HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO AID MISSISSIPPIANS HARD-HIT BY PINE BEETLE, DROUGHT

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO AID MISSISSIPPIANS HARD-HIT BY PINE BEETLE, DROUGHT

USDA Secretary Pledges to Work with Miss. Senator to Address Ongoing Forestry Disaster

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Secures USDA Secretary Support for Pine Beetle Battle in Afflicted Mississippi Forests.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced legislation to increase the ability of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help Mississippians combat the growing southern pine...

HYDE-SMITH OFFERS NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL EDUCATION MONTH RESOLUTION

HYDE-SMITH OFFERS NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL EDUCATION MONTH RESOLUTION

Hyde-Smith, Bipartisan Cosponsors’ Measure Advocates Improving Heart Health Knowledge Among Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Monday introduced a resolution to encourage Americans to become more knowledgeable about their cholesterol levels to fight heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States.

In a salute to February’s American Heart Month, Hyde-Smith’s bipartisan...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES SEEK EPA APPEAL OF DICAMBA COURT DECISION

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES SEEK EPA APPEAL OF DICAMBA COURT DECISION

With Planting Imminent in Southern States, Senators Also Seek Expanded Existing Stock Order on Widely-Used Herbicide

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among 20 Senators asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect farmers from losing certain dicamba-based crop protection tools used by cotton and soybean producers by appealing a recent adverse court decision.

Hyde-Smith, a member of the...

Lawmakers demand ag trade dispute task force

Agri-Pulse

Lawmakers demand ag trade dispute task force

By Bill Tomson

Legislation is being introduced in the House and Senate to create a task force composed of officials with USDA and the U.S. Trade Representative's Office to identify agricultural trade barriers such as India’s farm subsidies...

After More Than Decade of Planning Reunion Parkway Becoming Reality

Northside Sun, Jackson

After More Than Decade of Planning Reunion Parkway Becoming Reality

By Nell Luter Floyd

On the drawing board for well over a decade, plans for Reunion Parkway required countless hours of work to reach where they now stand.

“We’ve had three or four different state...