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Equity - Non-controlling interest (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Jan. 25, 2010
Jun. 30, 2014
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Preferred Stock Redemption Premium $ 8,147,000us-gaap_PreferredStockRedemptionPremium $ 0us-gaap_PreferredStockRedemptionPremium    
Farmer Mac II LLC [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Sale of Stock, Consideration Received on Transaction     250,000,000us-gaap_SaleOfStockConsiderationReceivedOnTransaction
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= agm_FarmerMacIiLlcMember
 
Farmer Mac II LLC [Member] | Preferred Stock [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share $ 1,000us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreference
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= agm_FarmerMacIiLlcMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PreferredStockMember
     
Farmer Mac II LLC [Member] | Private Placement [Member] | Preferred Stock [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction     250,000us-gaap_SaleOfStockNumberOfSharesIssuedInTransaction
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= agm_FarmerMacIiLlcMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PreferredStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_PrivatePlacementMember
 
Non-controlling Interest - Preferred Stock [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Redemptions or Purchase of Interests $ 235,853,000us-gaap_MinorityInterestDecreaseFromRedemptions
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember
$ 0us-gaap_MinorityInterestDecreaseFromRedemptions
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember
  $ 6,000,000us-gaap_MinorityInterestDecreaseFromRedemptions
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember