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INVESTMENT SECURITIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
INVESTMENT SECURITIES INVESTMENT SECURITIES
Farmer Mac’s investment securities portfolio is comprised primarily of the following major portfolios, which is based on the issuer and associated security characteristics:

Liquidity Investments:

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;

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.

Program Investments:

AgVantage Securities: securities backed by corporate obligations of approved agricultural or rural infrastructure financial institution counterparties, backed by a pledge of eligible agricultural or infrastructure finance mortgages.

USDA Securities: securities backed by the guaranteed portion of a loan guaranteed by the USDA under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
The following tables set forth information about Farmer Mac's available-for-sale and held-to-maturity investment securities as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:
 
Table 4.1
 
As of December 31, 2025
Amortized
Cost(1)
Allowance for losses(2)
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair 
Value
 
(in thousands)
Available-for-sale:    
Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
$5,351,174 $— $35,078 $(89,234)$5,297,018 
U.S. Treasuries
1,537,112 — 7,083 (48)1,544,147 
AgVantage6,917,225 (130)29,056 (215,234)6,730,917 
Interest-Only Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities8,040 — 163 — 8,203 
Total available-for-sale$13,813,551 $(130)$71,380 $(304,516)$13,580,285 
Held-to-maturity:
Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
$8,657 $— $281 $— $8,938 
AgVantage1,486,284 (77)16,444 (3,731)1,498,920 
USDA Securities2,459,359 — 5,851 (179,116)2,286,094 
Total held-to-maturity$3,954,300 $(77)$22,576 $(182,847)$3,793,952 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $91.3 million and $56.7 million of accrued interest receivable on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities, respectively, as of December 31, 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.


 As of December 31, 2024
Amortized
Cost(1)
Allowance for losses(2)
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair 
Value
 (in thousands)
Available-for-sale:    
Auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans
$19,700 $(27)$— $(197)$19,476 
Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
4,793,482 — 6,910 (156,700)4,643,692 
U.S. Treasuries
1,291,934 — 2,604 (4,692)1,289,846 
AgVantage5,826,948 (236)6,295 (327,476)5,505,531 
Interest-Only Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
8,710 — 305 — 9,015 
Total available-for-sale$11,940,774 $(263)$16,114 $(489,065)$11,467,560 
Held-to-maturity:
Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
$9,270 $— $270 $— $9,540 
AgVantage2,667,564 (178)5,978 (21,592)2,651,772 
USDA Securities2,420,836 — 426 (259,410)2,161,852 
Total held-to-maturity$5,097,670 $(178)$6,674 $(281,002)$4,823,164 
(1)Amounts presented exclude $79.7 million and $59.9 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.

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, to satisfy initial margin requirements for centrally cleared derivatives, Farmer Mac pledged U.S. Treasuries with fair value of $250.6 million and $213.4 million, respectively, as collateral at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ("CME").

During the year ended December 31, 2025, Farmer Mac sold floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by government guaranteed student loans for $19.5 million from its available-for-sale investment portfolio, resulting in a realized loss of $0.2 million. During the year ended December 31, 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. Farmer Mac did not sell any securities from its available-for-sale investment portfolio during the year ended December 31, 2023.

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

Table 4.2
 As of December 31, 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)
Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
$799,619 $(4,695)$2,008,388 $(84,539)
U.S. Treasuries
29,902 (13)95,270 (35)
AgVantage1,607,457 (18,768)3,123,117 (196,466)
Total
$2,436,978 $(23,476)$5,226,775 $(281,040)

 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)
Auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans
$— $— $19,476 $(197)
Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
1,269,655 (18,102)1,971,526 (138,598)
U.S. Treasuries
590,307 (4,375)58,523 (317)
AgVantage1,152,227 (12,889)3,649,845 (314,587)
Total$3,012,189 $(35,366)$5,699,370 $(453,699)

The unrealized losses presented above are primarily due to changes in the levels of interest rates from the dates of acquisition to December 31, 2025 and 2024, as applicable.
The amortized cost, fair value, and weighted-average yield of available-for-sale investment securities by remaining contractual maturity as of December 31, 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 4.3
As of December 31, 2025
Available-for-Sale Securities
Amortized
Cost(1)
Fair 
Value
Weighted-Average
Yield
 (dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$1,494,158 $1,488,988 3.46 %
Due after one year through five years6,668,349 6,659,089 4.07 %
Due after five years through ten years3,451,994 3,324,384 3.59 %
Due after ten years2,199,050 2,107,824 4.26 %
Total$13,813,551 $13,580,285 3.93 %
(1)Amounts presented exclude $91.3 million of accrued interest receivable.

As of December 31, 2025
Held-to-Maturity Securities
Amortized
Cost(1)
Fair 
Value
Weighted-Average
Yield
 (dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$566,164 $571,874 2.73 %
Due after one year through five years396,194 389,606 4.81 %
Due after five years through ten years328,640 301,797 3.83 %
Due after ten years2,663,302 2,530,675 4.24 %
Total$3,954,300 $3,793,952 4.04 %
(1)Amounts presented exclude $56.7 million of accrued interest receivable.