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)
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $9.3 MILLION IN SUPPORT FOR MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITIES
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $9.3 MILLION IN SUPPORT FOR MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITIES
Miss. Senators Praise USDA Rural Development Awards to Support Equipment Purchases, Facility Upgrades
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of $9,317,500 for 42 community improvement projects in rural Mississippi.
The Community Facilities Program grants will be awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development.
“These targeted...
HYDE-SMITH: SENATE DEMOCRATS FOUR-FOR-FOUR IN BLOCKING URGENT COVID-19 RELIEF
HYDE-SMITH: SENATE DEMOCRATS FOUR-FOR-FOUR IN BLOCKING URGENT COVID-19 RELIEF
$500 Billion Targeted Relief for Health, Education, Small Businesses & Agriculture Again Spoiled
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today criticized ongoing Democratic opposition to passing a targeted COVID-19 relief package to provide urgent aid to the most pressing needs of small businesses, schools, the unemployed, and the healthcare system.
Senate Democrats for the fourth time since July...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR COVID-19 SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF, BUT SENATE DEMS. CONTINUE OBSTRUCTION
HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR COVID-19 SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF, BUT SENATE DEMS. CONTINUE OBSTRUCTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for the first of two measures intended to overcome partisan obstruction and begin delivering additional COVID-19 relief to the nation.
Unfortunately, Senate Democrats effectively blocked consideration of the Continuing Paycheck Protection Program Act. The measure would have provided $257.64 billion to support the Paycheck Protection...
EPA overturns approval of Mississippi Yazoo Pumps Project
The Associated Press
EPA overturns approval of Mississippi Yazoo Pumps Project
By Leah Willingham
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it has overturned the approval of a massive flood-control project in the south Mississippi Delta that officials said was...
Mississippi delegates blast EPA decision to stop Yazoo Pumps, Hyde-Smith says Congressman Bennie Thompson destroyed project
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Mississippi delegates blast EPA decision to stop Yazoo Pumps, Hyde-Smith says Congressman Bennie Thompson destroyed project
By Kelly Bennett
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is blasting an EPA decision to stop new efforts to construct a flood control project for the Yazoo...
Congressman Bennie Thompson kills Yazoo Pumps project with help from Biden EPA
Y’all Politics
Congressman Bennie Thompson kills Yazoo Pumps project with help from Biden EPA
Senator Hyde-Smith wastes no time in laying the blame at Thompson’s feet.
By Frank Corder
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stopped the effort to construct flood control pumps for...