HYDE-SMITH, WITNESSES SEE STARK FUTURE FOR PRODUCERS WITHOUT NEW FARM BILL
HYDE-SMITH, WITNESSES SEE STARK FUTURE FOR PRODUCERS WITHOUT NEW FARM BILL
Ag Committee Hears from Senatobia Sweet Potato Farmer on Need for Stronger Specialty Crop Safety Net, H-2A Visa Reforms & Death Tax Repeal

VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Mississippi Sweet Potato Farmer on Risks Without a New Farm Bill.
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith, Witness Discuss How the Death Tax Harms the Agriculture Community.
PHOTO: Senator Hyde-Smith Visits with Anna Rhinewalt of Senatobia’s Sandy Ridge Farms...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO BEGIN OVERTURNING HARMFUL BIDEN ENERGY POLICIES
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO BEGIN OVERTURNING HARMFUL BIDEN ENERGY POLICIES
Senator Cosponsors Resolutions of Disapproval to Rescind Policies, Taxes Imposed to Restrict U.S. Energy Production
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cheered the start of a legislative effort to begin repealing certain Biden administration rules intended to curtail American oil and gas production, including future development in the Gulf of America.
Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Energy...
HYDE-SMITH AGAIN SEEKS PERMANENT REPEAL OF DEATH TAX
HYDE-SMITH AGAIN SEEKS PERMANENT REPEAL OF DEATH TAX
Miss. Senator Says Family Farms, Small Businesses Subjected to Punitive Federal Estate Tax
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of the congressional debate on extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts before the close of 2025, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is again an original cosponsor of legislation to protect farmers, ranchers, and small businesses by permanently repealing the federal estate tax, commonly known as the “death tax.”
The Death...
GOP senators propose subsidy boost for buy-up crop insurance
Agri-Pulse
GOP senators propose subsidy boost for buy-up crop insurance
By Philip Brasher
Some Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee are calling for increasing premium subsidies for crop insurance policies that will cover up to 85% of a farmer’s revenue risk without jeopardizing their...
FMCSA reports low numbers for truck driver apprenticeship program
The Trucker
FMCSA reports low numbers for truck driver apprenticeship program
By John Worthen
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program received just 113 application from motor carriers as of February.
That’s well below the...
Biden Changes Course On A Major Power Grid Rule After Backlash
HuffPost
Biden Changes Course On A Major Power Grid Rule After Backlash
Facing bipartisan pushback and a nationwide shortage of electrical transformers, federal regulators tweaked a major new energy-efficiency rule.
By Alexander C. Kaufman
In the years before the United States’ aging network of...