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INVESTMENT SECURITIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
INVESTMENT SECURITIES INVESTMENT SECURITIES
The following tables set forth information about Farmer Mac's available-for-sale and held-to-maturity investment securities as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
 
Table 2.1
 As of March 31, 2024
Amount OutstandingUnamortized Premium/(Discount)
Amortized
Cost(1)
Allowance for losses(2)
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
 (in thousands)
Available-for-sale:    
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans$19,700 $— $19,700 $(25)$— $(394)$19,281 
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities2,402,850 (1,306)2,401,544 — 2,608 (24,086)2,380,066 
Fixed rate GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities1,851,641 (47,448)1,804,193 — 2,746 (134,551)1,672,388 
Floating rate U.S. Treasuries50,000 (10)49,990 — — 49,996 
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries905,255 (15,120)890,135 — 81 (4,160)886,056 
Total available-for-sale5,229,446 (63,884)5,165,562 (25)5,441 (163,191)5,007,787 
Held-to-maturity:
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities(3)
53,756 — 53,756 — 1,104 — 54,860 
Total held-to-maturity$53,756 $— $53,756 $— $1,104 $— $54,860 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $22.2 million of accrued interest receivable on investment securities as of March 31, 2024.
(2)Represents the amount of impairment that has resulted from credit-related factors, and therefore was recognized in the consolidated statement of operations as a provision for losses. Amount excludes unrealized losses relating to non-credit factors.
(3)The held-to-maturity investment securities had a weighted average yield of 6.7% as of March 31, 2024.
 As of December 31, 2023
Amount OutstandingUnamortized Premium/(Discount)
Amortized
Cost(1)
Allowance for losses(2)
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
 (in thousands)
Available-for-sale:    
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans$19,700 $— $19,700 $(27)$— $(591)$19,082 
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities2,454,009 (1,138)2,452,871 — 1,212 (29,649)2,424,434 
Fixed rate GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities1,727,669 (46,788)1,680,881 — 6,558 (117,824)1,569,615 
Floating rate U.S. Treasuries50,000 (17)49,983 — — (15)49,968 
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries869,585 (12,885)856,700 — 2,074 (2,942)855,832 
Total available-for-sale5,120,963 (60,828)5,060,135 (27)9,844 (151,021)4,918,931 
Held-to-maturity:
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities(3)
53,756 — 53,756 — 1,745 — 55,501 
Total held-to-maturity$53,756 $— $53,756 $— $1,745 $— $55,501 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $15.9 million of accrued interest receivable on investment securities as of December 31, 2023.
(2)Represents the amount of impairment that has resulted from credit-related factors, and therefore was recognized in the consolidated statement of operations as a provision for losses. Amount excludes unrealized losses relating to non-credit factors.
(3)The held-to-maturity investment securities had a weighted average yield of 6.7% as of December 31, 2023.

Farmer Mac did not sell any securities from its available-for-sale investment portfolio during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, unrealized losses on available-for-sale investment securities were as follows:

Table 2.2
 As of March 31, 2024
 Available-for-Sale Securities
Unrealized loss position for
less than 12 months
Unrealized loss position for
more than 12 months
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
 (dollars in thousands)
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans$— $— $19,281 $(394)
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities414,299 (2,066)1,293,103 (22,020)
Fixed rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities458,047 (7,183)991,514 (127,368)
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries557,405 (3,093)101,646 (1,067)
Total$1,429,751 $(12,342)$2,405,544 $(150,849)
Number of securities in loss position107 158 
 As of December 31, 2023
 Available-for-Sale Securities
Unrealized loss position for
less than 12 months
Unrealized loss position for
more than 12 months
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
 (dollars in thousands)
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans$— $— $19,082 $(591)
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities568,759 (4,395)1,449,122 (25,254)
Fixed rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities384,305 (4,262)905,759 (113,562)
Floating rate U.S. Treasuries49,969 (15)— — 
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries140,435 (606)237,192 (2,336)
Total$1,143,468 $(9,278)$2,611,155 $(141,743)
Number of securities in loss position91 162 

The unrealized losses presented above are principally due to a general widening of market spreads and changes in the levels of interest rates from the dates of acquisition to March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, as applicable. The resulting decrease in fair values reflects an increase in the perceived risk by the financial markets related to those securities. As of both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, all of the investment securities in an unrealized loss position either were backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, a U.S. government sponsored enterprise, or had credit ratings of at least "AA+."

Securities in unrealized loss positions for 12 months or longer have a fair value as of March 31, 2024 that is, on average, approximately 94.1% of their amortized cost basis. Farmer Mac believes that all of these unrealized losses are recoverable within a reasonable period of time by way of maturity, changes in credit spread, or changes in levels of interest rates.

The amortized cost, fair value, and weighted-average yield of available-for-sale investment securities by remaining contractual maturity as of March 31, 2024 are set forth below. Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities are included based on their final maturities, although the actual maturities may differ due to prepayments of the underlying assets.

Table 2.3
As of March 31, 2024
Available-for-Sale Securities
Amortized
Cost
Fair ValueWeighted-
Average
Yield
 (dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$431,353 $430,225 2.32%
Due after one year through five years1,578,453 1,552,380 4.19%
Due after five years through ten years2,375,052 2,260,716 4.35%
Due after ten years780,704 764,466 5.70%
Total$5,165,562 $5,007,787 4.33%
FARMER MAC GUARANTEED SECURITIES AND USDA SECURITIES
The following tables set forth information about on-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and USDA Securities as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:

Table 3.1
 As of March 31, 2024
Unpaid Principal BalanceUnamortized Premium/(Discount)
Amortized
Cost(1)
Allowance for losses(2)
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
 (in thousands)
Held-to-maturity:
AgVantage$4,441,588 $(28,891)$4,412,697 $(179)$3,829 $(35,130)$4,381,217 
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities42,383 31 42,414 — 59 (883)41,590 
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities4,483,971 (28,860)4,455,111 (179)3,888 (36,013)4,422,807 
USDA Securities2,311,442 21,585 2,333,027 — 303 (318,319)2,015,011 
Total held-to-maturity$6,795,413 $(7,275)$6,788,138 $(179)$4,191 $(354,332)$6,437,818 
Available-for-sale:    
AgVantage$5,802,070 $— $5,802,070 $(291)$8,364 $(352,946)$5,457,197 
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities(3)
— 9,232 9,232 — 259 — 9,491 
Total available-for-sale$5,802,070 $9,232 $5,811,302 $(291)$8,623 $(352,946)$5,466,688 
Trading:    
USDA Securities(4)
$1,069 $57 $1,126 $— $— $(60)$1,066 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $57.9 million, $59.4 million, and $27,610 of accrued interest receivable on available-for-sale, held-to-maturity, and trading securities, respectively, as of March 31, 2024.
(2)Represents the amount of impairment that has resulted from credit-related factors, and therefore was recognized in the statement of financial operations as a provision for losses. Amount excludes unrealized losses relating to non-credit factors.
(3)Fair value includes $9.5 million of an interest-only security with a notional amount of $233.5 million.
(4)The trading USDA securities had a weighted average yield of 5.58% as of March 31, 2024.

 As of December 31, 2023
Unpaid Principal BalanceUnamortized Premium/(Discount)
Amortized
Cost(1)
Allowance for losses(2)
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
 (in thousands)
Held-to-maturity:
AgVantage$4,206,324 $(29,622)$4,176,702 $(209)$4,676 $(39,451)$4,141,718 
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities36,543 33 36,576 — 107 (806)35,877 
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities4,242,867 (29,589)4,213,278 (209)4,783 (40,257)4,177,595 
USDA Securities2,331,093 23,078 2,354,171 — 417 (319,783)2,034,805 
Total held-to-maturity$6,573,960 $(6,511)$6,567,449 $(209)$5,200 $(360,040)$6,212,400 
Available-for-sale:  
AgVantage$5,816,024 $— $5,816,024 $(317)$16,416 $(309,411)$5,522,712 
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities(3)
— 9,409 9,409 — 358 — 9,767 
Total available-for-sale$5,816,024 $9,409 $5,825,433 $(317)$16,774 $(309,411)$5,532,479 
Trading:   
USDA Securities(4)
$1,236 $64 $1,300 $— $— $(59)$1,241 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $47.2 million, $67.4 million, and $42,000 of accrued interest receivable on available-for-sale, held-to-maturity, and trading securities, respectively, as of December 31, 2023.
(2)Represents the amount of impairment that has resulted from credit-related factors, and therefore was recognized in the statement of financial operations as a provision for losses. Amount excludes unrealized losses relating to non-credit factors.
(3)Fair value includes $9.8 million of an interest-only security with a notional amount of $238.4 million.
(4)The trading USDA securities had a weighted average yield of 5.46% as of December 31, 2023.

On July 1, 2023, Farmer Mac transferred $2.7 billion of AgVantage Securities from available-for-sale to held-to-maturity to reflect Farmer Mac's positive intent and ability to hold these securities until maturity or payoff. Farmer Mac transferred these securities at fair value as of the date of the transfer, which included a cost basis adjustment due to unrealized losses of $31.9 million. The accumulated unrealized losses were recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income in the amount of $31.9 million. Both the cost basis adjustment and accumulated unrealized depreciation will be amortized as an adjustment to the yield on the held-to-maturity AgVantage Securities over the remaining term of the transferred securities.

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, unrealized losses on held-to-maturity and available-for-sale on-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and USDA Securities were as follows:

Table 3.2
As of March 31, 2024
 Held-to-Maturity and Available-for-Sale Securities
Unrealized loss position for
less than 12 months
Unrealized loss position for
more than 12 months
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
 (in thousands)
Held-to-maturity:
AgVantage$2,757,735 $(3,858)$699,786 $(31,272)
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities27,029 (55)8,258 (828)
USDA Securities3,025 (9)2,004,512 (318,310)
Total held-to-maturity$2,787,789 $(3,922)$2,712,556 $(350,410)
Available-for-sale:
AgVantage$1,133,776 $(15,100)$3,945,347 $(337,846)
Total available-for-sale$1,133,776 $(15,100)$3,945,347 $(337,846)

As of December 31, 2023
 Held-to-Maturity and Available-for-Sale Securities
Unrealized loss position for
less than 12 months
Unrealized loss position for
more than 12 months
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
 (in thousands)
Held-to-maturity:
AgVantage$2,070,770 $(6,705)$725,347 $(32,746)
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities— — 8,393 (806)
USDA Securities— — 2,023,801 (319,783)
Total held-to-maturity$2,070,770 $(6,705)$2,757,541 $(353,335)
Available-for-sale:
AgVantage$508,182 $(5,716)$4,043,431 $(303,695)
Total available-for-sale$508,182 $(5,716)$4,043,431 $(303,695)
The unrealized losses presented above are principally due to changes in interest rates from the date of acquisition to March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, as applicable.

The credit exposure related to Farmer Mac's USDA Securities in the Agricultural Finance line of business is covered by the full faith and credit guarantee of the United States of America.

The unrealized losses from AgVantage securities were on 73 and 68 available-for-sale securities as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. There were 63 and 53 held-to-maturity AgVantage securities with an unrealized loss as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, 60 and 62 available-for-sale AgVantage securities, respectively, had been in a loss position for more than 12 months. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were 19 and 22 held-to-maturity AgVantage securities, respectively, in a loss position for more than 12 months.

During the three three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 Farmer Mac had no sales of AgVantage Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, USDA Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities or USDA Trading Securities and, therefore, Farmer Mac realized no gains or losses.

The amortized cost, fair value, and weighted-average yield of available-for-sale and held-to-maturity Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and USDA Securities by remaining contractual maturity as of March 31, 2024 are set forth below. The balances presented are based on their contractual maturities, although the actual maturities may differ due to prepayments of the underlying assets.

Table 3.3
As of March 31, 2024
Available-for-Sale Securities
Amortized
Cost(1)
Fair ValueWeighted-
Average
Yield
 (dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$850,000 $838,515 3.05 %
Due after one year through five years2,811,653 2,701,597 3.74 %
Due after five years through ten years1,200,000 1,105,537 3.61 %
Due after ten years949,649 821,039 3.55 %
Total$5,811,302 $5,466,688 3.58 %
(1)Amounts presented exclude $57.9 million of accrued interest receivable.

As of March 31, 2024
Held-to-Maturity Securities
Amortized
Cost(1)
Fair ValueWeighted-
Average
Yield
 (dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$2,141,438 $2,139,182 5.72 %
Due after one year through five years1,692,904 1,657,244 4.63 %
Due after five years through ten years249,080 217,955 3.58 %
Due after ten years2,704,716 2,423,437 4.32 %
Total$6,788,138 $6,437,818 4.85 %
(1)Amounts presented exclude $59.4 million of accrued interest receivable.