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: 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
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...
LAND ACQUIRED FOR LODGE AND CONFERENCE CENTER ON LAKE OKHISSA
(NOTE: The Scenic Rivers Development Alliance issued the following news release on Friday, July 16.)
LAND ACQUIRED FOR LODGE AND CONFERENCE CENTER ON LAKE OKHISSA
July 16, 2021
Meadville, MS (Press Release) - Scenic Rivers Development Alliance today announced the acquisition of approximately 150 acres of land along the shoreline of Lake Okhissa in Southwest Mississippi from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).
Scenic Rivers Development Alliance is a body politic of the State of Mississippi, which...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES AGAINST ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, WANTS IMPROVEMENTS AS BILL MOVES FORWARD
HYDE-SMITH VOTES AGAINST ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, WANTS IMPROVEMENTS AS BILL MOVES FORWARD
Senator’s Public Lands & Offshore Leasing Amendment Stymied by Energy Committee Democrats
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted against advancing energy infrastructure legislation due to its expansion of federal powers over states and...
Senators Opposed to Mexico's Proposed Ban on GE Corn
USAgNet
Senators Opposed to Mexico's Proposed Ban on GE Corn
USAgNet
U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) led a bipartisan letter with 24 of their Senate colleagues to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) expressing...
Hyde-Smith turns attention to lack of large animal vets
Oxford Eagle
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...
Federal cattle ‘Price Discovery and Transparency Act’ proposed
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Federal cattle ‘Price Discovery and Transparency Act’ proposed
Legislation would shine brighter light on cattle costs
VIDEO: https://www.wdam.com/video/2022/12/17/legislation-would-shine-brighter-light-cattle-costs/
By Emily Blackmarr
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - U.S. Sen...