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.
(March 19 to August 15, 2025, the USDA Farm Service Agency is issuing up to $10 billion in direct payments to eligible agricultural producers of eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program. Senator Hyde-Smith fought to get this assistance enacted in December 2024. These one-time economic assistance payments will help eligible commodity producers in Mississippi mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and falling commodity prices. Learn more: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/ecap)
HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES ASK USDA TO PURCHASE SURPLUS CATFISH PRODUCTS
HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES ASK USDA TO PURCHASE SURPLUS CATFISH PRODUCTS
Hyde-Smith Leads Letter Asking Ag. Sec. to Approve Section 32 Purchase of Surplus Farm-Raised Catfish Products
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her colleagues today endorsed a request made by the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help the industry by purchasing surplus catfish products.
Hyde-Smith led a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke...
HYDE-SMITH CHEERS RELEASE OF SENATE FARM BILL 2.0 LANGUAGE
HYDE-SMITH CHEERS RELEASE OF SENATE FARM BILL 2.0 LANGUAGE
Hyde-Smith Wins Included in Draft Legislation that Focuses on the People Who Feed America
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cheered the Senate Agriculture Committee release of Farm Bill 2.0, legislative text that sets the stage for giving agricultural producers and rural communities modernized federal policies to help them compete well into the future.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman...
HYDE-SMITH, SCHIFF INTRODUCE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE LEGISLATION TO EXPAND MARKETS FOR AG PRODUCERS
HYDE-SMITH, SCHIFF INTRODUCE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE LEGISLATION TO EXPAND MARKETS FOR AG PRODUCERS
Legislation Aims to Improve Resiliency by Building Out the Middle of the Food Supply Chain
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) today introduced legislation to strengthen the resilience of the U.S. food supply chains and expand markets for agricultural producers, particularly small and mid-sized operations.
The American Food Supply Chain...
Trump’s Plan Is Making American Cotton King Again
Real Clear Policy
Trump’s Plan Is Making American Cotton King Again
By Jared Whitley
Vividly I learning about the importance of cotton in American history classes as a youth. The Industrial Revolution and Eli Whitney’s cotton gin fueling demand for clothes made from cotton gave a young American...
Boozman Releases Farm Bill 2.0 Text, Built for Bipartisan Path — But Without Prop 12, E15
American Ag Network
Boozman Releases Farm Bill 2.0 Text, Built for Bipartisan Path — But Without Prop 12, E15
Jesse Allen
(WASHINGTON D.C.) — On Tuesday, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released the text of his Farm Bill 2.0 legislation, the Agricultural Act of 2026...
Commentary: Ghosts of Housing Past (and Present)
The Daily Yonder
Commentary: Ghosts of Housing Past (and Present)
One newspaperman in a remote part of Montana tells a ghost story about the rural housing crisis.
By Skylar Baker-Jordan
I live in a ghost town. No, really.
In March, I took a job editing a local newspaper in Glasgow, Montana. Yet...
TRIBUTE TO JOE AGUZZI
TRIBUTE TO JOE AGUZZI
Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 95
(Senate - June 4, 2025) PDF
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, it is an honor to express my
deep admiration and heartfelt respect for one of my constituents and
dear friend Mr. Joe Aguzzi of Cleveland, MS, who celebrated his 99th
birthda...
TRIBUTE TO HARRY DENDY
TRIBUTE TO HARRY DENDY
Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 9
(Senate - January 16, 2025) PDF
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, it is my pleasure to recognize
Harry Dendy as he retires from the sales committee of the Dixie
National Sale of Junior Champions. Each year, hundreds of young
agriculture...
TRIBUTE TO JACK WINSTEAD
TRIBUTE TO JACK WINSTEAD
Congressional Record Vol. 170, No. 34
(Senate - February 26, 2024) PDF
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, it is an honor to pay tribute
to Mr. Jack Winstead who, for years, has shown an overwhelming
dedication to serving the Friends of Mississippi Veterans nonprofit as
a...