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 WELCOMES KEY STEP TOWARD YAZOO BACKWATER AREA FLOOD SOLUTION
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES KEY STEP TOWARD YAZOO BACKWATER AREA FLOOD SOLUTION
Army Corps Releases Draft EIS for New Plan to Alleviate Yazoo Backwater Area Flooding, Rules Out Do-Nothing & No-Pumps Approaches
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the release of a key draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to address the recurring backwater flooding in the south Mississippi Delta.
The Yazoo Backwater Area Water Management Project, prepared by the U.S. Army...
HYDE-SMITH, CRAMER & OTHERS FILE BICAMERAL AMICUS BRIEF AGAINST SEC CLIMATE DISCLOSURE RULE
HYDE-SMITH, CRAMER & OTHERS FILE BICAMERAL AMICUS BRIEF AGAINST SEC CLIMATE DISCLOSURE RULE
Hyde-Smith Previously Critical of SEC Rule Forcing Companies to Submit Climate-Related Info
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and others in filing a bicameral amicus brief against a final rule issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in March requiring publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO SUPPORT YOUTH AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO SUPPORT YOUTH AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS
Miss. Senator Supports Five-Year Extension of USDA Grant Program for 4-H & FFA Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is an original cosponsor of a bill to extend a grant program geared toward supporting agricultural youth and scouting programs in rural communities and small towns.
The Youth Lead Act (S.4499) would reauthorize grants for the National 4–H Council, National Future Farmers of America...
Biden Changes Course On A Major Power Grid Rule After Backlash
HuffPost
Biden Changes Course On A Major Power Grid Rule After Backlash
Facing bipartisan pushback and a nationwide shortage of electrical transformers, federal regulators tweaked a major new energy-efficiency rule.
By Alexander C. Kaufman
In the years before the United States’ aging network of...
Black vultures: A problem with solutions
Ag Proud Idaho
Black vultures: A problem with solutions
By John O'Meara
Cattle producers have reported increasing incidences of black vultures preying on livestock over the past decade. Learning about these birds and the regulations around them can you help protect your herd from these predators...
Log Trucks Able To Use Interstates In Miss.
McComb Enterprise-Journal
Log Trucks Able To Use Interstates In Miss.
By Matt Williamson
Log trucks are returning to interstate highways, thanks to recent federal legislation, and can abandon the circuitous routes through cities and towns they had been forced to use.
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith...