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FARMER MAC GUARANTEED SECURITIES AND USDA SECURITIES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
FARMER MAC GUARANTEED SECURITIES AND USDA 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 September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
 
Table 2.1
 As of September 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 $(21)$— $(197)$19,482 
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities2,326,063 (1,423)2,324,640 — 1,669 (12,459)2,313,850 
Fixed rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
2,967,739 (68,095)2,899,644 — 28,975 (82,498)2,846,121 
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries1,477,292 (6,499)1,470,793 — 6,028 (328)1,476,493 
Total available-for-sale6,790,794 (76,017)6,714,777 (21)36,672 (95,482)6,655,946 
Held-to-maturity:
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities(3)
8,815 — 8,815 — 286 — 9,101 
Total held-to-maturity$8,815 $— $8,815 $— $286 $— $9,101 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $30.9 million of accrued interest receivable on investment securities as of September 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 September 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 nine months ended September 30, 2025. During the nine months ended September 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 September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, unrealized losses on available-for-sale investment securities were as follows:

Table 2.2
 As of September 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$— $— $19,482 $(197)
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities543,325 (1,394)998,973 (11,065)
Fixed rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities155,569 (3,392)998,254 (79,106)
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries35,047 (8)243,217 (320)
Total$733,941 $(4,794)$2,259,926 $(90,688)
Number of securities in loss position61 164 
 As of December 31, 2024
 Available-for-Sale Securities
Unrealized loss position for
less than 12 months
Unrealized loss position for
more than 12 months
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
Fair ValueUnrealized
Loss
 (dollars in thousands)
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans$— $— $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 September 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 September 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 GSE, or had credit ratings of at least "AAA."

Securities in unrealized loss positions for 12 months or longer have a fair value as of September 30, 2025 that is, on average, approximately 96.1% 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 September 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 September 30, 2025
Available-for-Sale Securities
Amortized
Cost
Fair ValueWeighted-
Average
Yield
 (dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$876,565 $877,887 4.05%
Due after one year through five years2,267,630 2,272,750 4.14%
Due after five years through ten years2,540,002 2,481,095 3.80%
Due after ten years1,030,580 1,024,214 4.79%
Total$6,714,777 $6,655,946 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 September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

Table 3.1
 As of September 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$6,034,583 $— $6,034,583 $(138)$27,270 $(216,073)$5,845,642 
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities(3)
— 8,206 8,206 — 250 — 8,456 
Total available-for-sale$6,034,583 $8,206 $6,042,789 $(138)$27,520 $(216,073)$5,854,098 
Held-to-maturity:
AgVantage$1,647,063 $(25,178)$1,621,885 $(128)$9,156 $(8,575)$1,622,338 
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities70,821 23 70,844 — 1,484 (516)71,812 
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities1,717,884 (25,155)1,692,729 (128)10,640 (9,091)1,694,150 
USDA Securities2,372,316 16,864 2,389,180 — 17,166 (157,186)2,249,160 
Total held-to-maturity$4,090,200 $(8,291)$4,081,909 $(128)$27,806 $(166,277)$3,943,310 
Trading:    
USDA Securities(4)
$447 $29 $476 $— $— $(20)$456 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $60.3 million and $48.5 million of accrued interest receivable on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities, respectively, as of September 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 fair value of $8.5 million relates to an interest-only security with a notional amount of $210.2 million.
(4)The trading USDA securities had a weighted average yield of 5.47% as of September 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)The fair value of $9.0 million relates to 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 September 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 September 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$446,255 $(3,745)$3,438,088 $(212,328)
Total available-for-sale$446,255 $(3,745)$3,438,088 $(212,328)
Held-to-maturity:
AgVantage$588,063 $(3,345)$539,729 $(5,230)
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities— — 38,360 (516)
USDA Securities— — 1,789,302 (157,186)
Total held-to-maturity$588,063 $(3,345)$2,367,391 $(162,932)
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 September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, as applicable.

The credit exposure related to Farmer Mac's USDA Securities and Farmer Mac Guaranteed 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 51 and 66 available-for-sale securities as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. There were 22 and 45 held-to-maturity AgVantage securities with an unrealized loss as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, 48 and 54 available-for-sale AgVantage securities had been in a loss position for more than 12 months, respectively. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were 17 and 26 held-to-maturity AgVantage securities, respectively, in a loss position for more than 12 months.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, Farmer Mac had no sales of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities or USDA Securities, 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 securities by remaining contractual maturity as of September 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 September 30, 2025
Available-for-Sale Securities
Amortized
Cost(1)
Fair ValueWeighted-
Average
Yield
 (dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$755,000 $753,819 4.37 %
Due after one year through five years3,312,473 3,282,253 3.81 %
Due after five years through ten years1,041,694 972,023 3.51 %
Due after ten years933,622 846,003 3.99 %
Total$6,042,789 $5,854,098 3.85 %
(1)Amounts presented exclude $60.3 million of accrued interest receivable.

As of September 30, 2025
Held-to-Maturity Securities
Amortized
Cost(1)
Fair ValueWeighted-
Average
Yield
 (dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$590,175 $587,330 3.58 %
Due after one year through five years497,963 498,841 4.61 %
Due after five years through ten years326,128 302,526 3.79 %
Due after ten years2,667,643 2,554,613 4.36 %
Total$4,081,909 $3,943,310 4.28 %
(1)Amounts presented exclude $48.5 million of accrued interest receivable.