Bipartisan Coalition Warns Congress of Potential US Agriculture Collapse

Washington D.C., Wednesday, 4 February 2026.
On February 3, 2026, a historic coalition of 27 former agricultural leaders delivered a chilling ultimatum to Congress: the American farming sector is on the brink of widespread collapse. This bipartisan group, including officials from the Reagan and Bush administrations, contends that the industry is buckling under a ‘chaotic set of policy circumstances’ rather than standard market pressures. The warning identifies a toxic convergence of aggressive tariffs, the defunding of critical research, and labor shortages intensified by recent immigration crackdowns like ‘Operation Metro Surge.’ Perhaps most alarming is the assertion that these systemic fractures now pose an existential threat to the national food supply chain. This intervention serves as a critical indicator that the rural economy has moved beyond cyclical downturns into a state of structural emergency, requiring immediate legislative action to prevent a catastrophic market failure.