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INVESTMENT SECURITIES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
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 ("MBS") 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;

•Government-sponsored enterprise ("GSE") guaranteed securities: single-family and multi-family MBS 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 loans.

•USDA Securities: securities backed by the guaranteed portion of a loan guaranteed by the USDA under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.

•Asset-backed Securities ("ABS"): consist of senior secured notes supported by cash flows from underlying operating rural infrastructure assets.

The following tables set forth information about Farmer Mac's AFS and HTM investment securities as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
 
Table 2.1
As of September 30, 2026
Amortized
Cost(1)
Allowance for Losses(2)
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair 
Value
(in thousands)
AFS:
Government/GSE guaranteed MBS
$5,969,800 $— $1,903 $(209,687)$5,762,016 
U.S. Treasuries
1,580,562 — 15 (19,486)1,561,091 
ABS
65,316 — — (4,290)61,026 
AgVantage7,934,084 (73)403 (440,817)7,493,597 
Interest-Only Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities7,601 — 242 — 7,843 
Total AFS
$15,557,363 $(73)$2,563 $(674,280)$14,885,573 
HTM:
AgVantage$1,903,385 $(92)$14,978 $(12,903)$1,905,368 
USDA Securities2,572,583 — 465 (306,809)2,266,239 
Total HTM
$4,475,968 $(92)$15,443 $(319,712)$4,171,607 
(1)Excludes $109.9 million and $53.5 million of accrued interest receivable on AFS and HTM securities, respectively, as of September 30, 2026.
(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
Amortized
Cost(1)
Allowance for Losses(2)
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair 
Value
(in thousands)
AFS:
Government/GSE guaranteed MBS
$5,351,174 $— $35,078 $(89,234)$5,297,018 
U.S. Treasuries1,537,112 — 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 AFS
$13,813,551 $(130)$71,380 $(304,516)$13,580,285 
HTM:
Government/GSE guaranteed MBS
$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 HTM
$3,954,300 $(77)$22,576 $(182,847)$3,793,952 
(1)Excludes $91.3 million and $56.7 million of accrued interest receivable on AFS and HTM 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 September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, to satisfy initial margin requirements for centrally cleared derivatives, Farmer Mac pledged collateral with a fair value of $308.0 million and $250.6 million, respectively. The pledged collateral consisted of AFS U.S. Treasuries and Government/GSE guaranteed MBS as of September 30, 2026, and only U.S. Treasuries as of December 31, 2025.

Farmer Mac did not sell any securities from its AFS or HTM investment portfolios during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025.

As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, unrealized losses on AFS investment securities were as follows:

Table 2.2
As of September 30, 2026
AFS Securities
Unrealized loss position for
less than 12 months
Unrealized loss position for
more than 12 months
Fair ValueUnrealized LossFair ValueUnrealized Loss
(dollars in thousands)
Government/GSE guaranteed MBS
$3,004,538 $(71,459)$2,019,379 $(138,228)
U.S. Treasuries
1,500,655 (19,486)— — 
ABS
61,026 (4,290)— — 
AgVantage4,341,106 (148,494)3,129,761 (292,323)
Total
$8,907,325 $(243,729)$5,149,140 $(430,551)
As of December 31, 2025
AFS Securities
Unrealized loss position for
less than 12 months
Unrealized loss position for
more than 12 months
Fair ValueUnrealized LossFair ValueUnrealized Loss
(dollars in thousands)
Government/GSE guaranteed MBS
$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)

The unrealized losses presented above are primarily due to changes in the levels of interest rates from the dates of acquisition to September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, as applicable.

The amortized cost, fair value, and weighted-average yield of AFS and HTM investment securities by remaining contractual maturity as of September 30, 2026 are set forth below. ABS and MBS 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, 2026
AFS Securities
Amortized
Cost(1)
Fair 
Value
Weighted-Average
Yield
(dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$1,897,189 $1,884,382 3.44 %
Due after one year through five years7,057,528 6,865,362 4.04 %
Due after five years through ten years4,432,768 4,157,770 3.92 %
Due after ten years2,169,878 1,978,059 4.12 %
Total$15,557,363 $14,885,573 3.94 %
(1)Excludes $109.9 million of accrued interest receivable.

As of September 30, 2026
HTM Securities
Amortized
Cost(1)
Fair 
Value
Weighted-Average
Yield
(dollars in thousands)
Due within one year$349,598 $356,248 3.87 %
Due after one year through five years889,752 870,888 4.27 %
Due after five years through ten years505,611 451,296 3.96 %
Due after ten years2,731,007 2,493,175 4.34 %
Total$4,475,968 $4,171,607 4.25 %
(1)Excludes $53.5 million of accrued interest receivable.