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.
Houma (La.) Times
Senate advances seafood labeling measure to help consumers identify imported shrimp
By the Southern Shrimp Alliance
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a business meeting on the Agricultural Act of 2026, better known as the Farm...
Bolivar Bullet
Mississippi Delta Cotton: Legislation is being considered to bolster a comeback
By Mark H. Stowers. DBJ Writer
The Daily Bullet - Vol. 38 No. 76
Cotton was once considered the “King of the Turnrow.” First planted in the 1700s, the crop flourished in the South, especially in...
Delta Daily News
Delta State Names Aircraft for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
By Andranita Williams
CLEVELAND, Miss. — Delta State University dedicated a new agricultural aviation simulator Monday and named one of its training aircraft in honor of U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Hyde-Smith joined...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
State-of-the-art sawmill in New Albany expected to bridge manufacturing gap
By Dennis Seid
NEW ALBANY – After sitting empty for several years, the sprawling facility that was the spark and epicenter of upholstered manufacturing in Northeast Mississippi...
Agri-Pulse
Opinion: Wildfires are showing us that America's forests have a wood problem — Congress has the answer
By Dave Tenny
For the first time in years, Congress has a bipartisan opportunity to address two vexing challenges facing America’s forests: the loss of U.S. pulp and paper mills and...
Legis1
Hyde-Smith's Farm Bill Stalls in Agricultural Priority Setback
By Legis1 Editorial · Edited by Micah Allred, Joanne Levine
Why It Matters
Agriculture drives Mississippi's economy, and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) saw her signature legislative push, the Agriculture Act of 2026 (Farm Bill 2...
Bolivar Bullet
Hyde-Smith Sponsors Legislation
Special to The Bolivar Bullet
The Daily Bullet - Vol. 38 No. 75
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith recently helped introduce bipartisan legislation to expand agricultural workforce training and education programs at community and technical colleges...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Mississippi cattle farmers ‘angry’ with Trump over plan to import foreign beef
By Caleb Salers
One of President Donald Trump’s strongest support groups, cattle farmers, feel sheer betrayal from the White House as a result of a plan to lower beef prices. In Mississippi...
Agri News
As farm bill stalls, beef labeling gets a new life
By Bill Bullard
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who called their U.S. senators urging them to support a “yes” vote for mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef in the 2026 farm bill. You won the vote on Aug. 6 in the...
National Review
Drug Companies, Prescribers Endanger Patients by Routinely Flouting FDA Rules, Senate Probe Finds
By Kamden Mulder
Drug companies producing chemical abortion pills and the online prescribers they provide those drugs to routinely fail to comply with U.S. Food and Drug...
