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Senator Hyde-Smith believes the Unites States is strong when agriculture and rural America are strong.  The Senator understands the unique challenges faced by rural Mississippi to provide residents with basic services, infrastructure, education, and health care.  She supports policies that will allow rural communities to expand economically.  The federal government should not be a roadblock to the growth and wellbeing of rural America.


HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS AG DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR TORNADO VICTIMS

HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS AG DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR TORNADO VICTIMS

USDA Programs, Discretionary Funds Can Help Offset Losses from Recent Tornadoes, Severe Spring Storms 

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Mississippi Easter Sunday Tornado Storm Damage to Poultry Houses (April 14, 2020)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today identified U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that could help cattle producers, poultry growers, and private landowners who experienced losses from recent historic...

Gov. Reeves surveys damage in Jones County

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Gov. Reeves surveys damage in Jones County

By Eddie Robertson

JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Federal disaster assistance for Covington, Jones and Jefferson Davis counties has been approved by President Donald Trump.

This will help victims with temporary housing, home repairs...

Gov. Reeves, DHS Secretary Wolf tour Easter storm damage

WJTV-TV Jackson

Gov. Reeves, DHS Secretary Wolf tour Easter storm damage

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

LAUREL, Miss. (WHLT) – Governor Tate Reeves surveyed the damage from the Easter Sunday storms on Friday, along with acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.

The...

Ag Industry Could See a Boost Under Relief Bill

Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin

Ag Industry Could See a Boost Under Relief Bill

From Staff Reports

The agriculture industry could be getting a boost from Congress soon.

According to a release from U.S Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, there is currently a “two-pronged coronavirus relief plan for U.S...

Trump admin revives flood project killed by EPA veto

Environment & Energy News

Trump admin revives flood project killed by EPA veto

By Daniel Cusick

The Trump administration has resurrected a World War II-era flood control project that Mississippi politicians say was unfairly smothered by an overzealous EPA 12 years ago.

The Yazoo Pumps project...

Corps of Engineers reconsidering pumps project

Delta Farm Press

Corps of Engineers reconsidering pumps project

Corps of Engineers to do Environmental Impact Study

By Ron Smith

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday, April 15, the intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Yazoo Basin...

Cassidy Urges USDA to Assist Cotton Industry in Wake of Coronavirus

Market Screener

Cassidy Urges USDA to Assist Cotton Industry in Wake of Coronavirus

04/16/2020

WASHINGTON - As the coronavirus continues to take an economic toll on agriculture producers, U.S. senators from both parties have come together to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to...

Wicker, Hyde-Smith to serve on President’s economic recovery task force

News Mississippi

Wicker, Hyde-Smith to serve on President’s economic recovery task force

By Steven Gagliano

As conversations regarding the re-opening of the American economy ramp up, Mississippi’s Senators will serve on President Trump’s ‘Opening Up America Again Congressional Group’. 

Senators...

District to prepare environmental impact statement for pumps project

Vicksburg Post

District to prepare environmental impact statement for pumps project

By John Surratt

The announcement Thursday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District will prepare a supplemental environmental impact study for the Yazoo Area Pump Project has some officials hoping...