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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.


How Did Democrats Lose Control of State Agriculture Policy?

New York Times

How Did Democrats Lose Control of State Agriculture Policy?

Democrats once dominated statewide elections for the influential post of agriculture commissioner. Now they’re hoping to win just one.

By David W. Chen

Jonathan Robertson was preparing to start the workday on his family...

Senators challenge EPA rodenticide restrictions

KFGO Radio Fargo, N.D.

Senators challenge EPA rodenticide restrictions

By Rusty Halvorson

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MI), along with 15 Senate colleagues, are challenging the EPA to abandon its proposed mitigation measures targeting 11 rodenticides.

In a letter to...

M.D.A.C hosts hog trapping workshop

WTOK-TV Meridian

M.D.A.C hosts hog trapping workshop

101723 WTOK Hog Trap

By Anna Williams

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) -Wild hogs are becoming a large problem for property owners in Mississippi.

Students from Newton County High School Career and Technical Center got the opportunity to learn and become certified in wild...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES TO ITC:  ACCEPT INPUT FROM FERTILIZER USERS AFFECTED BY TARRIFS

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES TO ITC:  ACCEPT INPUT FROM FERTILIZER USERS AFFECTED BY TARRIFS

Miss. Senator Signs Bicameral Letter to U.S. International Trade Commission

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) recently signed a bicameral letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that encourages it to accept input from commodity groups, retailers, and farmers as it reconsiders whether the U.S. fertilizer industry is being harmed by imported fertilizer.

Despite having...

HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ADDITIONAL USDA PURCHASE OF GULF SHRIMP

HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ADDITIONAL USDA PURCHASE OF GULF SHRIMP

Miss. Senator Asks Vilsack to Approve Section 32 Purchase to Ease Pressures on Domestic Shrimp Industry

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve a request for additional federal purchases of wild-caught shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico.

In a letter issued Thursday, Hyde-Smith asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to approve a domestic shrimp industry request for...

HYDE-SMITH, COTTON & SCOTT INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN CHINESE SEAFOOD IMPORTS

HYDE-SMITH, COTTON & SCOTT INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN CHINESE SEAFOOD IMPORTS

Bill Includes Ban on Aquaculture Products, Imposes Sanctions on Companies that Facilitate Imports

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in introducing legislation to ban U.S. imports of seafood and aquaculture products from China.

The Ban China’s Forbidden Operations in the Oceanic Domain (Ban C-FOOD) Act (S.3417) would also...