IMO, there is subversive, concerted effort to destroy the final remnants of self-reliance in the American people. The purpose is to crush a cultural threat to the final socialization of the Government and make the people subservient to corporations for their food sources.
This goes hand and hand with the proposed USDA RFID tags on every cow, sheep, goat, pig, chicken, turkey and horse in the country.
Not overtly condoning anything um... illegal here, Now would be the time that canny and defiant farmers would start hiding some livestock away in the woods and in secret locations, and keep them off the books.