Austin Scott

On Monday the House passed a five-year reauthorization of USDA’s grain inspection program.

The Trump reconciliation budget the House passed by one vote along party lines this week did nothing to reconcile the stark policy differences between the two parties over the importance of SNAP versus farmers.  Nothing could have made it clearer about the parties’ divergent priorities than an exchange in the Rules Committee between Rules and Ag Republican Austin Scott and top Ag Democrat Angie Cr

The war in Ukraine took the attention of the House Ag Committee this week, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a passionate plea to American lawmakers by video link. And that presentation impacted the Ag Committee hearing. “Ukrainian farmers put 50 million metric tons of corn and wheat into the global food supply," said House Ag Committee member, Austin Scott of Georgia. "

Last week, House lawmakers introduced the Broadband for Rural America Act. The legislation would put the Department of Agriculture in the driver’s seat for rural broadband rather than the Federal Communications Commission. Georgia Republican Representative Austin Scott mentioned last week, "The FCC’s had their chance, and they haven’t gotten it done.” The bill is ...

Many in the farming community say, yes, America has plenty of food to feed its hungry, but producing it isn’t cheap. And as producer margins narrow, farm leaders worry the cost of production could become too much for many small operators to bear. Dur ...

The White House and Congress are still trying to come to an agreement on disaster aid months after hurricanes and wildfires hit the country hard in many areas. Politico said one Georgia Republican is fed up. Representative Austin Scott said the White House is undercutting its pledge to farmers...