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.
WJTV-TV Jackson
Mississippi senators urge USDA to protect catfish from viruses
By Sethanie Smith
WASHINGTON (WJTV) – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take action to mitigate the threat posed by two viruses to farm...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Federal bill could bring more agriculture education funds to Mississippi community colleges
By Caleb Salers
A pair of Mississippi lawmakers is pushing bipartisan legislation aimed at expanding agricultural workforce training and education programs at community colleges...
The Daily Yonder
Commentary: Ghosts of Housing Past (and Present)
One newspaperman in a remote part of Montana tells a ghost story about the rural housing crisis.
By Skylar Baker-Jordan
I live in a ghost town. No, really.
In March, I took a job editing a local newspaper in Glasgow, Montana. Yet...
McComb Enterprise-Journal
Hyde-Smith seeks update on disaster declaration following tornadoes
By FROM STAFF REPORTS
Federal officials are reviewing Mississippi’s request for a disaster declaration following last month’s tornado outbreak, and U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith expressed optimism that it...
American Ag Network
Tornadoes Leave Trail of Damage Across Rural America as 2026 Season Shows Unusual Pattern
By Corryn La Rue
Multiple tornadoes carved a destructive path across parts of the South and Midwest this spring, damaging homes, farms, churches and businesses while rural communities now...
Real Clear Policy
Trump’s Plan Is Making American Cotton King Again
By Jared Whitley
Vividly I learning about the importance of cotton in American history classes as a youth. The Industrial Revolution and Eli Whitney’s cotton gin fueling demand for clothes made from cotton gave a young American...
American Ag Network
Boozman Releases Farm Bill 2.0 Text, Built for Bipartisan Path — But Without Prop 12, E15
Jesse Allen
(WASHINGTON D.C.) — On Tuesday, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released the text of his Farm Bill 2.0 legislation, the Agricultural Act of 2026...
HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES ASK USDA TO PURCHASE SURPLUS CATFISH PRODUCTS
Hyde-Smith Leads Letter Asking Ag. Sec. to Approve Section 32 Purchase of Surplus Farm-Raised Catfish Products
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her colleagues today endorsed a request made by the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help the industry by purchasing surplus catfish products.
Hyde-Smith led a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke...
HYDE-SMITH CHEERS RELEASE OF SENATE FARM BILL 2.0 LANGUAGE
Hyde-Smith Wins Included in Draft Legislation that Focuses on the People Who Feed America
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cheered the Senate Agriculture Committee release of Farm Bill 2.0, legislative text that sets the stage for giving agricultural producers and rural communities modernized federal policies to help them compete well into the future.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman...
HYDE-SMITH, SCHIFF INTRODUCE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE LEGISLATION TO EXPAND MARKETS FOR AG PRODUCERS
Legislation Aims to Improve Resiliency by Building Out the Middle of the Food Supply Chain
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) today introduced legislation to strengthen the resilience of the U.S. food supply chains and expand markets for agricultural producers, particularly small and mid-sized operations.
The American Food Supply Chain...
