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.
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi’s 37th Youth Tour
By Daily Leader Staff
The three components of the Cooperative Youth Leaders program are Learn, Grow, and Experience. Eighty-five rising high school seniors from across Mississippi traveled to Washington, DC, in June to...
Delta Business Journal
Fiber Optic Groundbreaking
Took place in Mound Bayou on Aug. 5
DBJ
On Monday, (August 5) a groundbreaking ceremony took place in Mound Bayou for an upcoming fiber optic network expansion that will soon take place there. Arriva, formally known as Mound Bayou Telephone &...
USA Rice Daily
Iraq Resumes Purchases of U.S. Rice
Aug 06, 2024
BAGHDAD, IRAQ – After months of uncertainty following U.S. government-imposed financial restrictions, Iraq again is purchasing rice from the United States. Over the weekend, ADM Rice sold a vessel of U.S. rice which will be loaded...
HYDE-SMITH REPORTS $127.2 MILLION IN SENATE BILL FOR MISS. PORTS, WATERWAYS & FLOOD PROTECTION
Hyde-Smith Joins Committee in Approving FY25 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reported committee passage of a Senate bill that provides more than $127.2 million for 28 authorized U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects and activities in Mississippi, including $9.24 million for repairs and operation of the troubled Arkabutla...
HYDE-SMITH OPPOSES GIVING VIETNAM ‘MARKET ECONOMY’ STATUS, SEES THREAT TO U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH
Miss. Senator Joins Letter Asking Biden Commerce Dept. to Reject Vietnam Bid for Greater Access to U.S. Markets
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) recently signed a letter in strong defense of American jobs, including Mississippi’s farm-raised catfish industry, and against a U.S. Department of Commerce review that could give market economy status to the Socialist Republic...
HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE APPROVE AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS MEASURE
Miss. Senator Serves on Subcommittee that Crafted FY2025 Agriculture, Rural Development Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday helped provide unanimous committee approval of funding legislation that supports agricultural and rural development needs in Mississippi.
Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee that drafted the FY2025 Agriculture, Rural...
POINTING TO SEPT. DEADLINE, HYDE-SMITH URGES SENATE ACTION ON NEW FARM BILL
In Floor Speech, Miss. Senator Says Move Away from Partisan Disagreements & Work on Finding Common Ground
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Encourages Senate to Act Soon on Writing a New Farm Bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today encouraged her fellow Senators to move past partisan differences and begin real work to write a new Farm Bill.
In a...
MISS. LAWMAKERS DEMAND EPA RESCIND ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATES
Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Kelly, Guest & Ezell Register Opposition to Rule Targeting Pickups, Trucks, Tractors, Semis and Buses
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) are among 157 lawmakers demanding the Biden administration overturn its de facto electric mandate on trucks, tractors, buses and...
Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, MS)
Ag Pilot Rosters Growing from DSU Program
BY Jay Fletcher
The Agricultural Aviation Certification Ceremony at Delta State University’s Hanger at the Cleveland airport was packed with the families of 11 new agriculture pilots.
Two of the graduates were from...
Northside Sun
Pine Beetle Issue Costly For Madison, Ridgeland And Others Affected
By Nell Luter Floyd
The city of Madison has spent about $80,000 cutting pine trees that pose a hazard along roadways, and that’s just a start.
“We’re looking at in excess of $1 million to remove all the dead trees...
