Key legal question
Whether the appellant met the conditions for an agricultural operating aid loan under the applicable ordinance and agriculture law.
Extracted holding
He did not. The farm was over-indebted, the financial distress was not merely temporary, and no credible remediation plan existed.
Extracted reasoning
Operating aid is reserved for viable farms in a short-term, uncaused cash crisis. The appellant's debt burden stemmed from structural mismanagement and earlier investment decisions, and he was unwilling to change the operating concept or adopt corrective measures.