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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.

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Moves to Senate

Ohio Ag Connection

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Moves to Senate

Ohio Ag Connection

Senate bill S. 1957, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, gained two more cosponsors from Ohio and Kansas, totaling 13 sponsors to-date.

The identical bill authored by House Ag Chairman G.T. Thompson passed the U.S...

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Miss. senator lauds U.S. plan to buy up to $36m of Gulf shrimp

National Fisherman

Miss. senator lauds U.S. plan to buy up to $36m of Gulf shrimp

NF Aggregator

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to purchase up to $36 million in Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic wild-caught...

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Senators oppose proposed lower duty fees for foreign catfish

Deltaplex News/KPBA Radio, Pine Bluff Ark.

Senators oppose proposed lower duty fees for foreign catfish

By Ray King

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in warning the Biden administration of the disastrous economic outlook...

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Hyde-Smith leads letter on catfish concerns

The Hagstrom Report

Hyde-Smith leads letter on catfish concerns

The Hagstrom Report
Thursday, January 18, 2024 | Volume 14 Number 9

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., on Wednesday led colleagues in a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo that requests a reversal of a preliminary decision...

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Cindy Hyde-Smith cosponsors Disaster Reforestation Act

Vicksburg Post

Cindy Hyde-Smith cosponsors Disaster Reforestation Act

By Staff Reports

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is supporting legislation aimed at fixing the federal tax code that unintentionally penalizes forest landowners who lose timber due to natural disasters.

Hyde-Smith has...

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