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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A Conversation With Fontaine On Restaurants, COVID Impact
Northside Sun
Pat Fontaine is the executive director of the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association (MHRA). He has worked for the MHRA directly and indirectly since 2004 when he began as a loss...
HYDE-SMITH: ADDITIONAL MISS. LIVESTOCK, POULTRY PRODUCERS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR USDA CORONAVIRUS AID
USDA Rule Expands CFAP 2 Payments to Livestock, Poultry Contract Producers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today encouraged eligible agriculture producers in Mississippi to apply for U.S. Department of Agriculture assistance related to losses linked to the coronavirus pandemic.
The USDA recently published...
Iowa Starting Line
No, California Isn’t Banning Bacon, but new Rule Could Have Iowa Impact
By Ty Rushing
No, California isn’t banning bacon or withholding ham from its residents.
However, the Golden State is restricting where its swine comes from via Proposition 12. This measure is why it has...
Farm Progress
Senators step up to prevent ag trade suppression
EATS Act prohibits states and local governments from regulating production or manufacturing standards to other states.
By Jacqui Fatka
As the courts continue to uphold the state of California from imposing its production standards on...
Meat+Poultry
Proposed legislation to limit use of ‘Product of USA’ label
By Erica Shaffer
WASHINGTON – US Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are backing a law that would limit the “Product of USA” label to beef sourced from cattle that are born, raised and slaughtered...
Progressive Farmer
GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Stop California's Prop 12
By Jerry Hagstrom
The National Pork Producers Council has been pushing back against California's law prohibiting the sale of food products from confined animals. Some Republican senators have introduced a bill trying to...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Committee approves $20.7M to advance Yazoo Backwater Area Project
By Kaitlin Howell
WASHINGTON (WJTV) – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced the Senate Appropriations Committee passed an appropriations measure that includes funding to support flood...
Delta Council E-News
Senate Committee Approves $20.7 Million to Advance Yazoo Pumps
Upper Yazoo Projects, Delta Headwaters also see Increase
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced committee passage of an appropriations measure that includes funding to support flood control and water...
The Epoch Times
Nomination to Director of Bureau of Land Management Inspires Tree Spiking Mitigation Act
By Nathan Worcester
On July 28, Senators James Risch (R-Idaho) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced S.2506, the Tree Spiking Mitigation Act of 2021. The act is inspired by the nomination of...
KTTN-FM Trenton, Mo.
Coalition of 33 lawmakers introduce bill to uphold Navigable Water Protection Rule
By KTTN News
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt announced that he has joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and 31 of their Senate...
