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, COLLEAGUES PRESS BIDEN TO NAME A FEDERAL CO-CHAIR FOR DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY
HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES PRESS BIDEN TO NAME A FEDERAL CO-CHAIR FOR DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY
Filling Position Would Promote Greater Opportunities in Eight-State Delta Region
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined colleagues in asking President Biden to name a Federal Co-Chair to the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), a position needed to allow the organization to fully use its ability to make investments in the eight-state Delta Region.
Hyde-Smith joined Senators...
HYDE-SMITH: USDA REPORT INVALIDATES CLAIM THAT BIDEN TAX PLAN WON’T HURT MANY FAMILY FARMS
HYDE-SMITH: USDA REPORT INVALIDATES CLAIM THAT BIDEN TAX PLAN WON’T HURT MANY FAMILY FARMS
Analysis Disproves Administration Claim Only 2 Percent of Farms Affected by $3.5 Trillion Tax & Spending Spree
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said a new report provides more evidence that capital gains tax changes to help pay for President Biden’s $3.5 trillion tax and spending plan will hit family farms more harshly than the administration will admit.
The U.S...
HYDE-SMITH WARNS DEMS’ $3.5 TRILLION PLAN COULD HARM MISS. DAIRIES, FARMS
HYDE-SMITH WARNS DEMS’ $3.5 TRILLION PLAN COULD HARM MISS. DAIRIES, FARMS
Ag. Subcommittee Reviews Challenges Facing Nations Dairies, Needed Reforms
VIDEO CLIP: Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses Democratic Tax Threat to Family Farms.
VIDEO CLIP: Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses Hardships on Dairy Farms in Mississippi, Southeast.
VIDEO CLIP: Tate County Dairy Farmer Mike Ferguson Testifies Before Senate Agriculture Panel.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today warned that the...
FACES OF THE FLOODS: EPA gives update on Yazoo Backwater Pumps; State legislators say government is stalling project
Vicksburg Post
FACES OF THE FLOODS: EPA gives update on Yazoo Backwater Pumps; State legislators say government is stalling project
By Anna Guizerix
Faces of the Floods is a series by The Vicksburg Post that tells the stories of people impacted by catastrophic floods in the Yazoo Backwater area...
Opinion | Wanted: More livestock veterinarians in rural communities
Washington Post
Opinion | Wanted: More livestock veterinarians in rural communities
By Cindy Hyde-Smith
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is the former Mississippi commissioner of agriculture and commerce and serves on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and the Senate...
There's a shortage of vets to treat farm animals. Pandemic pets are partly to blame
National Public Radio
There's a shortage of vets to treat farm animals. Pandemic pets are partly to blame
By Scott Neuman
One night last spring, Andy Berry, a livestock farmer in Mississippi, was working the phone. One of his cows was experiencing a life-threatening breech birth and his regular...