Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation 1st Quarter 10-Q

	March 31,			December 31,
	2006			2005
	(in thousands)
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 413,619			$ 458,852
Investment securities	1,884,011			1,621,941
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities	1,297,401			1,330,976
Loans held for sale		39,477			41,956
Loans held for investment		747,778			762,436
Allowance for loan losses		(3,883	)		(4,876	)
Loans held for investment, net		743,895			757,560
Real estate owned		2,655			3,532
Financial derivatives		16,332			8,751
Interest receivable		43,344			67,509
Guarantee and commitment fees receivable		20,139			22,170
Deferred tax asset, net		1,647			2,397
Prepaid expenses and other assets		10,816			24,975
Total Assets	$	4,473,336		$	4,340,619

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:
Liabilities:
Notes payable:
Due within one year	$	2,771,106		$	2,587,704
Due after one year		1,336,215			1,403,598
Total notes payable		4,107,321			3,991,302

Financial derivatives		24,280			29,162
Accrued interest payable		22,554			29,250
Guarantee and commitment obligation		16,998			17,625
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		45,089			21,371
Reserve for losses		2,931			3,777
Total Liabilities		4,219,173			4,092,487

Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred stock:
Series A, stated at redemption/liquidation value, $50 per share,
700,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding		35,000			35,000
Common stock:
Class A Voting, $1 par value, no maximum authorization,
1,030,780 shares issued and outstanding		1,031			1,031
Class B Voting, $1 par value, no maximum authorization,
500,301 shares issued and outstanding		500			500
Class C Non-Voting, $1 par value, no maximum authorization,
9,570,301 and 9,559,554 shares issued and outstanding
as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively		9,570			9,560
Additional paid-in capital		83,962			83,058
Accumulated other comprehensive income		5,290			3,339
Retained earnings		118,810			115,644
Total Stockholders' Equity		254,163			248,132

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	$	4,473,336		$	4,340,619


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2006			March 31, 2005

Interest income:
Investments and cash equivalents	$ 26,698			$ 12,587
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities		18,095			17,081
Loans		11,383			12,121
Total interest income		56,176			41,789
Interest expense		47,276			33,983
Net interest income		8,900			7,806
Recovery/(provision) for loan losses		1,013			584
Net interest income after recovery/(provision)		9,913			8,390
for loan losses
Guarantee and commitment fees		5,049			4,956
Losses on financial derivatives and trading assets		(2,001	)		(1,709	)
Gains/(losses) on the sale of real estate owned		210			(13	)
Representation and warranty claims income		-			79
Other income		169			320

Total revenues		13,340			12,023

Expenses:
Compensation and employee benefits		2,904			1,775
General and administrative		2,758			1,990
Regulatory fees		588			576
Real estate owned operating costs, net		115			(22	)
Provision/(recovery) for losses		(696	)		(101	)
Total operating expenses		5,669			4,218

Income before income taxes		7,671			7,805

Income tax expense		2,074			2,333
Net income		5,597			5,472
Preferred stock dividends		(560	)		(560	)
Net income available to common stockholders	$	5,037		$	4,912

Earnings per common share:
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.45		$	0.42
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.44		$	0.42
Common stock dividends per common share	$	0.10		$	0.10

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

(in thousands)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2006			March 31, 2005
	(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 5,597			$ 5,472
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Net amortization of investment premiums and discounts	(234)			554
Amortization of debt premiums, discounts and issuance costs	26,639			12,114
Proceeds from repayment of trading investment securities		467			651
Purchases of loans held for sale		(13,328	)		(16,876	)
Proceeds from repayment of loans held for sale		3,723			4,822
Net change in fair value of trading securities and financial derivatives		1,902			2,107
Amortization of settled financial derivatives contracts		89			438
(Gains)/losses on the sale of real estate owned		(210	)		13
Total (recovery)/provision for losses		(1,709	)		(685	)
Deferred income taxes		(302	)		(794	)
Stock-based compensation expense		426			-
Decrease in interest receivable		24,165			19,998
Decrease in guarantee and commitment fees receivable		2,031			1,885
Decrease in other assets		13,741			2,053
Decrease in accrued interest payable		(6,696	)		(740	)
(Decrease)/increase in other liabilities		21,799			(8,947	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		78,100			22,065

Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of available-for-sale investment securities		(899,793	)		(696,142	)
Purchases of Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities and
AgVantage Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities		(47,528	)		(44,175	)
Purchases of loans held for investment		(16,932	)		(1,664	)
Purchases of defaulted loans		(4,054	)		(3,399	)
Proceeds from repayment of investment securities		639,816			600,386
Proceeds from repayment of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities		68,723			74,356
Proceeds from repayment of loans		44,582			45,957
Proceeds from sale of loans and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities		1,485			2,414
Proceeds from sale of real estate owned		818			117
Net cash used in investing activities		(212,883	)		(22,150	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of discount notes		15,145,352			13,260,608
Proceeds from issuance of medium-term notes		86,200			75,000
Payments to redeem discount notes		(15,095,392	)		(13,169,737	)
Payments to redeem medium-term notes		(45,500	)		(164,740	)
Settlement of financial derivatives		594			108
Tax benefit from tax deductions in excess of compensation cost recognized		239			-
Proceeds from common stock issuance		815			45
Purchases of common stock		(1,085	)		(5,942	)
Dividends paid		(1,673	)		(1,720	)
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities		89,550			(6,378	)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(45,233	)		(6,463	)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		458,852			430,504
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	413,619		$	424,041

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Accounting Policies

(a)	Cash and Cash Equivalents

Farmer Mac considers highly liquid investment securities with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Changes in the balance of cash and cash equivalents are reported in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The following table sets forth information regarding certain cash and non-cash transactions for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005.

			Three Months Ended
			March 31, 2006	March 31, 2005
			(in thousands)
Cash paid for:
	Interest		$ 26,119	$ 17,250
	Income taxes		-	700
Non-cash activity:
	Real estate owned acquired through foreclosure		-	460
	Loans acquired and securitized as Farmer Mac
		Guaranteed Securities	1,485	1,914

(b) Allowance for Losses

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac maintained an allowance for losses to cover estimated probable losses on loans held for investment, real estate owned, and loans underlying long-term standby purchase commitments (“LTSPCs”) and Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities issued after the Farm Credit System Reform Act of 1996 (the “1996 Act”) in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies (“SFAS 5”) and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 114, Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan, as amended (“SFAS 114”).

The allowance for losses is increased through periodic provisions for loan losses that are charged against net interest income and provisions for losses that are charged to operating expense and is reduced by charge-offs for actual losses, net of recoveries. Negative provisions for loan losses or negative provisions for losses are recorded in the event that the estimate of probable losses as of the end of a period is lower than the estimate at the beginning of the period.

Historically, Farmer Mac estimated probable losses using a systematic process that began with management’s evaluation of the results of a proprietary loan pool simulation and guarantee fee model. That model drew upon historical information from a data set of agricultural mortgage loans screened to include only those loans with credit characteristics similar to those eligible for Farmer Mac’s programs. The results generated by that model were then modified, as necessary, by the application of management’s judgment.

During 2005, Farmer Mac completed the planned migration of its methodology for determining its allowance for losses away from one based on its loan pool simulation and guarantee fee model to one based on its own historical portfolio loss experience and credit trends. Farmer Mac recorded the effects of that change as a change in accounting estimate as of September 30, 2005.

Farmer Mac’s current methodology for determining its allowance for losses incorporates the Corporation’s proprietary automated loan classification system. That system scores loans based on criteria such as historical repayment performance, loan seasoning, loan size and loan-to-value ratio. For the purposes of the loss allowance methodology, the loans in Farmer Mac’s portfolio of loans and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs have been scored and classified for each calendar quarter since first quarter 2000. The allowance methodology captures the migration of loan scores across concurrent and overlapping 3-year time horizons and calculates loss rates separately within each loan classification for (1) loans underlying LTSPCs and (2) loans held and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities. The calculated loss rates are applied to the current classification distribution of Farmer Mac’s portfolio to estimate inherent losses, on the assumption that the historical credit losses and trends used to calculate loss rates will continue in the future. Management evaluates this assumption by taking into consideration several factors, including:

·	economic conditions;

·	geographic and agricultural commodity/product concentrations in the portfolio;

·	the credit profile of the portfolio;

·	delinquency trends of the portfolio; and

·	historical charge-off and recovery activities of the portfolio.

If, based on that evaluation, management concludes that the assumption is not valid due to other more compelling indicators, the loss allowance calculation is modified by the addition of further assumptions to capture current portfolio trends and characteristics that differ from historical experience.

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac concluded that the credit profile of its portfolio was consistent with Farmer Mac’s historical credit profile and trends. Management believes that its use of this methodology produces a reliable estimate of inherent probable losses, as of the balance sheet date, for all loans held, real estate owned and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs in accordance with SFAS 5 and SFAS 114.

The following table summarizes the changes in the components of Farmer Mac’s allowance for losses for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005:

		Three Months Ended
		March 31, 2006

		Allowance	REO		Total
		for Loan	Valuation	Reserve	Allowance
		Losses	Allowance	for Losses	for Losses
		(in thousands)

Beginning balance		$ 4,876	$ -	$ 3,777	$ 8,653
	Provision/(recovery) for losses	(1,013)	150	(846)	(1,709)
	Net (charge-offs)/recoveries	20	(150)	-	(130)

Ending balance		$ 3,883	$ -	$ 2,931	$ 6,814


		Three Months Ended
		March 31, 2005

		Allowance	REO		Total
		for Loan	Valuation	Reserve	Allowance
		Losses	Allowance	for Losses	for Losses
		(in thousands)

Beginning balance		$ 4,395	$ -	$12,706	$ 17,101
	Provision/(recovery) for losses	(584)	120	(221)	(685)
	Net (charge-offs)/recoveries	35	(120)	-	(85)
					-
Ending balance		$ 3,846	$ -	$ 12,485	$ 16,331

The table below summarizes the components of Farmer Mac’s allowance for losses as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2006		2005
	(in thousands)
Allowance for loan losses	$ 3,883		$ 4,876
Real estate owned valuation allowance	-		-
Reserve for losses:
On-balance sheet Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities		1,579		2,068
Off-balance sheet Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities		691		1,078
LTSPCs		661		631
Total	$	6,814	$	8,653

No allowance for losses has been made for loans underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities issued prior to the 1996 Act, AgVantage securities or securities issued under the Farmer Mac II program (“Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities”). Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities issued prior to the 1996 Act are supported by unguaranteed first loss subordinated interests, which are expected to exceed the estimated credit losses on those loans. Each AgVantage security is a general obligation of an institution approved by Farmer Mac and is collateralized by eligible mortgage loans. As of March 31, 2006, there were no probable losses inherent in Farmer Mac’s AgVantage securities. The guaranteed portions collateralizing Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities are guaranteed by the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). Each USDA guarantee is an obligation backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac had experienced no credit losses on any Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities issued prior to the 1996 Act, AgVantage securities or Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities and does not expect to incur any such losses in the future.

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac individually analyzed $32.3 million of its $68.0 million of impaired assets for collateral shortfalls against updated appraised values, other updated collateral valuations or discounted values. Farmer Mac evaluated the remaining $35.7 million of impaired assets for which updated valuations were not available in the aggregate in consideration of their similar risk characteristics and historical statistics. Of the $32.3 million of assets analyzed individually, $28.8 million were adequately collateralized. For the $3.5 million of assets that were not adequately collateralized, individual collateral shortfalls totaled $47 thousand. Accordingly, Farmer Mac recorded specific allowances of $47 thousand for those under-collateralized assets as of March 31, 2006. In addition to the specific allowances provided, Farmer Mac recorded non-specific or general allowances of $6.7 million, bringing the total allowance for losses to $6.8 million as of March 31, 2006.

The balance of impaired assets, both on- and off-balance sheet, and the related allowance specifically allocated to those impaired assets as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 are summarized in the following table:

		March 31, 2006			December 31, 2005
		Balance	Specific Allowance	Net Balance	Balance	Specific Allowance	Net Balance
		(in thousands)
Impaired assets:
	Specific allowance for losses	$ 3,502	$ (47)	$3,455	$ 2,445	$ (161)	$ 2,284
	No specific allowance for losses	64,534	-	64,534	71,177	-	71,177
	Total	$ 68,036	$ (47)	$67,989	$73,622	$ (161)	$ 73,461

Farmer Mac enters into financial derivative transactions principally to protect against risk from the effects of market price or interest rate movements on the value of certain assets and future cash flows or debt issuance, not for trading or speculative purposes. Farmer Mac enters into interest rate swap contracts principally to adjust the characteristics of its short-term debt to match more closely the cash flow and duration characteristics of its longer-term mortgage and other assets, and also to adjust the characteristics of its long-term debt to match more closely the cash flow and duration characteristics of its short-term assets, thereby reducing interest rate risk. These transactions also may provide an overall lower effective cost of borrowing than would otherwise be available in the conventional debt market.

All financial derivatives are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value as a free-standing asset or liability. Financial derivatives in hedging relationships that mitigate exposure to changes in the fair value of assets are considered fair value hedges. Financial derivatives in hedging relationships that mitigate the exposure to the variability in expected future cash flows or other forecasted transactions are considered cash flow hedges. Financial derivatives that do not satisfy the hedging criteria of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended (“SFAS 133”) are not accounted for as hedges, and changes in the fair values of those financial derivatives are reported as gains or losses on financial derivatives and trading assets in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The following table summarizes information related to Farmer Mac’s financial derivatives as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005:

	March 31, 2006
	Cash Flow Hedges					Fair Value Hedges						No Hedge Designation					Total
	Notional		Fair			Notional			Fair			Notional		Fair			Notional		Fair
	Amount		Value			Amount			Value			Amount		Value			Amount		Value
	(in thousands)
Interest rate swaps:
Pay-fixed	$657,964		$ (5,431		)	$ -		$	-			$ 119,057		$ 1,618			$ 777,021		$ (3,813		)
Receive-fixed	-		-			45,000			(4,171)			214,000		(5,752		)	259,000		(9,923		)
Basis		210,034		6,515			-			-			163,400		(711	)		373,434		5,804
Treasury futures		-		-			-			-			49		22			49		22
Agency forwards		15,287		(40	)		-			-			15,870		2			31,157		(38	)
Total	$	883,285	$	1,044		$	45,000		$	(4,171	)	$	512,376	$	(4,821	)	$	1,440,661	$	(7,948	)


	December 31, 2005
	Cash Flow Hedges					Fair Value Hedges						No Hedge Designation					Total
		Notional		Fair			Notional			Fair			Notional		Fair			Notional		Fair
		Amount		Value			Amount			Value			Amount		Value			Amount		Value
	(in thousand)
Interest rate swaps:
Pay-fixed	$	633,939	$	(17,999	)	$	-		$	-		$	163,867	$	(920	)	$	797,806	$	(18,919	)
Receive-fixed		-		-			45,000			(2,930	)		76,739		771			121,739		(2,159	)
Basis		225,629		3,721			-			-			160,000		(2,823	)		385,629		898
Treasury futures		-		-			-			-			99		32			99		32
Agency forwards		41,514		(201	)		-			-			49,664		(62	)		91,178		(263	)
Total	$	901,082	$	(14,479	)	$	45,000		$	(2,930	)	$	450,369	$	(3,002	)	$	1,396,451	$	(20,411	)

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac had approximately $0.7 million of net after-tax unrealized losses on cash flow hedges included in accumulated other comprehensive income. These amounts will be reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged forecasted transactions (either the payment of interest or the issuance of discount notes) affect earnings or immediately when it becomes probable that the original hedged forecasted transaction will not occur within two months of the originally specified date. Over the next twelve months, Farmer Mac estimates that $1.1 million of the amount currently reported in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reclassified into earnings. For the quarter ended March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac recorded a loss of $0.1 million for ineffectiveness related to Farmer Mac’s designated hedges.

(d) Earnings Per Common Share

Basic earnings per common share are based on the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted earnings per common share are based on the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding adjusted to include all potentially dilutive common stock options. The following schedule reconciles basic and diluted earnings per common share (“EPS”) for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005:

		Three Months Ended
		March 31, 2006			March 31, 2005
		Basic EPS	Dilutive stock options	Diluted EPS	Basic EPS	Dilutive stock options	Diluted EPS
		(in thousands, except per share amounts)

Net income available to		$ 5,037		$ 5,037	$ 4,912		$ 4,912
	common stockholders
Weighted-average shares		11,107	318	11,425	11,687	69	11,756
Earnings per common share		$ 0.45		$ 0.44	$ 0.42		$ 0.42

During first quarter 2006, Farmer Mac repurchased 38,950 shares of its Class C Non-Voting Common Stock at an average price of $27.81 per share pursuant to the Corporation’s previously announced stock repurchase program. These repurchases reduced the Corporation’s capital by approximately $1.1 million.

(e) Stock-Based Compensation

In 1997, Farmer Mac adopted a stock option plan for directors, officers and other employees to acquire shares of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock. Under the plan, stock options awarded vest annually in thirds, with the first third vesting one year after the date of grant. If not exercised, any options granted under the 1997 plan expire 10 years from the date of grant, except that options issued to directors since June 1, 1998, if not exercised, expire five years from the date of grant. Of the 3,750,000 shares authorized to be issued under the plan, 774,760 remain available for future issuance. For all stock options granted, the exercise price is equal to the closing price of the Class C Non-Voting Common Stock on or immediately preceding the date of grant.

Effective January 1, 2006, Farmer Mac adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payments (“SFAS 123(R)”) using the modified prospective method of transition, which requires (1) the recordation of compensation expense for the non-vested portion of previously issued awards that remain outstanding as of the initial date of adoption and (2) the recordation of compensation expense for any awards issued or modified after December 31, 2005. Accordingly, prior period amounts have not been retrospectively adjusted for this change. The adoption resulted in the recognition of $0.4 million of compensation expense during first quarter 2006 related to the non-vested portion of previously issued stock option awards that were outstanding as of the initial date of adoption. The effect of the recognition of that compensation expense on both basic and diluted EPS for first quarter 2006 was a reduction of $0.02 per diluted share. Prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R), Farmer Mac accounted for its stock-based employee compensation plans under the intrinsic value method of accounting for employee stock options pursuant to Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (“APB 25”), and had adopted the disclosure-only provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as amended (“SFAS 123”). Accordingly, no compensation expense was recognized in first quarter 2005 for employee stock option plans.

As of March 31, 2006, there was $2.7 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding and unvested options. Of that cost, $1.3 million and $1.4 million is expected to be recognized in the remainder of 2006 and 2007, respectively.

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2006		March 31, 2005
		Weighted-		Weighted-
		Average		Average
		Exercise		Exercise
	Shares	Price	Shares	Price

Outstanding, beginning of period	2,153,008	$ 22.41	1,812,222	$ 22.67
Granted	-	-	-	-
Exercised	(61,800)	13.14	(1,737)	16.38
Canceled	-	-	(7,001)	24.28
Outstanding, end of period	2,091,208	$ 22.68	1,803,484	$ 22.72

Options exercisable at end of period	1,390,475		1,348,577

As shown above, Farmer Mac granted no new stock options during first quarter 2006. Any new stock option grants would have resulted in additional compensation expense in the quarter.

There were no cancellations of stock options during first quarter 2006. The cancellations of stock options during first quarter 2005 were due either to unvested options terminating in accordance with the provisions of the applicable stock option plans upon directors’ or employees’ departures from Farmer Mac or vested options terminating unexercised on their expiration date. For first quarter 2006 and first quarter 2005, the additional paid-in capital received from the exercise of stock options was $750 thousand and $27 thousand, respectively. During first quarter 2006 and first quarter 2005, the reduction of income taxes to be paid as a result of the deduction for the exercise of stock options was $375 thousand and $2 thousand, respectively.

The following table summarizes information regarding options outstanding as of March 31, 2006:

			Options
	Options Outstanding		Exercisable
		Weighted-
		Average
Range of		Remaining
Exercise	Number of	Contractual	Number of
Prices	Shares	Life	Shares

$15.00 -$19.99	453,720	6.2 years	304,215
20.00 - 24.99	1,139,816	6.1 years	594,588
25.00 - 29.99	258,421	5.4 years	252,421
30.00 - 34.99	238,751	4.2 years	238,751
35.00 - 39.99	-	-	-
40.00 - 44.99	-	-	-
45.00 - 50.00	500	6.0 years	500
	2,091,208		1,390,475

There were no stock options granted in either first quarter 2006 or first quarter 2005. The weighted-average grant date fair values of options granted in 2005 and 2004 were $7.53 and $7.34 per share, respectively. The fair values were estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on the following assumptions:

	2005	2004
Risk-free interest rate	3.9%	4.3%
Expected years until exercise	7 years	5 years
Expected stock volatility	46.3%	47.8%
Dividend yield	0.0%	0.0%

(f) Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications of prior period information were made to conform to the current period presentation.

(g) New Accounting Standards

In March 2004, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) amended EITF 03-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment. This amendment, which was originally effective for financial periods beginning after June 15, 2004, introduced qualitative and quantitative guidance for determining whether securities are other-than-temporarily impaired. In November 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Staff Position No. 115-1 and No. 124-1 (“FSP”), which supersedes the guidance in paragraphs 10-18 of EITF 03-1 and references existing other-than-temporary impairment guidance. The FSP clarifies that an investor should recognize an impairment loss no later than when the impairment is deemed other-than-temporary, even if a decision to sell the security has not been made, and also provides guidance on the subsequent accounting for impaired debt securities. The FSP is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2005. Farmer Mac’s adoption of the FSP effective January 1, 2006 has not had a material effect on Farmer Mac’s results of operations or financial position.

In May 2005, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections (“SFAS 154”), which replaced Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 20, Accounting Changes, and FASB Statement No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements. SFAS 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements for changes in accounting principles, unless determination of either the period specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change is impracticable or otherwise promulgated. SFAS 154 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. Farmer Mac’s adoption of SFAS 154 effective January 1, 2006 did not have a material effect on Farmer Mac’s results of operations or financial position.

In February 2006, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 155, Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments - an Amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140 (“SFAS 155”), which resolves issues addressed in Statement 133 Implementation Issue No. D1, Application of Statement 133 to Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets. SFAS 155, among other things, permits the fair value re-measurement of any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation; clarifies which interest-only strips and principal-only strips are not subject to the requirements of SFAS 133; and establishes a requirement to evaluate interests in securitized financial assets to identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation. SFAS 155 is effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued in a fiscal year beginning after September 15, 2006. SFAS 155 is not expected to have a material effect on Farmer Mac’s results of operations and financial position.

In March 2006, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 156, Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets (“SFAS 156”), which requires that all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities be initially measured at fair value, if practicable and permits the entities to elect either fair value measurement with changes in fair value reflected in earnings or the amortization and impairment requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities, for subsequent measurement. SFAS 156 is effective on January 1, 2007. The adoption of SFAS 156 is not expected to have a material effect on Farmer Mac’s results of operations or financial position.

Note 2. Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities

The following table sets forth information about Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities retained by Farmer Mac as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005.

	March 31, 2006									December 31, 2005
	Available-			Held-to-						Available-			Held-to-
	for-Sale			Maturity			Total			for-Sale			Maturity			Total
	(in thousands)
Farmer Mac I	$	447,379		$	41,865		$	489,244		$	492,158		$	41,573		$	533,731
Farmer Mac II		-			808,157			808,157			-			797,245			797,245
Total	$	447,379		$	850,022		$	1,297,401		$	492,158		$	838,818		$	1,330,976

Amortized cost	$	437,510		$	850,022		$	1,287,532		$	477,561		$	838,818		$	1,316,379
Unrealized gains		13,596			298			13,894			18,395			448			18,843
Unrealized losses		(3,727	)		(12,931	)		(16,658	)		(3,798	)		(8,339	)		(12,137	)
Fair value	$	447,379		$	837,389		$	1,284,768		$	492,158		$	830,927		$	1,323,085

The table below presents a sensitivity analysis for Farmer Mac’s retained Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities as of March 31, 2006.

		March 31, 2006
		(dollars in thousands)

Fair value of beneficial interests retained
	in Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities	$	1,284,768

Weighted-average remaining life (in years)			4.7

Weighted-average prepayment speed (annual rate)			10.7%
	Effect on fair value of a 10% adverse change	$	$ 66
	Effect on fair value of a 20% adverse change		$ 143

Weighted-average discount rate			5.5%
	Effect on fair value of a 10% adverse change	$	(18,262)
	Effect on fair value of a 20% adverse change	$	(36,609)

These sensitivities are hypothetical. Changes in fair value based on 10 percent or 20 percent variations in assumptions generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumptions to the change in fair value may not be linear. Also, in this table the effect of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value of the retained interest is calculated without changing any other assumption. In fact, changes in one factor may result in changes in another (for example, increases in market interest rates may result in lower prepayments), which might amplify or counteract the sensitivities.

The table below presents the outstanding principal balances as of the periods indicated for Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, loans, and LTSPCs.

				March 31,	December 31,
				2006	2005
				(in thousands)
On-balance sheet assets:
	Farmer Mac I:
		Loans		$ 779,475	$ 784,422
		Guaranteed Securities		478,619	518,250
	Farmer Mac II:
		Guaranteed Securities		806,984	796,224
			Total on-balance sheet	$ 2,065,078	$ 2,098,896


Off-balance sheet assets:
	Farmer Mac I:
		LTSPCs		$ 2,243,259	$ 2,329,798
		Guaranteed Securities		1,262,549	804,785
	Farmer Mac II:
		Guaranteed Securities		35,379	39,508
			Total off-balance sheet	$ 3,541,187	$ 3,174,091

			Total	$ 5,606,265	$ 5,272,987

Net credit losses and 90-day delinquencies as of and for the periods indicated for Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, loans and LTSPCs are presented in the table below. Information is not presented for loans underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities issued prior to the 1996 Act or Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities. Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities issued prior to the 1996 Act are supported by unguaranteed first loss subordinated interests, which are expected to exceed the estimated credit losses on those loans. The guaranteed portions collateralizing Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities are guaranteed by the USDA. Each USDA guarantee is an obligation backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac had experienced no credit losses on any Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities issued prior to the 1996 Act or on any Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities and does not expect to incur any such losses in the future.

	90-Day				Net Credit
	Delinquencies (1)				Losses/(Recoveries)
	As of		As of		Three Months Ended
	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
	2006		2005		2006			2005
	(in thousands)
On-balance sheet assets:
Farmer Mac I:
Loans	$	25,535	$	23,308	$	(20	)	$	(35	)
Guaranteed Securities		-		-		-			-
Total on-balance sheet	$	25,535	$	23,308	$	(20	)	$	(35	)


Off-balance sheet assets:
Farmer Mac I:
LTSPCs	$	3,227	$	2,153	$	-		$	-
Guaranteed Securities		-		-		-			-
Total off-balance sheet	$	3,227	$	2,153	$	-		$	-

Total	$	28,762	$	25,461	$	(20	)	$	(35	)

(1) Includes loans and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs that are 90 days or more past due, in foreclosure, restructured after delinquency, and in
bankruptcy, excluding loans performing under either their original loan terms or a court-approved bankruptcy plan.

Note 3. Off-Balance Sheet Guarantees and Long-Term Standby Purchase Commitments

Overview

Farmer Mac offers approved agricultural and rural residential mortgage lenders two off-balance sheet alternatives to increase their liquidity or lending capacity while retaining the cash flow benefits of their loans: (1) Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, which are available through either the Farmer Mac I program or the Farmer Mac II program; and (2) LTSPCs, which are available only through the Farmer Mac I program. Both of these alternatives result in the creation of off-balance sheet obligations for Farmer Mac in the ordinary course of its business.

Off-Balance Sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities

Periodically Farmer Mac transfers agricultural mortgage loans into trusts that are used as vehicles for the securitization of the transferred assets and the beneficial interests in the trusts are sold to third party investors. The following table summarizes certain cash flows received from and paid to these trusts:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2006	March 31, 2005
	(in thousands)
Proceeds from new securitizations	$ 1,485	$ 1,914
Guarantee fees received	670	726
Purchases of assets from the trusts	506	1,595
Servicing advances	1	3
Repayment of servicing advances	4	12

The following table presents the outstanding balance of off-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, which represents the maximum principal amount of potential undiscounted future payments that Farmer Mac could be required to make with respect to those securities as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, not including offsets provided by any recourse provisions, recoveries from third parties or collateral for the underlying loans.

Outstanding Balance of Off-Balance Sheet
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
		March 31,	December 31,
		2006	2005
		(in thousands)

Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities		$ 1,262,549	$ 804,785
Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities		35,379	39,508

	Total Farmer Mac I and II	$ 1,297,928	$ 844,293

As of March 31, 2006, the weighted-average remaining maturity of all loans underlying off-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, excluding AgVantage securities, was 15 years. For those securities issued or modified on or after January 1, 2003, Farmer Mac has recorded a liability for its obligation to stand ready under the guarantee in the guarantee and commitment obligation on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. This liability approximated $5.0 million as of March 31, 2006 and $5.2 million as of December 31, 2005.

Long-Term Standby Purchase Commitments (LTSPCs)

An LTSPC is a commitment by Farmer Mac to purchase eligible loans from a segregated pool of loans, either for cash or in exchange for Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities, on one or more undetermined future dates.

As of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the maximum principal amount of potential undiscounted future payments that Farmer Mac could be requested to make under LTSPCs, not including offsets provided by any recourse provisions, recoveries from third parties or collateral for the underlying loans, was $2.2 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively.

As of March 31, 2006, the weighted-average remaining maturity of all loans underlying LTSPCs was 14.2 years. For those LTSPCs issued or modified on or after January 1, 2003, Farmer Mac has recorded a liability for its obligation to stand ready under the commitment in the guarantee and commitment obligation on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. This liability approximated $12.0 million as of March 31, 2006 and $12.4 million as of December 31, 2005.

Note 4. Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income is comprised of net income plus other changes in stockholders’ equity not resulting from investments by or distributions to stockholders. The following table sets forth Farmer Mac’s other comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005:

				Three Months Ended
				March 31, 2006	March 31, 2005
				(in thousands)

Net income available to common stockholders				$ 5,037	$ 4,912
	Unrealized gains/(losses) on securities			(13,909)	(16,357)
	Cash flow hedging instruments:
		Unrealized gains/(losses)		16,621	18,904
		Less: amortization of losses on forward sale
			contracts into interest expense	(290)	(453)
	Cash flow hedging instruments			16,911	19,357

	Other compehensive income, before tax			3,002	3,000

	Income tax related to items of other comprehensive
			income	1,051	1,050

Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax				1,951	1,950

Comprehensive income available to common stockholders				$ 6,988	$ 6,862

Note 5. Investments

As of the dates indicated below, Farmer Mac’s investment portfolio was comprised of the following investment securities:

	March 31,	December 31,
	2006	2005
	(in thousands)

Held-to-maturity	$ 10,602	$ 10,602
Available-for-sale	1,866,951	1,604,419
Trading	6,458	6,920
	$ 1,884,011	$ 1,621,941

The amortized cost and estimated fair values of investments as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 were as follows:

	As of March 31, 2006									As of December 31, 2005
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Held-to-maturity:
Cash investment in
fixed rate guaranteed
investment contract	$	10,602	$	-	$	(5	)	$	10,597	$	10,602	$	18	$	-		$	10,620
Total held-to-maturity	$	10,602	$	-	$	(5	)	$	10,597	$	10,602	$	18	$	-		$	10,620

Available-for-sale:
Floating rate
asset-backed securities	$	417,672	$	1,048	$	-		$	418,720	$	336,647	$	941	$	-		$	337,588
Floating rate corporate
debt securities		325,732		488		(16	)		326,204		231,168		515		(10	)		231,673
Fixed rate corporate
debt securities		544,574		-		(5,810	)		538,764		520,000		-		(1,950	)		518,050
Fixed rate preferred
stock		238,469		6,515		(220	)		244,764		239,033		11,687		(304	)		250,416
Fixed rate
commercial paper		158,724		-		-			158,724		90,848		-		-			90,848
Floating rate mortgage-
backed securities		169,110		448		(52	)		169,506		175,441		481		(78	)		175,844
Fixed rate mortgage-
backed securities		10,570		-		(301	)		10,269		-		-		-			-
Total available-for-sale	$	1,864,851	$	8,499	$	(6,399	)	$	1,866,951	$	1,593,137	$	13,624	$	(2,342	)	$	1,604,419

Trading:
Adjustable rate mortgage-
backed securities	$	6,399	$	59	$	-		$	6,458	$	6,867	$	53	$	-		$	6,920
Total trading	$	6,399	$	59	$	-		$	6,458	$	6,867	$	53	$	-		$	6,920

The temporary unrealized losses presented above are principally due to changes in interest rates from the date of acquisition to March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005. Farmer Mac has the intent and ability to hold its investment securities in unrealized loss positions as of March 31, 2006 for the foreseeable future.

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac owned one held-to-maturity investment that matures in 2006 with an amortized cost of $10.6 million, a fair value of $10.6 million, and a yield of 6.15 percent. As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac owned trading investment securities that mature after 10 years with an amortized cost of $6.4 million, a fair value of $6.5 million, and a weighted average yield of 4.38 percent. The amortized cost, fair value and yield of investments by remaining contractual maturity for available-for-sale investment securities as of March 31, 2006 are set forth below. Asset- and mortgage-backed securities are included based on their final maturities, although the actual maturities may differ due to prepayments of the underlying assets or mortgages.

	Investment Securities
	Available-for-Sale
	as of March 31, 2006
		Amortized Cost		Fair Value	Yield
	(dollars in thousands)
Due within one year	$	204,113	$	204,153	4.57	%
Due after one year
through five years		889,849		884,278	4.94	%
Due after five years
through ten years		113,128		115,696	7.32	%
Due after ten years		657,760		662,824	5.43	%
Total	$	1,864,850	$	1,866,951	5.22	%

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Please read the following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in conjunction with: (1) the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this report; and (2) Farmer Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Some statements made in this report are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 pertaining to management’s current expectations as to Farmer Mac’s future financial results, business prospects and business developments. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and typically are accompanied by, and identified with, such terms as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “should” and similar phrases. The following management’s discussion and analysis includes forward-looking statements addressing Farmer Mac’s:

·	prospects for earnings;

·	prospects for growth in loan purchase, guarantee, securitization and LTSPC volume;

·	trends in net interest income;

·	trends in provisions for losses;

·	trends in expenses;

·	changes in capital position; and

·	other business and financial matters.

Management’s expectations for Farmer Mac’s future necessarily involve a number of assumptions and estimates and the evaluation of risks and uncertainties. Various factors could cause Farmer Mac’s actual results to differ materially from the expectations as expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including the factors discussed under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of Farmer Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and uncertainties regarding:

·	increases in general and administrative expenses attributable to growth of the business and the regulatory environment, including the hiring of additional personnel with expertise in key functional areas;

·	the rate and direction of development of the secondary market for agricultural mortgage loans;

·	the general rate of growth in agricultural mortgage indebtedness;

·	lender interest in Farmer Mac credit products and the Farmer Mac secondary market;

·	borrower preferences for fixed-rate agricultural mortgage indebtedness;

·	the willingness of investors to invest in Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities; and

·	possible reaction in the financial markets to events involving government-sponsored enterprises other than Farmer Mac.

In light of these potential risks and uncertainties, no undue reliance should be placed on any forward-looking statements expressed in this report. Furthermore, Farmer Mac undertakes no obligation to release publicly the results of revisions to any forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect new information or any future events or circumstances, except as otherwise mandated by law.

Critical Accounting Policy and Estimates

The critical accounting policy that is both important to the portrayal of Farmer Mac’s financial condition and results of operations and requires complex, subjective judgments is the accounting policy for the allowance for losses. For a discussion of Farmer Mac’s critical accounting policy, changes implemented in its methodology for determining its allowance for losses during third quarter 2005, as well as Farmer Mac’s use of estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes for the periods presented, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policy and Estimates” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.

Results of Operations

Overview. Net income available to common stockholders for first quarter 2006 was $5.0 million or $0.44 per diluted common share, compared to $4.9 million or $0.42 per diluted common share for first quarter 2005. The increase was due principally to the after-tax effects of increases in net interest income and the reduction in the provision for losses, partially offset by increased compensation and employee benefits and professional fees.

As part of Farmer Mac’s continuing evaluation of the overall credit quality of its portfolio, the state of the U.S. agricultural economy, the recent upward trends in agricultural land values, and the level of Farmer Mac’s outstanding guarantees and commitments, Farmer Mac determined that the appropriate allowance for losses as of March 31, 2006 was $6.8 million. This resulted in the release of approximately $1.7 million from the allowance for losses in first quarter 2006. As of March 31, 2006, the allowance for losses was $6.8 million and 16 basis points relative to the outstanding post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I portfolio, compared to $8.7 million and 20 basis points as of December 31, 2005 and $16.3 million and 37 basis points as of March 31, 2005.

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac’s 90-day delinquencies (Farmer Mac I loans purchased or placed under Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities or LTSPCs after changes to Farmer Mac’s statutory charter in 1996 that were 90 days or more past due, in foreclosure, restructured after delinquency, or in bankruptcy, excluding loans performing under either their original loan terms or a court-approved bankruptcy plan) were $28.8 million, representing 0.68 percent of the principal balance of all loans held and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs, down from $45.8 million (1.04 percent) as of March 31, 2005.

During first quarter 2006, Farmer Mac:

·	added $73.2 million of Farmer Mac I loans under LTSPCs;

·	guaranteed $500.0 million of AgVantage securities;

·	purchased $30.3 million of newly originated and current seasoned Farmer Mac I loans; and

·	purchased $45.1 million of Farmer Mac II USDA-guaranteed portions of loans.

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac’s outstanding program volume was $5.6 billion, which represented approximately 12 percent of management’s estimate of a $48.0 billion market of eligible agricultural mortgage loans. In addition, Farmer Mac entered into a $486.7 million LTSPC on April 3, 2006, bringing Farmer Mac’s outstanding program volume to more than $6.0 billion at that time. Farmer Mac’s ongoing guarantee and commitment fee income is earned on the cumulative outstanding principal balance of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and loans underlying LTSPCs. Accordingly, guarantee and commitment fees increase or decrease through changes in periodic business volume in proportion to the change in that cumulative outstanding principal balance, not in proportion to the change in periodic volume.

Set forth below is a more detailed discussion of Farmer Mac’s results of operations.

Net Interest Income. Net interest income was $8.9 million for first quarter 2006, compared to $7.8 million for first quarter 2005. The net interest yield was 83 basis points for the three months ended March 31, 2006, compared to 85 basis points for the three months ended March 31, 2005. Net interest income includes guarantee fees for loans purchased after April 1, 2001 (the effective date of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities (“SFAS 140”)), but not for loans purchased prior to that date. The effect of SFAS 140 was the classification of approximately $0.9 million (8 basis points) of guarantee fee income as interest income for first quarter 2006, compared to $0.9 million (10 basis points) for first quarter 2005.

Farmer Mac classifies the net interest income and expense realized on financial derivatives that are not in fair value or cash flow hedge relationships as gains and losses on financial derivatives and trading assets. For the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, this classification resulted in the increase of the net interest yield of 2 basis points and decrease of the net interest yield of 4 basis points, respectively.

The net interest yields for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 included the benefits of yield maintenance payments of 9 basis points and 17 basis points, respectively. Yield maintenance payments represent the present value of expected future interest income streams and accelerate the recognition of interest income from the related loans. Because the timing and size of these payments vary greatly, variations do not necessarily indicate positive or negative trends to gauge future financial results. For the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, the after-tax effects of yield maintenance payments on net income and diluted earnings per share were $0.7 million or $0.06 per diluted share and $1.1 million or $0.08 per diluted share, respectively.

The following table provides information regarding interest-earning assets and funding for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005. The balance of non-accruing loans is included in the average balance of interest-earning loans presented, though no related income is included in the income figures presented. Therefore, as the balance of non-accruing loans increases or decreases, the net interest yield will decrease or increase accordingly. Net interest income and the yield will also fluctuate due to the uncertainty of the timing and size of yield maintenance payments. The average rate earned on cash and cash equivalents reflects the increase in short-term market rates during the latter part of 2005 and first quarter 2006. The increase in the average rate for investments reflects the general increase in short-term rates and the short-term or floating rate nature of most investments acquired or reset during 2005 and first quarter 2006 and outstanding during 2006. The higher average rate on loans and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities during first quarter 2006 reflects the increase in market rates during the latter part of 2005 and first part of 2006, which affected the rates on loans acquired or reset during that period and outstanding during first quarter 2006. The higher average rate on Farmer Mac’s notes payable due within one year is consistent with general trends in average short-term rates during the periods presented. The upward trend in the average rate on notes payable due after one year reflects the retirement of older debt and the issuance of new debt at higher market rates during the latter part of 2005 and first quarter 2006 and outstanding during first quarter 2006.

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2006							March 31, 2005
	Average Balance		Income/ Expense		Average Rate			Average Balance		Income/ Expense		Average Rate
	(dollars in thousands)
Interest-earning assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	593,615	$	6,664		4.49	%	$	485,245	$	2,995		2.47	%
Investments		1,616,628		20,034		4.96	%		1,021,698		9,592		3.76	%
Loans and Farmer Mac
Guaranteed Securities		2,060,797		29,478		5.72	%		2,154,734		29,202		5.42	%
Total interest-earning assets		4,271,040		56,176		5.26	%		3,661,677		41,789		4.57	%

Funding:
Notes payable due within one year		2,372,349		27,568		4.65	%		1,819,416		16,064		3.53	%
Notes payable due after one year		1,654,704		19,708		4.76	%		1,647,521		17,919		4.35	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities		4,027,053		47,276		4.70	%		3,466,937		33,983		3.92	%
Net non-interest-bearing funding		243,987							194,740
Total funding	$	4,271,040		47,276		4.43	%	$	3,661,677		33,983		3.71	%
Net interest income/yield			$	8,900		0.83	%			$	7,806		0.85	%

The following table sets forth information regarding the changes in the components of Farmer Mac’s net interest income for the periods indicated. For each category, information is provided on changes attributable to changes in volume (change in volume multiplied by old rate) and changes in rate (change in rate multiplied by old volume). Combined rate/volume variances, the third element of the calculation, are allocated based on their relative size. The increases in income due to changes in rate reflect the short-term or adjustable-rate nature of the assets or liabilities and the general increases in short-term market rates.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
	Compared to Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2005
	Increase/(Decrease) Due to
	Rate		Volume			Total
	(in thousands)
Income from interest-earning assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	2,883	$	786		$	3,669
Investments		3,703		6,739			10,442
Loans and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities		5,857		(5,581	)		276
Total		12,443		1,944			14,387
Expense from interest-bearing liabilities		7,315		5,978			13,293
Change in net interest income	$	5,128	$	(4,034	)	$	1,094

Guarantee and Commitment Fees. Guarantee and commitment fees, which compensate Farmer Mac for assuming the credit risk on loans underlying Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs, were $5.0 million for first quarter 2006, the same as for first quarter 2005. The effect of SFAS 140 was the classification as interest income of guarantee fees of $0.9 million for first quarter 2006, the same as for first quarter 2005, although management considers the amounts to have been earned in consideration for the assumption of credit risk. That portion of the difference or “spread” between the cost of Farmer Mac’s debt funding for loans and the yield on post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities held on its books compensates for credit risk. When a post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Security is sold to a third party, Farmer Mac continues to receive the guarantee fee component of that spread, which continues to compensate Farmer Mac for its assumption of credit risk. The portion of the spread that compensates for interest rate risk would not typically continue to be received by Farmer Mac if the asset were sold, except to the extent attributable to any retained interest-only strip.

Expenses. General and administrative expenses were $2.8 million for first quarter 2006 compared to $2.0 million for first quarter 2005. The increase was largely attributable to increased legal fees related to a $500 million securitization transaction and compliance matters. Compensation and employee benefits were $2.9 million for first quarter 2006, compared to $1.8 million for first quarter 2005. Of this increase, $0.4 million was due to the recognition of compensation expense related to stock option grants outstanding and unvested as of December 31, 2005. For more information on stock option expense and the adoption of SFAS 123(R) on January 1, 2006, see Note 1(e). The remainder of the increase was due to a general increase in staffing during 2005. Regulatory fees assessed by FCA for each of first quarter 2006 and 2005 were $0.6 million. FCA has advised the Corporation that its estimated fees for the federal fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 will be $2.4 million. After the end of a federal government fiscal year, FCA may revise its prior year estimated assessments to reflect actual costs incurred, and has issued both additional assessments and refunds in the past. Farmer Mac expects all of the above-mentioned expenses and regulatory fees to continue at approximately the same levels through 2006.

During first quarter 2006, Farmer Mac released $1.7 million from the allowance for losses, compared to a release of $0.7 million for first quarter 2005. See “—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk Management—Credit Risk” for additional information regarding Farmer Mac’s provision for losses, provision for loan losses and Farmer Mac’s methodology for determining its allowance for losses. As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac’s total allowance for losses was $6.8 million, or 0.16 percent of outstanding loans held or loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities (excluding AgVantage securities) and LTSPCs, compared to $8.7 million and 0.20 percent as of December 31, 2005.

Gains and Losses on Financial Derivatives and Trading Assets. The loss on financial derivatives and trading assets was $2.0 million for first quarter 2006 compared to a loss of $1.7 million for the first quarter 2005. The losses in 2006 and 2005 resulted primarily from fluctuations in the fair values of financial derivatives that were not designated as either fair value hedges or cash flow hedges in accordance with SFAS 133, which fluctuations resulted from movements in interest rates.

Non-GAAP Performance Measures. Farmer Mac reports its financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). In addition to GAAP measures, Farmer Mac presents certain non-GAAP performance measures. Farmer Mac uses these non-GAAP performance measures to develop financial plans, to measure corporate economic performance, and to set incentive compensation because, in management’s view, the non-GAAP measures more accurately represent Farmer Mac’s economic performance, transaction economics and business trends. Investors and the investment analyst community have previously relied upon similar measures to evaluate Farmer Mac’s historical and future performance. Farmer Mac’s disclosure of non-GAAP measures is not intended to replace GAAP information but, rather, to supplement it.

Farmer Mac developed non-GAAP core earnings to present net income less the after-tax effects of SFAS 133. Core earnings for first quarter 2006 were $6.2 million compared to $6.3 million for first quarter 2005. The reconciliation of GAAP net income available to common stockholders to core earnings is presented in the following table:

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income Available to Common Stockholders to Core Earnings

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2006			March 31, 2005
	(in thousands)

GAAP net income available
to common stockholders	$	5,037		$	4,912

Less the effects of SFAS 133:
Unrealized gains/(losses) on financial derivatives
and trading assets, net of tax		(1,134	)		(1,353	)

Core earnings	$	6,171		$	6,265

Business Volume. New business volume for first quarter 2006 was $648.5 million, up from $95.5 million during the same period last year. Included in that new business volume was a January 2006 transaction in which Farmer Mac guaranteed $500.0 million principal amount of AgVantage securities supported by a five-year mortgage-backed obligation of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company backed by agricultural real estate mortgage loans. In addition, on April 3, 2006, Farmer Mac announced it issued an LTSPC to a Farm Credit System (“FCS”) institution on $486.7 million of agricultural real estate mortgage loans. Both of these transactions were products of Farmer Mac’s ongoing efforts to diversify its marketing focus to include large program transactions that emphasize high asset quality, with greater protection against adverse credit performance and commensurately lower compensation for the assumption of credit risk and administrative costs.

Notwithstanding the increased volume in first quarter and the large second quarter transaction noted in the preceding paragraph, Farmer Mac’s new business with agricultural mortgage lenders continues to be constrained by:

·	high levels of available capital and liquidity of agricultural lenders;

·	alternative sources of funding and credit enhancement for agricultural lenders;

·	increased competition in the secondary market for agricultural mortgage loans; and

·	reduced growth rates in the agricultural mortgage market, due largely to the strong liquidity of many farmers and ranchers.

Management believes that legislative or regulatory developments or interpretations of Farmer Mac’s statutory charter could continue to adversely affect Farmer Mac, its ability to offer new products, the ability or motivation of certain lenders to participate in its programs or the terms of any such participation, or increase the cost of regulation and related corporate activities. See “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of Farmer Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.

For a more detailed discussion of the above factors and the related effects on Farmer Mac’s business volume, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Outlook for 2006” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.

Looking ahead, Farmer Mac is developing innovative ways to serve the financing needs of rural America, and remains confident of opportunities for increased business volume and income growth as a result of the Corporation’s product development and customer service efforts. Farmer Mac’s marketing initiatives are generating business opportunities for 2006 and, it believes, beyond. Current initiatives include:

·	an alliance with the American Bankers Association, entered into in October 2005, under which Farmer Mac agreed to facilitate access and improve pricing to ABA member institutions and the ABA agreed to promote member participation in the Farmer Mac I program;

·	new and expanded business relationships that will serve a cross-section of agricultural lenders in many areas of the nation;

·	expanded use of AgVantage transactions, targeting highly-rated financial institutions with large agricultural mortgage portfolios;

·	product enhancements, such as open prepayment loan structures;

·	agribusiness and rural development loans associated with agriculture, in fulfillment of Farmer Mac’s Congressional mission;

·	federal and state agricultural finance programs;

·	new loan securitization structures; and

·	increased efforts to adjust the pricing of products to reflect with greater precision the risks assumed by Farmer Mac and the creditworthiness of the obligors on obligations guaranteed by Farmer Mac.

Some of the agribusiness and rural development initiatives will require Farmer Mac to consider credit risks that expand upon or differ from those the Corporation has accepted previously. Farmer Mac will use underwriting standards appropriate to those credit risks, and likely will draw upon outside expertise to analyze and evaluate the credit and funding aspects of loans submitted pursuant to those initiatives. While Farmer Mac is seeking to expand its mix of loan types within the scope of its Congressional charter, it is too early to assess the probability of success of these efforts. Farmer Mac believes that prospects for large portfolio transactions similar to those that have accounted for a significant portion of growth in prior years continue to exist, including the previously mentioned January 2006 AgVantage transaction and the April 2006 LTSPC transaction. No assurance can be given at this time as to the certainty or timing of similar transactions in the future.

The following tables set forth the amount of all Farmer Mac I and Farmer Mac II loan purchase and guarantee activities for newly originated and current seasoned loans during the periods indicated:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2006		March 31, 2005
	(in thousands)
Loan purchase and guarantee and
commitment activity:
Farmer Mac I:
Loans	$	30,260	$	18,540
LTSPCs		73,155		33,282
AgVantage securities		500,000		-
Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities		45,127		43,634
Total purchases, guarantees
and commitments	$	648,542	$	95,456

Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities issuances:
Retained	$	-	$	-
Sold		1,485		1,914
Total	$	1,485	$	1,914

To fulfill its guarantee and commitment obligations, Farmer Mac purchases defaulted loans underlying Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs, all of which are at least 90 days delinquent at the time of purchase. The following table presents Farmer Mac’s loan purchases of newly originated and current seasoned loans and defaulted loans purchased underlying Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs:

		Three Months Ended
		March 31, 2006			March 31, 2005
		(in thousands)
Farmer Mac I newly originated
and current seasoned loan purchases	$	30,260		$	18,540

Defaulted loans purchased underlying
off-balance sheet Farmer Mac I
Guaranteed Securities			506			1,595

Defaulted loans underlying on-balance
sheet Farmer Mac I Guaranteed
Securities transferred to loans			599			1,174

Defaulted loans purchased
underlying LTSPCs			2,949			630

Total loan purchases		$	34,314		$	21,939

The weighted-average age of the Farmer Mac I newly originated and current seasoned loans purchased during each of first quarter 2006 and first quarter 2005 was less than one month. Of the Farmer Mac I newly originated and current seasoned loans purchased during first quarter 2006 and first quarter 2005, 75 percent and 54 percent, respectively, had principal amortization periods longer than the maturity date, resulting in balloon payments at maturity, with a weighted-average remaining term to maturity of 15.0 years and 15.3 years, respectively. The weighted-average age of delinquent loans purchased out of securitized pools and LTSPCs during first quarter 2006 and first quarter 2005 was 5.5 years and 6.7 years, respectively.

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac had 148 approved loan sellers eligible to participate in the Farmer Mac I program, ranging from single-office to multi-branch institutions, spanning community banks, FCS institutions, mortgage companies, commercial banks and insurance companies. The reduction in the number of approved Farmer Mac I loan sellers from 160 as of March 31, 2005 is principally the result of decertification by Farmer Mac of inactive sellers during second quarter 2005. In addition to participating directly in the Farmer Mac I program, some of the approved loan sellers enable other lenders to participate indirectly in the Farmer Mac I program by managing correspondent networks of lenders from which they purchase loans to sell to Farmer Mac. As of March 31, 2006, approximately 100 lenders were participating in those networks. Sellers in the Farmer Mac II program consist mostly of community and regional banks. As of March 31, 2006, more than 350 lenders were participating, directly or indirectly, in one or both of the Farmer Mac I or Farmer Mac II programs.

USDA’s most recent publications (as available on USDA’s website as of May 2, 2006) forecast:

·	2006 net cash farm income to be $64.8 billion, following record years of $82.8 billion in 2005 and $85.5 billion in 2004.

·	2006 net farm income to be $56.2 billion, which is a decrease of $16.4 billion from 2005 but still slightly above the 10-year average net farm income of $55.7 billion.

·	Total direct U.S. government payments to be $18.5 billion in 2006, down from the forecast of $23.0 billion for 2005, but still higher than the estimate of $13.3 billion for 2004. Direct payment rates are fixed in legislation and are not affected by the level of program crop prices.

·	Countercyclical payments are forecast to increase from $4.1 billion in 2005 to $5.3 billion in 2006.

·	Marketing loan benefits are projected to be down from $6.2 billion in 2005 to $4.1 billion in 2006.

·	The value of U.S. farm real estate to increase 6.5 percent in 2006 to $1.4 trillion, as compared to the 2005 increase of 6.8 percent, and the general economy to improve and so support further growth in farmland values.

·	The amount of farm real estate debt to increase by 3.1 percent in 2006 to $122.9 billion, compared to $119.2 billion in 2005.

The USDA forecasts referenced above relate to U.S. agriculture generally, but should be favorable for Farmer Mac’s financial condition relative to its exposure to outstanding guarantees and commitments, as they indicate above-average borrower cash flows and generally increased values in U.S. farm real estate.

Balance Sheet Review

During the three months ended March 31, 2006, there were $50.7 million of net principal paydowns in program assets (Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and loans) offset by a $216.8 million increase in the portfolio of investment securities and cash and cash equivalents. Consistent with the net increase in assets during the period, total liabilities increased $126.7 million from December 31, 2005 to March 31, 2006. For further information regarding off-balance sheet program activities, see “—Off-Balance Sheet Program Activities” below.

During the three months ended March 31, 2006, accumulated other comprehensive income increased $2.0 million, which is the net effect of a $9.0 million decrease in after-tax unrealized gains on securities available for sale and an $11.0 million increase in the after-tax fair value of financial derivatives classified as cash flow hedges. Accumulated other comprehensive income is not a component of Farmer Mac’s core capital or regulatory capital.

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac’s core capital totaled $248.9 million, compared to $244.8 million as of December 31, 2005. As of March 31, 2006, core capital exceeded Farmer Mac’s statutory minimum capital requirement of $149.0 million by $99.9 million.

Farmer Mac was in compliance with its risk-based capital standards as of March 31, 2006. As of March 31, 2006, the risk-based capital stress test generated a regulatory capital requirement of $30.6 million. Farmer Mac’s regulatory capital of $255.7 million as of March 31, 2006 exceeded that amount by approximately $225.1 million. Farmer Mac is required to hold capital at the higher of the statutory minimum capital requirement or the amount required by the risk-based capital stress test. On November 17, 2005, FCA published in the Federal Register a proposed regulation that would revise the risk-based capital regulation. For a discussion of that proposed regulation, see “Regulatory Matters.”

Off-Balance Sheet Program Activities

Farmer Mac offers approved agricultural and rural residential mortgage lenders two off-balance sheet alternatives to increase their liquidity or lending capacity while retaining the cash flow benefits of their loans: (1) Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, which are available through either the Farmer Mac I program or the Farmer Mac II program, and (2) LTSPCs, which are available only through the Farmer Mac I program. Both of these alternatives result in the creation of off-balance sheet obligations for Farmer Mac in the ordinary course of its business. See Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information regarding Farmer Mac’s off-balance sheet program activities.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk Management

Interest Rate Risk. Farmer Mac is subject to interest rate risk on all assets held for investment because of possible timing differences in the cash flows of the assets and related liabilities. This risk is primarily related to loans held and on-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities due to the ability of borrowers to prepay their mortgages before the scheduled maturities, thereby increasing the risk of asset and liability cash flow mismatches. Cash flow mismatches in a changing interest rate environment can reduce the earnings of the Corporation if assets repay sooner than expected and the resulting cash flows must be reinvested in lower-yielding investments when Farmer Mac’s funding costs cannot be correspondingly reduced, or if assets repay more slowly than expected and the associated debt must be replaced by higher-cost debt.

Yield maintenance provisions and other prepayment penalties contained in many agricultural mortgage loans reduce, but do not eliminate, prepayment risk, particularly in the case of a defaulted loan where yield maintenance may not be collected. Those provisions require borrowers to make an additional payment when they prepay their loans so that, when reinvested with the prepaid principal, yield maintenance payments generate substantially the same cash flows that would have been generated had the loan not prepaid. Those provisions create a disincentive to prepayment and compensate the Corporation for its interest rate risks to a large degree. As of March 31, 2006, 56 percent of the outstanding balance of all loans held and loans underlying on-balance sheet Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities (including 81 percent of all loans with fixed interest rates) were covered by yield maintenance provisions and other prepayment penalties. Of the Farmer Mac I fixed rate loans purchased in first quarter 2006, 22 percent had yield maintenance or another form of prepayment protection. As of March 31, 2006, none of the USDA-guaranteed portions underlying Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities had yield maintenance provisions; however, 14 percent contained prepayment penalties. Of the USDA-guaranteed portions purchased in first quarter 2006, none contained prepayment penalties.

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac had $413.6 million of cash and cash equivalents and $1.9 billion of investment securities. Cash equivalents and investment securities pose only limited interest rate risk to Farmer Mac, due to their closely matched funding. Farmer Mac’s cash equivalents mature within three months and are match-funded with discount notes having similar maturities. As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac’s investment securities consisted of $914.0 million of floating rate securities that have rates that adjust within one year. These floating rate investments are funded using:

·	a series of discount note issuances in which each successive discount note is issued and matures on or about the corresponding interest rate reset date of the related investment;

·	floating-rate notes having similar rate reset provisions as the related investment; or

·	fixed-rate notes swapped to floating rates having similar reset provisions as the related investment.

An important “stress test” of Farmer Mac’s exposure to long-term interest rate risk is the measurement of the sensitivity of its market value of equity (“MVE”) to yield curve shocks. MVE represents the present value of all future cash flows from on- and off-balance sheet assets, liabilities and financial derivatives, discounted at current interest rates and spreads. The following schedule summarizes the results of Farmer Mac’s MVE sensitivity analysis as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 to an immediate and instantaneous parallel shift in the yield curve.

	Percentage Change in MVE from Base Case
Interest Rate	March 31,	December 31,
Scenario	2006	2005

+ 300 bp	-9.5%	-6.2%
+ 200 bp	-5.7%	-3.6%
+ 100 bp	-2.4%	-1.4%
- 100 bp	1.1%	0.0%
- 200 bp	1.1%	-0.7%
- 300 bp	1.0%	-1.5%

During first quarter 2006, Farmer Mac maintained a low level of interest rate sensitivity through ongoing asset and liability management activities. As of March 31, 2006, a uniform or “parallel” increase of 100 basis points would have increased Farmer Mac’s net interest income (“NII”), a shorter-term measure of interest rate risk, by 2.8 percent, while a parallel decrease of 100 basis points would have decreased NII by 3.9 percent. Farmer Mac also measures the sensitivity of both MVE and NII to a variety of non-parallel interest rate shocks, including flattening and steepening yield curve scenarios. As of March 31, 2006, both MVE and NII showed similar or lesser sensitivity to non-parallel shocks as to the parallel shocks. As of March 31, Farmer Mac’s effective duration gap, another standard measure of interest rate risk that measures the difference between the sensitivities of assets compared to that of liabilities, was plus 1.3 months, compared to plus 0.5 months as of December 31, 2005. Duration matching helps to maintain the correlation of cash flows and stable portfolio earnings even when interest rates are not stable. Farmer Mac believes the relative insensitivity of its MVE and NII to both parallel and non-parallel interest rate shocks, and its duration gap, indicate that Farmer Mac’s approach to managing its interest rate risk exposures is effective.

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac had $1.4 billion combined notional amount of interest rate swaps with terms ranging from 1 to 15 years. Of those interest rate swaps, $777.0 million were floating-to-fixed rate interest rate swaps, $259.0 million were fixed-to-floating interest rate swaps and $373.4 million were basis swaps.

Farmer Mac uses financial derivatives as an end-user for hedging purposes, not for trading or speculative purposes. When financial derivatives meet the specific hedge criteria under SFAS 133, they are accounted for as either fair value hedges or cash flow hedges. Financial derivatives that do not satisfy those hedge criteria are not accounted for as hedges and changes in the fair value of those financial derivatives are reported as a gain or loss on financial derivatives and trading assets in the consolidated statements of operations. All of Farmer Mac’s financial derivative transactions are conducted under standard collateralized agreements that limit Farmer Mac’s potential credit exposure to any counterparty. As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac had uncollateralized net exposure of $7.8 million to two counterparties.

Credit Risk. Farmer Mac’s primary exposure to credit risk is the risk of loss resulting from the inability of borrowers to repay their mortgages in conjunction with a deficiency in the value of the collateral relative to the amount outstanding on the mortgage and the costs of liquidation. Farmer Mac has established underwriting, appraisal and documentation standards for Farmer Mac I agricultural mortgage loans to mitigate the risk of loss from borrower defaults and to provide guidance concerning the management, administration and conduct of underwriting and appraisals to all participating sellers and potential sellers in its programs.

Farmer Mac’s allowance for losses is presented in three components on its consolidated balance sheet:

·	an “Allowance for loan losses” on loans held for investment;

·	a valuation allowance on real estate owned, which is included in the balance sheet under “Real estate owned”;

·	an allowance for losses on loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs, which is included in the balance sheet under “Reserve for losses.”

Farmer Mac’s provision for losses is presented in two components on its consolidated statement of operations:

·	a “Provision for loan losses,” which represents losses on Farmer Mac’s loans held for investment; and

·	a “Provision for losses,” which represents losses on loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs and real estate owned.

Farmer Mac’s current methodology for determining its allowance for losses incorporates the Corporation’s proprietary automated loan classification system. That system scores loans based on criteria such as historical repayment performance, loan seasoning, loan size and loan-to-value ratio. For the purposes of the loss allowance methodology, the loans in Farmer Mac’s portfolio of loans and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs have been scored and classified for each calendar quarter since first quarter 2000. The new allowance methodology captures the migration of loan scores across concurrent and overlapping 3-year time horizons and calculates loss rates separately within each loan classification for (1) loans underlying LTSPCs and (2) loans held and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities. The calculated loss rates are applied to the current classification distribution of Farmer Mac’s portfolio to estimate inherent losses, on the assumption that the historical credit losses and trends used to calculate loss rates will continue in the future. Management evaluates this assumption by taking into consideration several factors, including:

·	economic conditions;

·	geographic and agricultural commodity/product concentrations in the portfolio;

·	the credit profile of the portfolio;

·	delinquency trends of the portfolio; and

·	historical charge-off and recovery activities of the portfolio.

The following table summarizes the changes in the components of Farmer Mac’s allowance for losses for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005:

		Three Months Ended
		March 31, 2006

		Allowance			REO						Total
		for Loan			Valuation			Reserve			Allowance
		Losses			Allowance			for Losses			for Losses
		(in thousands)

Beginning balance	$	4,876		$	-			$ 3,777		$	8,653
Provision/(recovery) for losses		(1,013)			150			(846)			(1,709)
Net (charge-offs)/recoveries		20			(150)			-			(130)
Ending balance	$	3,883		$	-		$	2,931		$	6,814



		Three Months Ended
		March 31, 2005

			Allowance			REO						Total
			for Loan			Valuation			Reserve			Allowance
			Losses			Allowance			for Losses			for Losses
		(in thousands)

Beginning balance		$	4,395		$	-		$	12,706		$	17,101
Provision/(recovery) for losses			(584	)		120			(221	)		(685	)
Net charge-offs/recoveries			35			(120	)		-			(85	)
Ending balance		$	3,846		$	-		$	12,485		$	16,331

During first quarter 2006, Farmer Mac released $1.7 million from the allowance for losses, compared to the release of $0.7 million in first quarter 2005. During first quarter 2006, Farmer Mac charged off $150,000 in losses against the allowance for losses and had $20,000 in recoveries for net charge-offs of $130,000. During first quarter 2005, Farmer Mac charged off $130,000 in losses against the allowance for losses and had $45,000 in recoveries for net charge-offs of $85,000. There was no previously accrued or advanced interest on loans or Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities that was charged off in first quarter 2006 or first quarter 2005. As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac’s allowance for losses totaled $6.8 million, or 16 basis points of the outstanding principal balance of loans held and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities (excluding AgVantage securities) and LTSPCs, compared to $8.7 million (20 basis points) as of December 31, 2005.

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac’s 90-day delinquencies totaled $28.8 million and represented 0.68 percent of the principal balance of all loans held and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities (excluding AgVantage securities) and LTSPCs, compared to $45.8 million (1.04 percent) as of March 31, 2005. As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac’s non-performing assets (which includes 90-day delinquencies, loans performing under either their original loan terms or a court-approved bankruptcy plan, and real estate owned) totaled $49.5 million and represented 1.17 percent of the principal balance of all loans held and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities (excluding AgVantage securities) and LTSPCs, compared to $70.3 million (1.59 percent) as of March 31, 2005. Loans that have been restructured after delinquency were insignificant and are included within the reported 90-day delinquency and non-performing asset disclosures. From quarter to quarter, Farmer Mac anticipates that 90-day delinquencies and non-performing assets will fluctuate, both in dollars and as a percentage of the outstanding portfolio, with higher levels likely at the end of the first and third quarters of each year corresponding to the semi-annual (January 1^st and July 1^st) payment characteristics of most Farmer Mac I loans.

The following table presents historical information regarding Farmer Mac’s non-performing assets and 90-day delinquencies:

		Outstanding
		Post-1996 Act
		Loans,			Less:
		Guarantees (1),	Non-		REO and
		LTSPCs,	performing		Performing	90-Day
		and REO	Assets	Percentage	Bankruptcies	Delinquencies	Percentage
		(dollars in thousands)
As of:
	March 31, 2006	$ 4,224,669	$ 49,475	1.17%	$ 20,713	$ 28,762	0.68%
	December 31, 2005	4,399,189	48,764	1.11%	23,303	25,461	0.58%
	September 30, 2005	4,273,268	64,186	1.50%	23,602	40,584	0.95%
	June 30, 2005	4,360,670	60,696	1.39%	23,925	36,771	0.85%
	March 31, 2005	4,433,087	70,349	1.59%	24,561	45,788	1.04%
	December 31, 2004	4,642,208	50,636	1.09%	25,353	25,283	0.55%
	September 30, 2004	4,756,839	75,022	1.58%	27,438	47,584	1.01%
	June 30, 2004	4,882,505	69,751	1.43%	36,978	32,773	0.68%
	March 31, 2004	4,922,759	91,326	1.86%	33,951	57,375	1.17%

(1) Excludes loans underlying AgVantage securities.

As of March 31, 2006, approximately $1.2 billion (29.2 percent) of Farmer Mac’s outstanding loans held and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities (excluding AgVantage securities) and LTSPCs were in their peak delinquency and default years (approximately years three through five after origination), compared to $1.3 billion (29.8 percent) as of March 31, 2005.

As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac individually analyzed $32.3 million of its $68.0 million of impaired assets for collateral shortfalls against updated appraised values, other updated collateral valuations or discounted values. Farmer Mac evaluated the remaining $35.7 million of impaired assets for which updated valuations were not available in the aggregate in consideration of their similar risk characteristics and historical statistics. Of the $32.3 million of assets analyzed individually, $28.8 million were adequately collateralized. For the $3.5 million of assets that were not adequately collateralized, individual collateral shortfalls totaled $47 thousand. Accordingly, Farmer Mac recorded specific allowances of $47 thousand for those under-collateralized assets as of March 31, 2006. As of March 31, 2006, in addition to the specific allowances provided, Farmer Mac recorded non-specific or general allowances of $6.7 million, bringing the total allowance for losses to $6.8 million.

As of March 31, 2006, the weighted-average original loan-to-value (“LTV”) ratio for all loans held and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs was 50 percent, and the weighted-average original LTV ratio for all post-1996 Act non-performing assets was 55 percent. The following table summarizes the post-1996 Act non-performing assets by original LTV ratio:

Distribution of Post-1996 Act Non-performing
Assets by Original LTV Ratio
as of March 31, 2006
(dollars in thousands)
		Post-1996 Act
		Non-performing
Original LTV Ratio		Assets	Percentage
0.00% to 40.00%	$	4,666	9%
40.01% to 50.00%		8,148	16%
50.01% to 60.00%		22,339	47%
60.01% to 70.00%		13,588	27%
70.01% to 80.00%		734	1%
80.01% +		-	0%
Total	$	49,475	100%

The following table presents outstanding loans held and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs, post-1996 Act non-performing assets and specific allowances for losses as of March 31, 2006 by year of origination, geographic region and commodity/collateral type:

Farmer Mac I Post-1996 Act Non-performing Assets and Specific Allowance for Losses
	Distribution of
	Outstanding			Outstanding		Post-1996 Act
	Loans,			Loans,		Non-		Non-			Specific
	Guarantees and			Guarantees and		performing		performing			Allowance
	LTSPCs			LTSPCs (1)		Assets (2)		Asset Rate			for Losses
	(dollars in thousands)
By year of origination:
Before 1996	14		%	$ 594,707		$ 4,803		0.81		%	$ 11
1996		5	%		231,499		8,379		3.62	%		4
1997		7	%		290,338		8,008		2.76	%		-
1998		11	%		476,634		9,286		1.95	%		32
1999		11	%		482,598		5,274		1.09	%		-
2000		6	%		269,994		6,879		2.55	%		-
2001		10	%		416,051		4,414		1.06	%		-
2002		12	%		506,936		622		0.12	%		-
2003		10	%		432,979		-		0.00	%		-
2004		5	%		203,516		1,168		0.57	%		-
2005		6	%		274,602		642		0.23	%		-
2006		1	%		44,815		-		0.00	%		-

Total		100	%	$	4,224,669	$	49,475		1.17	%	$	47

By geographic region (3):
Northwest		21	%		872,542	$	33,244		3.81	%	$	47
Southwest		43	%		1,809,891		6,979		0.39	%		-
Mid-North		17	%		714,393		2,505		0.35	%		-
Mid-South		6	%		272,963		3,619		1.33	%		-
Northeast		8	%		329,684		1,624		0.49	%		-
Southeast		5	%		225,196		1,504		0.67	%		-

Total		100	%	$	4,224,669	$	49,475		1.17	%	$	47

By commodity/collateral type:
Crops		44	%	$	1,860,540	$	23,939		1.29	%	$	-
Permanent plantings		24	%		1,035,610		19,858		1.92	%		47
Livestock		23	%		954,726		4,367		0.46	%		-
Part-time farm/rural housing		7	%		277,483		1,311		0.47	%		-
Ag storage and processing		2	%		75,211		-		0.00	%		-
Other		0	%		21,099		-		0.00	%		-

Total		100	%	$	4,224,669	$	49,475		1.17	%	$	47

(1) Excludes loans underlying AgVantage securities.
(2) Includes loans 90 days or more past due, in foreclosure, restructured after delinquency, in bankruptcy
(including loans performing under either their original loan terms or a court-approved bankruptcy plan), and real estate owned.
(3) Geographic regions - Northwest (AK, ID, MT, ND, NE, OR, SD, WA, WY); Southwest (AZ, CA, CO, HI,
NM, NV, UT); Mid-North (IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, WI); Mid-South (KS, OK, TX); Northeast (CT, DE,
KY, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WV); and Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC).

The following table presents Farmer Mac’s cumulative credit losses and current specific allowances relative to the cumulative original balance for all loans purchased and loans underlying post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs as of March 31, 2006. The purpose of this table is to present information regarding losses and collateral deficiencies relative to original guarantees and commitments.

Farmer Mac I Post-1996 Act Credit Losses and Specific Allowance for Losses
Relative to all Cumulative Original Loans, Guarantees and LTSPCs

	Cumulative									Current		Combined
	Original Loans,				Cumulative		Cumulative			Specific		Credit Loss
	Guarantees				Net Credit		Loss			Allowance		and Specific
	and LTSPCs (1)				Losses		Rate			for Losses		Allowance Rate
	(dollars in thousands)
By year of origination:
Before 1996	$ 2,739,769				$ 421		0.02		%	$ 11		0.02		%
1996	644,610				1,503		0.23		%	4		0.23		%
1997		734,829				2,817		0.38	%		-		0.38	%
1998		1,106,752				4,155		0.38	%		32		0.38	%
1999		1,096,116				1,323		0.12	%		-		0.12	%
2000		694,813				1,423		0.20	%		-		0.20	%
2001		921,161				651		0.07	%		-		0.07	%
2002		913,963				-		0.00	%		-		0.00	%
2003		661,775				-		0.00	%		-		0.00	%
2004		266,259				-		0.00	%		-		0.00	%
2005		326,148				-		0.00	%		-		0.00	%
2006		69,194				-		0.00	%		-		0.00	%

Total	$	10,175,389			$	12,293		0.12	%	$	47		0.12	%

By geographic region (2):
Northwest	$	2,176,201			$	6,948		0.32	%	$	47		0.32	%
Southwest		4,247,877				4,727		0.11	%		-		0.11	%
Mid-North		1,480,714				18		0.00	%		-		0.00	%
Mid-South		573,968				336		0.06	%		-		0.06	%
Northeast		851,606				46		0.01	%		-		0.01	%
Southeast		845,023				218		0.03	%		-		0.03	%

Total	$	10,175,389			$	12,293		0.12	%	$	47		0.12	%

By commodity /collateral type:
Crops	$	4,335,903			$	285		0.01	%	$	-		0.01	%
Permanent plantings		2,510,377				9,053		0.36	%		47		0.36	%
Livestock		2,345,534				2,709		0.12	%		-		0.12	%
Part-time farm/rural housing		739,469				246		0.03	%		-		0.03	%
Ag storage and processing		147,990	(3	)		-		0.00	%		-		0.00	%
Other		96,116				-		0.00	%		-		0.00	%

Total	$	10,175,389			$	12,293		0.12	%	$	47		0.12	%


(1) Excludes loans underlying AgVantage securities.
(2) Geographic regions - Northwest (AK, ID, MT, ND, NE, OR, SD, WA, WY); Southwest (AZ, CA, CO,
HI, NM, NV, UT); Mid-North (IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, WI); Mid-South (KS, OK, TX);
Northeast (CT, DE, KY, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WV);
and Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC).
(3) Several of the loans underlying agricultural storage and processing LTSPCs are for facilities under
construction, and as of March 31, 2006, approximately $28.5 million of the loans were not yet
disbursed by the lender.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Farmer Mac has sufficient liquidity and capital resources to support its operations for the next twelve months and has a contingency funding plan to handle unanticipated disruptions in its access to the capital markets.

Debt Issuance. Section 8.6(e) of Farmer Mac’s statutory charter (12 U.S.C. § 2279aa-6(e)) authorizes Farmer Mac to issue debt obligations to purchase eligible mortgage loans and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and to maintain reasonable available cash and cash equivalents for business operations, including adequate liquidity. Farmer Mac funds its purchases of program (loans and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities), mission-related and non-program assets primarily by issuing debt obligations of various maturities in the public capital markets. Farmer Mac’s debt obligations consist of discount notes and medium-term notes, including floating rate notes. Farmer Mac also issues discount notes and medium-term notes to obtain funds to finance its investments, transaction costs, guarantee payments and LTSPC purchase obligations.

The interest and principal on Farmer Mac’s debt are not guaranteed by and do not constitute debts or obligations of FCA or the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States other than Farmer Mac. Farmer Mac is an institution of the FCS, but is not liable for any debt or obligation of any other institution of the FCS. Likewise, neither the FCS nor any other individual institution of the FCS is liable for any debt or obligation of Farmer Mac. Income to the purchaser of a Farmer Mac discount note or medium-term note is not exempt under federal law from federal, state or local taxation. The Corporation’s discount notes and medium-term notes are not currently rated by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

Farmer Mac’s board of directors has authorized the issuance of up to $5.0 billion of discount notes and medium-term notes (of which $4.1 billion was outstanding as of March 31, 2006), subject to periodic review of the adequacy of that level relative to Farmer Mac’s borrowing requirements. Farmer Mac invests the proceeds of such issuances in loans, Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, mission-related assets and non-program investment assets in accordance with policies established by its board of directors.

Liquidity. The funding and liquidity needs of Farmer Mac’s business programs are driven by the purchase and retention of eligible loans, Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and mission-related assets; the maturities of Farmer Mac’s discount notes and medium-term notes; and payment of principal and interest on Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities. Farmer Mac’s primary sources of funds to meet these needs are:

·	principal and interest payments and ongoing guarantee and commitment fees received on loans, Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, LTSPCs and mission-related assets;

·	principal and interest payments received from investment securities; and

·	the issuance of new discount notes and medium-term notes.

As a result of Farmer Mac’s regular issuance of discount notes and medium-term notes and its status as a federally chartered instrumentality of the United States, Farmer Mac has been able to access the capital markets at favorable rates. Farmer Mac has also used floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps, combined with discount note issuances, as a source of fixed-rate funding. While the swap market may provide favorable fixed rates, swap transactions expose Farmer Mac to the risk of future widening of its own issuance spreads versus corresponding LIBOR rates. If the spreads on the Farmer Mac discount notes were to increase relative to LIBOR, Farmer Mac would be exposed to a commensurate reduction on its net interest yield on the notional amount of its floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps and other LIBOR-based floating rate assets.

Farmer Mac maintains cash and liquidity investments in cash equivalents (including commercial paper and other short-term money market instruments) and investment securities that can be drawn upon for liquidity needs. As of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac’s cash and cash equivalents and liquidity investment securities were $413.6 million and $1.4 billion, respectively. In addition, as of March 31, 2006, Farmer Mac held: (1) $500.0 million of mission-related non-program investments issued by the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, and (2) $808.2 million of Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities backed by USDA-guaranteed portions that carry the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. As of March 31, 2006, the aggregate of the Farmer Mac II Guaranteed Securities, mission-related non-program investments, cash and liquidity investments represented 73 percent of Farmer Mac’s total liabilities. Farmer Mac has a policy of maintaining a minimum of 60 days of liquidity and a target of 90 days of liquidity. For first quarter 2006, Farmer Mac maintained an average of greater than 90 days of liquidity.

Capital. During first quarter 2006, Farmer Mac repurchased 38,950 shares of its Class C Non-Voting Common Stock at an average price of $27.81 per share pursuant to the Corporation’s previously announced stock repurchase program. These repurchases reduced the Corporation’s capital by approximately $1.1 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, Farmer Mac repurchased 291,454 shares of its Class C Non-Voting Common Stock at an average price of $20.35, which reduced the Corporation’s capital by approximately $5.9 million. All of the repurchased shares were purchased in open market transactions and were retired to become authorized but unissued shares available for future issuance.

Regulatory Matters

On September 30, 2005, the final regulation relating to Farmer Mac’s investments and liquidity became effective. FCA included several of the revisions to the proposed regulation suggested by Farmer Mac in comments to the proposal and Farmer Mac expects to be able to comply with the regulation in accordance with the timeframes established in the regulation. Farmer Mac is required to comply with the liquidity provisions of the regulation by September 30, 2007.

In the November 17, 2005 issue of the Federal Register, FCA published for public comment a proposed rule that would revise certain FCA regulations governing the risk-based capital test applicable to Farmer Mac. The public comment period for that proposed rule will close May 17, 2006. FCA’s announcement of the proposed rule stated that it “is designed to update Farmer Mac’s risk-based capital stress test to reflect the evolution of the Corporation’s loan portfolio and the practices of other leading financial institutions. The FCA Board is currently scheduled to consider a final rule for the Farmer Mac risk-based capital stress test in September 2006.” Farmer Mac believes that the proposal, if adopted in its proposed form and under current economic conditions and the state of the Corporation’s portfolio, would increase the Corporation’s risk-based capital requirement from its current level to a higher level that would be close to the statutory minimum capital requirement. In that regard, FCA has estimated that, had the proposed rule been effective at the time, the risk-based capital requirement as of June 30, 2005 would have been $123.5 million, compared to the $49.6 million risk-based capital requirement under the existing risk-based capital stress test. As of June 30, 2005, Farmer Mac’s regulatory capital was $254.3 million. Farmer Mac has provided written comments on the proposed regulation to FCA.

Other Matters

Since fourth quarter 2004, Farmer Mac has paid quarterly dividends of $0.10 per share on each of the Corporation’s three classes of common stock - Class A Voting Common Stock, Class B Voting Common Stock, and Class C Non-Voting Common Stock. Each dividend was paid on the last business day of each quarter to holders of record as of the 15^th day of the month in which the dividend was paid. On April 6, 2006, Farmer Mac’s board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share on the Corporation’s three classes of common stock payable on June 30, 2006 to holders of record as of June 15, 2006. Farmer Mac expects to continue to pay comparable quarterly cash dividends for the foreseeable future, subject to the outlook and indicated capital needs of the Corporation and the determination of the board of directors. Farmer Mac’s ability to declare and pay dividends could be restricted if it were to fail to comply with the applicable regulatory capital requirements. See “Business—Government Regulation of Farmer Mac—Regulation—Capital Standards—Enforcement levels” in Farmer Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. Farmer Mac’s ability to pay dividends on its common stock is also subject to the payment of dividends on its outstanding preferred stock.

On November 11, 2005, Farmer Mac established a program to repurchase up to 10 percent, or 958,632 shares, of the Corporation’s outstanding Class C Non-Voting Common Stock. The authority for this stock repurchase program expires in November 2007. During first quarter 2006, Farmer Mac repurchased 38,950 shares of its Class C Non-Voting Common Stock under the repurchase program at an average price of $27.81 per share.

Supplemental Information

The following tables present quarterly and annual information regarding loan purchases, guarantees and LTSPCs and outstanding guarantees and LTSPCs.

Farmer Mac Purchases, Guarantees and LTSPCs
		Farmer Mac I
		Loans and
		Guaranteed
		Securities	LTSPCs		Farmer Mac II	Total
		(in thousands)
For the quarter ended:

	March 31, 2006	$ 530,260	$ 73,155	(1)	$ 45,127	$ 648,542
	December 31, 2005	31,313	239,957	(2)	59,230	330,500
	September 30, 2005	39,821	91,783	(3)	52,181	183,785
	June 30, 2005	20,382	96,419	(4)	45,123	161,924
	March 31, 2005	18,540	33,282		43,634	95,456
	December 31, 2004	28,211	34,091		55,122	117,424
	September 30, 2004	23,229	84,097		49,798	157,124
	June 30, 2004	27,520	127,098		34,671	189,289
	March 31, 2004	25,444	147,273		34,483	207,200

For the year ended:
	December 31, 2005	110,056	461,441		200,168	771,665
	December 31, 2004	104,404	392,559		174,074	671,037

(1) $28.5 million of the LTSPCs during first quarter were for agricultural storage and processing facilities.
Several of the loans underlying those LTSPCs are for facilities under construction, and as of March 31,
2006, approximately $28.5 million of the loans were not yet disbursed by the lender.
(2) $16.0 million of the LTSPCs during fourth quarter 2005 were for agricultural storage and processing facilities. Several of the loans underlying those LTSPCs are for facilities under construction, and as of
March 31, 2006, approximately $5.4 million of the loans were not yet disbursed by the lender.
(3) $32.0 million of the LTSPCs during third quarter 2005 were for agricultural storage and processing facilities.
Several of the loans underlying those LTSPCs are for facilities under construction, and as of March 31,
2006, approximately $13.5 million of the loans were not yet disbursed by the lender.
(4) $56.8 million of the LTSPCs during second quarter 2005 were for agricultural storage and processing facilities.
Several of the loans underlying those LTSPCs are for facilities under construction, and as of March 31,
2006, approximately $24.6 million of the loans were not yet disbursed by the lender.

Outstanding Balance of Farmer Mac Loans,
Guarantees and LTSPCs
		Farmer Mac I
		Post-1996 Act
		Loans and
		Guaranteed
		Securities	LTSPCs	Pre-1996 Act	Farmer Mac II	Total
		(in thousands)
As of:
	March 31, 2006	$ 2,509,306	$ 2,243,259	$ 11,337	$ 842,363	$ 5,606,265
	December 31, 2005	2,094,411	2,329,798	13,046	835,732	5,272,987
	September 30, 2005	2,116,680	2,183,058	14,209	810,686	5,124,633
	June 30, 2005	2,199,508	2,181,896	16,333	786,671	5,184,408
	March 31, 2005	2,243,357	2,209,792	17,236	777,465	5,247,850
	December 31, 2004	2,367,460	2,295,103	18,639	768,542	5,449,744
	September 30, 2004	2,398,854	2,381,006	18,909	742,474	5,541,243
	June 30, 2004	2,511,302	2,390,779	22,155	715,750	5,639,986
	March 31, 2004	2,553,935	2,382,648	22,261	722,978	5,681,822
	December 31, 2003	2,680,814	2,348,702	24,734	729,470	5,783,720

Outstanding Balance of Loans Held and Loans Underlying
On-Balance Sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
					Total
		Fixed Rate	5-to-10-Year	1-Month-to-3-Year	Held in
		(10-yr. wtd. avg. term)	ARMs & Resets	ARMs	Portfolio
		(in thousands)
As of:
	March 31, 2006	$ 871,054	$ 729,992	$ 464,032	$ 2,065,078
	December 31, 2005	866,362	752,885	479,649	2,098,896
	September 30, 2005	840,330	785,387	477,345	2,103,062
	June 30, 2005	838,872	803,377	488,555	2,130,804
	March 31, 2005	828,985	822,275	492,358	2,143,618
	December 31, 2004	763,210	923,520	533,686	2,220,416
	September 30, 2004	753,205	929,641	520,246	2,203,092
	June 30, 2004	782,854	978,531	529,654	2,291,039
	March 31, 2004	818,497	978,263	548,134	2,344,894
	December 31, 2003	860,874	1,045,217	542,024	2,448,115

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Farmer Mac is exposed to market risk attributable to changes in interest rates. Farmer Mac manages this market risk by entering into various financial transactions, including financial derivatives, and by monitoring its exposure to changes in interest rates. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk Management—Interest Rate Risk” for more information about Farmer Mac’s exposure to interest rate risk and strategies to manage such risk. For information regarding Farmer Mac’s use of and accounting policies for financial derivatives, see Note 1(c) to the condensed consolidated financial statements. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” for further information regarding Farmer Mac’s debt issuance and liquidity risks.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Farmer Mac maintains disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Corporation’s periodic filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), including this report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported on a timely basis. These disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Corporation’s management on a timely basis to allow decisions regarding required disclosure. Management, including Farmer Mac’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of March 31, 2006. Based upon that evaluation, they have concluded that the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There was no change in Farmer Mac’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2006 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Farmer Mac’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Farmer Mac is not a party to any material pending legal proceedings.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There were no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Farmer Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(a)

Farmer Mac is a federally chartered instrumentality of the United States and its Common Stock is exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

On January 4, 2006, pursuant to Farmer Mac’s policy that permits directors of Farmer Mac to elect to receive shares of Class C Non-Voting Common Stock in lieu of their annual cash retainers, Farmer Mac issued an aggregate of 494 shares of its Class C Non-Voting Common Stock, at an issue price of $29.93 per share, to the eight directors who elected to receive such stock in lieu of their cash retainers.

(b)

Not applicable.

(c)

As shown in the table below, Farmer Mac repurchased 38,950 shares of its Class C Non-Voting Common Stock during first quarter 2006 at an average price of $27.81 per share. All of the repurchased shares were purchased in open market transactions and were retired to become authorized but unissued shares available for future issuance.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

			Total Number of
			Class C Shares	Maximum Number
	Total Number	Average	Purchased as Part	of Class C Shares
	of Class C	Price Paid	of Publicly	that May Yet Be
	Shares	per Class	Announced	Purchased Under
Period	Purchased	C Share	Program*	the Program

January 1, 2006 - January 31, 2006	-	$ -	-	914,682
February 1, 2006 - February 28, 2006	8,050	27.70	8,050	906,632
March 1, 2006 - March 31, 2006	30,900	27.83	30,900	875,732

Total	38,950	$ 27.81	38,950

* On November 17, 2005, Farmer Mac publicly announced that its board of directors had authorized a program to repurchase up to 10

percent of the Corporation’s outstanding Class C Non-Voting Common Stock (958,632 shares). The authority for this stock repurchase

program expires in November 2007.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

(a)	Not applicable.

(b)	Not applicable.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

(a)

None.

(b)	Not applicable.

Item 6. Exhibits

3.1

Title VIII of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as most recently amended by the Farm Credit System Reform Act of 1996, P.L. 104-105 (Form 10-K filed March 29, 1996).

3.2

Amended and restated By-Laws of the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2004).

4.1

Specimen Certificate for Farmer Mac Class A Voting Common Stock (Form 10-Q filed May 15, 2003).

4.2

Specimen Certificate for Farmer Mac Class B Voting Common Stock (Form 10-Q filed May 15, 2003).

4.3

Specimen Certificate for Farmer Mac Class C Non-Voting Common Stock (Form 10-Q filed May 15, 2003).

4.4

Certificate of Designation of Terms and Conditions of Farmer Mac 6.40% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A (Form 10-Q filed May 15, 2003).

4.5.1

Master Terms Agreement for Farmer Mac’s Universal Debt Facility dated as of July 28, 2005 (Previously filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Form 8-A filed August 4, 2005).

4.5.2

Supplemental Agreement for 4.25% Fixed Rate Global Notes Due July 29, 2008 (Previously filed as Exhibit 4.4 to Form 8-A filed August 4, 2005).

†*

10.1

Stock Option Plan (Previously filed as Exhibit 19.1 to Form 10-Q filed August 14, 1992).

†*

10.1.1

Amendment No. 1 to Stock Option Plan (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Form 10-Q filed August 16, 1993).

†*

10.1.2

1996 Stock Option Plan (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 1996).

†* 10.1.3 - Amended and Restated 1997 Incentive Plan (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2003).

†* 10.1.4 - Form of stock option award agreement under 1997 Incentive Plan (Form 10-K filed March 16, 2005).

†

Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.

Filed with this report.

Management contract or compensatory plan.

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

†*

10.2

Employment Agreement dated May 5, 1989 between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Form 10-K filed February 14, 1990).

†*

10.2.1

Amendment No. 1 dated as of January 10, 1991 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Form 10-K filed April 1, 1991).

†*

10.2.2

Amendment to Employment Contract dated as of June 1, 1993 between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-Q filed November 15, 1993).

†*

10.2.3

Amendment No. 3 dated as of June 1, 1994 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Form 10-Q filed August 15, 1994).

†*

10.2.4

Amendment No. 4 dated as of February 8, 1996 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-K filed March 29, 1996).

†*

10.2.5

Amendment No. 5 dated as of June 13, 1996 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 1996).

†*

10.2.6

Amendment No. 6 dated as of August 7, 1997 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 1997).

†*

10.2.7

Amendment No. 7 dated as of June 4, 1998 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 1998).

†*

10.2.8

Amendment No. 8 dated as of June 3, 1999 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 12, 1999).

†*

10.2.9

Amendment No. 9 dated as of June 1, 2000 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2000).

†* 10.2.10 - Amendment No. 10 dated as of June 7, 2001 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2001).

*	Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.
**	Filed with this report.
†	Management contract or compensatory plan.
#	Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

†* 10.2.11 - Amendment No. 11 dated as of June 6, 2002 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2002).

†* 10.2.12 - Amendment No. 12 dated as of June 5, 2003 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2003).

†* 10.2.13 - Amendment No. 13 dated as of August 3, 2004 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2004).

†* 10.2.14 - Amendment No. 14 dated as of June 16, 2005 to Employment Contract between Henry D. Edelman and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2005).

†*

10.3

Employment Agreement dated May 11, 1989 between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-K filed February 14, 1990).

†*

10.3.1

Amendment dated December 14, 1989 to Employment Agreement between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-K filed February 14, 1990).

†*

10.3.2

Amendment No. 2 dated February 14, 1991 to Employment Agreement between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Form 10-K filed April 1, 1991).

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10.3.3

Amendment to Employment Contract dated as of June 1, 1993 between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.9 to Form 10-Q filed November 15, 1993).

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10.3.4

Amendment No. 4 dated June 1, 1993 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Form 10-K filed March 31, 1994).

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10.3.5

Amendment No. 5 dated as of June 1, 1994 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.12 to Form 10-Q filed August 15, 1994).

†

Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.

Filed with this report.

Management contract or compensatory plan.

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

†*

10.3.6

Amendment No. 6 dated as of June 1, 1995 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 1995).

†*

10.3.7

Amendment No. 7 dated as of February 8, 1996 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-K filed March 29, 1996).

†* 10.3.8 - Amendment No. 8 dated as of June 13, 1996 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed

August 14, 1996).

†* 10.3.9 - Amendment No. 9 dated as of August 7, 1997 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed

November 14, 1997).

†* 10.3.10 - Amendment No. 10 dated as of June 4, 1998 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed

August 14, 1998).

†* 10.3.11 - Amendment No. 11 dated as of June 3, 1999 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed

August 12, 1999).

†* 10.3.12 - Amendment No. 12 dated as of June 1, 2000 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed

August 14, 2000).

†* 10.3.13 - Amendment No. 13 dated as of June 7, 2001 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2001).

†* 10.3.14 - Amendment No. 14 dated as of June 6, 2002 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2002).

†* 10.3.15 - Amendment No. 15 dated as of June 5, 2003 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2003).

†* 10.3.16 - Amendment No. 16 dated as of August 3, 2004 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2004).

†

Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.

Filed with this report.

Management contract or compensatory plan.

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

†* 10.3.17 - Amendment No. 17 dated as of June 16, 2005 to Employment Contract between Nancy E. Corsiglia and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2005).

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10.4

Employment Contract dated as of September 1, 1997 between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.8 to Form 10-Q filed November 14, 1997).

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10.4.1

Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 4, 1998 to Employment Contract between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.8.1 to Form 10-Q filed August 14, 1998).

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10.4.2

Amendment No. 2 dated as of June 3, 1999 to Employment Contract between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 12, 1999).

†*

10.4.3

Amendment No. 3 dated as of June 1, 2000 to Employment Contract between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2000).

†*

10.4.4

Amendment No. 4 dated as of June 7, 2001 to Employment Contract between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2001).

†*

10.4.5

Amendment No. 5 dated as of June 6, 2002 to Employment Contract between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2002).

†*

10.4.6

Amendment No. 6 dated as of June 5, 2003 to Employment Contract between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2003).

†*

10.4.7

Amendment No. 7 dated as of August 3, 2004 to Employment Contract between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2004).

†*

10.4.8

Amendment No. 8 dated as of June 16, 2005 to Employment Contract between Tom D. Stenson and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2005).

†

Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.

Filed with this report.

Management contract or compensatory plan.

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

†*

10.5

Employment Contract dated February 1, 2000 between Jerome G. Oslick and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Form 10-Q filed May 11, 2000).

†*

10.5.1

Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 1, 2000 to Employment Contract between Jerome G. Oslick and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.6.1 to Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2000).

†*

10.5.2

Amendment No. 2 dated as of June 7, 2001 to Employment Contract between Jerome G. Oslick and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.6.2 to Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2001).

†*

10.5.3

Amendment No. 3 dated as of June 6, 2002 to Employment Contract between Jerome G. Oslick and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2002).

†*

10.5.4

Amendment No. 4 dated as of June 5, 2003 to Employment Contract between Jerome G. Oslick and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2003).

†*

10.5.5

Amendment No. 5 dated as of June 16, 2005 to Employment Contract between Jerome G. Oslick and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2005).

†*

10.6

Employment Contract dated June 5, 2003 between Timothy L. Buzby and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2003).

†*

10.6.1

Amendment No. 1 dated as of August 3, 2004 to Employment Contract between Timothy L. Buzby and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2004).

†*

10.6.2

Amendment No. 2 dated as of June 16, 2005 to Employment Contract between Timothy L. Buzby and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2005).

10.7

Farmer Mac I Seller/Servicer Agreement dated as of August 7, 1996 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).

10.8

Medium-Term Notes U.S. Selling Agency Agreement dated as of October 1, 1998 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).

†

Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.

Filed with this report.

Management contract or compensatory plan.

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

10.9

Discount Note Dealer Agreement dated as of September 18, 1996 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).

10.10

ISDA Master Agreement and Credit Support Annex dated as of June 26, 1997 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).

10.11

Master Central Servicing Agreement dated as of December 17, 1996 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).

*# 10.11.1 - Amendment No. 1 dated as of February 26, 1997 to Master Central Servicing Agreement dated as of December 17, 1996 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).

*# 10.11.2 - Amended and Restated Master Central Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2004 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2004).

10.12

Loan Closing File Review Agreement dated as of August 2, 2005 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2005).

10.13

Long Term Standby Commitment to Purchase dated as of August 1, 1998 between AgFirst Farm Credit Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).

*# 10.13.1 - Amendment No. 1 dated as of January 1, 2000 to Long Term Standby Commitment to Purchase dated as of August 1, 1998 between AgFirst Farm Credit Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).

* 10.13.2 - Amendment No. 2 dated as of September 1, 2002 to Long Term Standby Commitment to Purchase dated as of August 1, 1998, as amended by

Amendment No. 1 dated as of January 1, 2000, between AgFirst Farm Credit Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2002).

10.14

Lease Agreement, dated June 28, 2001 between EOP - Two Lafayette, L.L.C. and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Form 10-K filed March 27, 2002).

†

Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.

Filed with this report.

Management contract or compensatory plan.

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

†*

10.15

Lease Agreement dated May 26, 2005 between Zions First National Bank and the Registrant (Previously filed as Exhibit 10.19 to Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2005).

10.16

Long Term Standby Commitment to Purchase dated as of June 1, 2003 between Farm Credit Bank of Texas and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2004).

10.17

Central Servicer Delinquent Loan Servicing Transfer Agreement dated as of July 1, 2004 between AgFirst Farm Credit Bank and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2004).

†*

10.18

Employment Contract dated June 20, 2005 between Mary K. Waters and the Registrant (Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2005).

Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

** 31.1 - Certification of Chief Executive Officer relating to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, pursuant to

Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

* Incorporated by reference to the indicated prior filing.

** Filed with this report.

† Management contract or compensatory plan.

# Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION

May 10, 2006

	By:	/s/ Henry D. Edelman
		Henry D. Edelman President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

		/s/ Nancy E. Corsiglia
		Nancy E. Corsiglia Vice President - Finance (Principal Financial Officer)

FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Federally chartered instrumentality of the United States		52-1578738
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. employer identification number)
1133 Twenty-First Street, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, D.C.		20036
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)