Off-Balance Sheet Guarantees and Long Term Standby Purchase Commitments - (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Guarantor Obligations [Table Text Block]

Off-Balance Sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities

The following table presents the maximum principal amount of potential undiscounted future payments that Farmer Mac could be required to make under all off-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, not including offsets provided by any recourse provisions, recoveries from third parties, or collateral for the underlying loans:

Table 6.1

Outstanding Balance of Off-Balance Sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities
	As of June 30, 2014		As of December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
Farm & Ranch:
Guaranteed Securities	$	704,376	$	765,751
USDA Guarantees:
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities	16,662		20,222
Institutional Credit:
AgVantage Securities	988,187		981,009
Total off-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities	$	1,709,225	$	1,766,982

Schedule of Cash Flows Related To Transfer of Securitizations [Table Text Block]

Eligible loans and other eligible assets may be placed into trusts that are used as vehicles for the securitization of the transferred assets and the Farmer Mac-guaranteed beneficial interests in the trusts are sold to investors.  The following table summarizes the significant cash flows received from and paid to trusts used for Farmer Mac securitizations:

Table 6.2

	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2014		June 30, 2013
	(in thousands)
Proceeds from new securitizations	$	126,857	$	35,891
Guarantee fees received	2,416		2,687
Purchases of assets from the trusts	—		(6,038		)

Farmer Mac has recorded a liability for its obligation to stand ready under the guarantee in the guarantee and commitment obligation on the consolidated balance sheets.  This liability approximated $12.4 million as of June 30, 2014 and $13.4 million as of December 31, 2013. As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the weighted-average remaining maturity of all loans underlying off-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, excluding AgVantage securities, was 12.5 years and 12.8 years, respectively.  As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the weighted-average remaining maturity of the off-balance sheet AgVantage securities was 2.9 years and 3.4 years, respectively.