DECISION AND ORDER Timothy J. Bunce (“Plaintiff”) seeks review of the Farm Service Agency’s (“FSA”) action which he appealed to the United States Department of Agriculture (“U.S.D.A.”), Office of the Secretary, National Appeals Division (“NAD”) (collectively “Defendants”). (Dkt No. 29.) Specifically, Plaintiff seeks judicial review, pursuant to 7 U.S.C. §6999, and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§701-706 (“APA”), of Defendants’ decisions to deny his application for primary loan servicing with respect to an existing loan as well as his application for a new loan. Presently before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. (Dkt. No. 54.) For the reasons that follow, Defendants’ motion is granted and this case is dismissed. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND On February 10, 2016, Plaintiff obtained a farm loan from Defendants that was secured by a real estate mortgage on his real property and a perfected security interest in his crops, livestock, farm machinery and equipment, inventory, and accounts. (Defendants’ Statement of Material Facts, Dkt. No. 54-17 at
1-3.) Although the principal amount of the loan was listed as $44,700.00, only $31,877.00 was distributed to Plaintiff. Id. at 4. On December 15, 2016, Defendants sent Plaintiff a notice for loan servicing. Id. at 5. On February 1, 2017, Plaintiff submitted Form FSA-2513, “Borrower Response to Notice of the Availability of Loan Servicing,” indicating his intent to apply for loan servicing. Id. at 6. At the same time, Plaintiff also submitted an FSA-2001, “Request for Direct Loan Assistance,” seeking additional loan funds in the amount of $67,106.00. Id. at 7. In support of his application, Plaintiff signed a Farm Business Plan Worksheet for the production cycle beginning on February 1, 2017, and ending on February 1, 2018. Id. at 8. The Farm Business Plan Worksheet listed Plaintiff’s projected income as $69,517.00 and his projected farm operating expenses as $34,996.00. Id. On February 1, 2017, Plaintiff signed a Balance Sheet of his total assets and liabilities as of December 16, 2016, in which Plaintiff listed total liabilities in the amount of $35,472.00 and total personal liabilities of $4,242.00. Id. at 9. Defendants accepted Plaintiff’s applications for loan assistance as complete on February 21, 2017. Id. at 10. On May 23, 2017, the FSA entered Plaintiff’s financial information into its Debt and Loan Restructuring System (“DALR$”) computer program, which generated an “Outcome Summary Report.” Id. at 11. Based on the FSA’s projections of Plaintiff’s cash inflow and cash outflow, the DALR$ program determined Plaintiff could not develop a feasible operation because he was $12,980.72 short from being able to make annual payments on his debts. Id. at 12. On May 31, 2017, the FSA denied Plaintiff’s request for a subsequent loan and on June 13, 2017, denied Plaintiff’s request for primary loan servicing. Id. at
