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.
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Senate Bill to Expand Food Processing, Distribution and Market Access for Farmers Receives Backing from NASDA
By C.J. Miller
The bipartisan push to strengthen the nation’s food supply chain gained momentum Thursday as lawmakers introduced legislation that would...
Washington Examiner
Supreme Court blocks Roundup cancer lawsuits in blow to MAHA
By Gabrielle M. Etzel, Kaelan Deese
The Supreme Court has granted legal immunity to Bayer, maker of the weedkiller Roundup, from lawsuits alleging that the chemical glyphosate causes cancer.
The 7-2 decision...
Seafood Source
US senators seek federal action to prevent spread of yellow catfish virus
By Nathan Strout
A handful of United States senators have asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take action to prevent a deadly overseas virus from infecting domestic catfish populations.
Their...
Agri-Pulse
Boozman hopeful about SNAP deal before Aug. 6 farm bill markup
By Olivia M. Bridges and Kim Chipman
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman says talks continue for a possible one- or two-year delay of new SNAP costs faced by certain states.
“We’re working on it,” Boozman...
Brownfield Ag News
Republican lawmakers urge Secretaries to fix H-2A guest worker program delays, structural barriers
By Nicole Heslip
Some Congressional Republicans are requesting the Trump administration make direct improvements to the H-2A guest worker program.
Republican Senator Cindy Hyde...
Agri-Pulse
Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on farm bill, Julie Anna Potts on border reopening
Duration: 00:26:00
Release Date: Jul 31, 2026
Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman still wants to mark up a farm bill before the August recess. Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde...
Daily Fly Radio
Crapo Joins Lawmakers Seeking Changes to H-2A Guest Worker Program
State News
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho has joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers calling on federal agencies to make administrative changes to the H-2A agricultural guest...
Ag Web
Farm Bill Stalls in Senate Ag Committee Over SNAP. Now What?
Senate Ag Committee’s 10-11 farm bill vote stalls the legislation, but a bipartisan 17-6 vote on mandatory country-of-original labeling keeps mandatory beef labeling alive for a potential September revote.
By Tyne Morgan
The...
Agri-Pulse
Food for Peace, fertilizer measures added to Senate Ag farm bill
By Kim Chipman
The Senate Agriculture Committee added a bundle of bipartisan amendments to the proposed GOP farm bill, addressing Food for Peace, hot rotisserie chicken, fertilizer and specialty crops.
The en bloc...
Ag Daily
Agricultural Stakeholders React to Democrats' Rebuke of Senate Committee's Farm Bill Text
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