers and workers, and commends the contributions of the farm-raised catfish industry to the economy. The resolution (...
HYDE-SMITH CASTS AN EMPHATIC “NO” VOTE ON DEMS’ $4 TRILLION RECKLESS TAX & SPENDING SPREE
HYDE-SMITH CASTS AN EMPHATIC “NO” VOTE ON DEMS’ $4 TRILLION RECKLESS TAX & SPENDING SPREE
“There’s an old saying that money doesn’t grow on trees. This is a lesson lost on Democrats…”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cast an emphatic “NO” vote against an astounding FY2022 Reckless Tax and Spending Spree budget resolution that will allow Democrats to impose taxes and new spending exceeding $4.2 trillion to fund a gigantic expansion of federal government programs...
From WOTUS to Rural Programming: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith advocates for farmers to overcome challenges
RFD TV
From WOTUS to Rural Programming: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith advocates for farmers to overcome challenges
RFD-TV News Staff, Currey McCullough
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith fought for Farm Bill change in a recent Senate Ag Hearing.
RFD-TV’s Tammi Arender was on Capitol Hill to hear some of...
USDA aide says tracking foreign land buyers requires funding
CQ Roll Call
USDA aide says tracking foreign land buyers requires funding
By Ellyn Ferguson, CQ
The Agriculture Department will need funding and up-to-date technology if lawmakers want the agency to track farmland purchases by foreign buyers, especially those with ties to the People’s Republic of...
Senators Reintroduce Cattle Market Reform Bill
Kanas Ag Connection
Senators Reintroduce Cattle Market Reform Bill
Kansas Ag Connection
U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) Thursday introduced the bipartisan Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023.
The...