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INVESTMENT SECURITIES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
INVESTMENT SECURITIES INVESTMENT SECURITIES
Farmer Mac’s investment securities portfolio is comprised primarily of the following major security types, which is based on the Issuer and associated security characteristics:

U.S Government guaranteed securities: single-family and multi-family mortgage-backed securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) and pass-through securities issued by the Small Business Administration, which are guaranteed by the U.S. Government;

U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprise (“GSE”) guaranteed securities: single-family and multi-family mortgage-backed securities issued by Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). GSE securities are not guaranteed by the U.S. government;

U.S. Treasury Obligations: sovereign debt issued by the United States of America.

The following tables set forth information about Farmer Mac's available-for-sale and held-to-maturity investment securities as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
 
Table 2.1
 As of June 30, 2025
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 $(28)$— $(197)$19,475 
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities2,396,079 (1,356)2,394,723 — 2,287 (15,033)2,381,977 
Fixed rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
2,931,421 (69,717)2,861,704 — 21,474 (94,836)2,788,342 
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries1,487,292 (7,234)1,480,058 — 5,235 (1,056)1,484,237 
Total available-for-sale6,834,492 (78,307)6,756,185 (28)28,996 (111,122)6,674,031 
Held-to-maturity:
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities(3)
8,970 — 8,970 — 366 — 9,336 
Total held-to-maturity$8,970 $— $8,970 $— $366 $— $9,336 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $26.3 million of accrued interest receivable on investment securities as of June 30, 2025.
(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 6.4% as of June 30, 2025.
 As of December 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 $(27)$— $(197)$19,476 
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities2,317,032 (841)2,316,191 — 3,484 (13,950)2,305,725 
Fixed rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
2,544,136 (66,845)2,477,291 — 3,426 (142,750)2,337,967 
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries1,302,677 (10,743)1,291,934 — 2,604 (4,692)1,289,846 
Total available-for-sale6,183,545 (78,429)6,105,116 (27)9,514 (161,589)5,953,014 
Held-to-maturity:
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities(3)
9,270 — 9,270 — 270 — 9,540 
Total held-to-maturity$9,270 $— $9,270 $— $270 $— $9,540 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $22.3 million of accrued interest receivable on investment securities as of December 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 6.4% as of December 31, 2024.

Farmer Mac did not sell any securities from its available-for-sale or held-to-maturity investment portfolios during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, Farmer Mac sold floating rate government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities for $115.2 million from its available-for-sale investment portfolio, resulting in a gain of $1.1 million. These sales were done to rebalance the liquidity investment portfolio given the lower level of business volume activity while demonstrating that the portfolio provides strong contingent liquidity.

As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, unrealized losses on available-for-sale investment securities were as follows:

Table 2.2
 As of June 30, 2025
 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$— $— $19,475 $(197)
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities599,742 (1,272)976,207 (13,761)
Fixed rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities399,530 (6,557)964,601 (88,279)
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries384,554 (931)38,899 (125)
Total$1,383,826 $(8,760)$1,999,182 $(102,362)
Number of securities in loss position74 156 
 As of December 31, 2024
 Available-for-Sale Securities
Unrealized loss position for
less than 12 months
Unrealized loss position for
more than 12 months
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
 (dollars in thousands)
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans$— $— $19,476 $(197)
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities269,862 (420)1,025,360 (13,530)
Fixed rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities999,793 (17,682)946,166 (125,068)
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries590,307 (4,375)58,523 (317)
Total$1,859,962 $(22,477)$2,049,525 $(139,112)
Number of securities in loss position90 155 

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 June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, 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 June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, 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 June 30, 2025 that is, on average, approximately 95.1% 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 June 30, 2025 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 June 30, 2025
Available-for-Sale Securities
Amortized
Cost
Fair ValueWeighted-
Average
Yield
 (dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$624,237 $625,265 4.23%
Due after one year through five years2,483,319 2,483,600 4.07%
Due after five years through ten years2,629,374 2,558,256 3.83%
Due after ten years1,019,255 1,006,910 4.78%
Total$6,756,185 $6,674,031 4.10%
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 June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

Table 3.1
 As of June 30, 2025
Unpaid Principal BalanceUnamortized Premium/(Discount)
Amortized
Cost(1)
Allowance for losses(2)
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
 (in thousands)
Available-for-sale:    
AgVantage$5,934,100 $— $5,934,100 $(192)$23,599 $(234,617)$5,722,890 
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities(3)
— 8,369 8,369 — 244 — 8,613 
Total available-for-sale$5,934,100 $8,369 $5,942,469 $(192)$23,843 $(234,617)$5,731,503 
Held-to-maturity:
AgVantage$2,087,686 $(25,746)$2,061,940 $(169)$8,740 $(13,435)$2,057,076 
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities69,200 24 69,224 — 683 (1,201)68,706 
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities2,156,886 (25,722)2,131,164 (169)9,423 (14,636)2,125,782 
USDA Securities2,388,895 17,743 2,406,638 — 6,144 (210,212)2,202,570 
Total held-to-maturity$4,545,781 $(7,979)$4,537,802 $(169)$15,567 $(224,848)$4,328,352 
Trading:    
USDA Securities(4)
$552 $33 $585 $— $— $(25)$560 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $63.9 million and $46.6 million of accrued interest receivable on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities, respectively, as of June 30, 2025.
(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)Fair value includes $8.6 million of an interest-only security with a notional amount of $214.2 million.
(4)The trading USDA securities had a weighted average yield of 5.63% as of June 30, 2025.
 As of December 31, 2024
Unpaid Principal BalanceUnamortized Premium/(Discount)
Amortized
Cost(1)
Allowance for losses(2)
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
 (in thousands)
Available-for-sale:  
AgVantage$5,826,948 $— $5,826,948 $(236)$6,295 $(327,476)$5,505,531 
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities(3)
— 8,710 8,710 — 305 — 9,015 
Total available-for-sale$5,826,948 $8,710 $5,835,658 $(236)$6,600 $(327,476)$5,514,546 
Held-to-maturity:
AgVantage$2,694,492 $(26,928)$2,667,564 $(178)$5,978 $(21,592)$2,651,772 
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities50,275 27 50,302 — 246 (1,220)49,328 
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities2,744,767 (26,901)2,717,866 (178)6,224 (22,812)2,701,100 
USDA Securities2,351,334 19,200 2,370,534 — 180 (258,190)2,112,524 
Total held-to-maturity$5,096,101 $(7,701)$5,088,400 $(178)$6,404 $(281,002)$4,813,624 
Trading:   
USDA Securities(4)
$814 $42 $856 $— $— $(38)$818 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $57.5 million and $59.8 million of accrued interest receivable on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities, respectively, as of December 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)Fair value includes $9.0 million of an interest-only security with a notional amount of $228.0 million.
(4)The trading USDA securities had a weighted average yield of 5.47% as of December 31, 2024.

As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, unrealized losses on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity on-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and USDA Securities were as follows:

Table 3.2
As of June 30, 2025
 
Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity 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)
Available-for-sale:
AgVantage$720,505 $(755)$3,442,744 $(233,862)
Total available-for-sale$720,505 $(755)$3,442,744 $(233,862)
Held-to-maturity:
AgVantage$796,985 $(4,542)$784,478 $(8,893)
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities30,069 (638)7,962 (563)
USDA Securities1,623 (23)1,797,100 (210,189)
Total held-to-maturity$828,677 $(5,203)$2,589,540 $(219,645)
As of December 31, 2024
 
Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity 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)
Available-for-sale:
AgVantage$1,152,227 $(12,889)$3,649,845 $(314,587)
Total available-for-sale$1,152,227 $(12,889)$3,649,845 $(314,587)
Held-to-maturity:
AgVantage$998,200 $(3,326)$1,187,464 $(18,266)
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities30,912 (529)8,070 (691)
USDA Securities8,938 (164)2,099,695 (258,026)
Total held-to-maturity$1,038,050 $(4,019)$3,295,229 $(276,983)

The unrealized losses presented above are principally due to changes in interest rates from the date of acquisition to June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, 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 56 and 66 available-for-sale securities as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. There were 33 and 45 held-to-maturity AgVantage securities with an unrealized loss as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, 50 and 54 available-for-sale AgVantage securities had been in a loss position for more than 12 months, respectively. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were 19 and 26 held-to-maturity AgVantage securities, respectively, in a loss position for more than 12 months.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, 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 June 30, 2025 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 June 30, 2025
Available-for-Sale Securities
Amortized
Cost(1)
Fair ValueWeighted-
Average
Yield
 (dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$975,356 $972,539 4.47 %
Due after one year through five years2,952,494 2,913,050 3.77 %
Due after five years through ten years1,070,000 992,839 3.53 %
Due after ten years944,619 853,075 4.00 %
Total$5,942,469 $5,731,503 3.87 %
(1)Amounts presented exclude $63.9 million of accrued interest receivable.

As of June 30, 2025
Held-to-Maturity Securities
Amortized
Cost(1)
Fair ValueWeighted-
Average
Yield
 (dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$913,578 $906,222 3.41 %
Due after one year through five years608,130 607,028 4.87 %
Due after five years through ten years329,460 299,526 3.80 %
Due after ten years2,686,634 2,515,576 4.34 %
Total$4,537,802 $4,328,352 4.23 %
(1)Amounts presented exclude $46.6 million of accrued interest receivable.