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 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...
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 (...
Army Corps publishes Notice of Intent to prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Yazoo Backwater area
Magnolia Tribune
Army Corps publishes Notice of Intent to prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Yazoo Backwater area
Public comment is being accepted through August 7th. A draft of the Environmental Impact Statement is expected by December.
By Frank Corder
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
Senate committee unanimously approves agriculture bill
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Senate committee unanimously approves agriculture bill
By Daily Leader Staff
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed an appropriations bill that would direct federal investments in agricultural programs in Mississippi. Committee member Sen. Cindy Hyde...
U.S. Senate introduces Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act
Brookhaven Daily Leader
U.S. Senate introduces Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act
By Daily Leader Staff
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.1957) was introduced this week by Sen. Roger Marshall M.D. (R-Kan.). Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven, helped introduce the bipartisan...