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Accounting Policies - Cash and Cash Equivalents and Statements of Cash Flows (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Cash paid during the period for:      
Interest $ 171,644,000us-gaap_InterestPaid $ 114,609,000us-gaap_InterestPaid $ 112,663,000us-gaap_InterestPaid
Income taxes 12,750,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid 23,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid 21,500,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid
Non-cash activity:      
Real estate owned acquired through loan liquidation 0us-gaap_RealEstateAcquisitionsThroughForeclosures 1,443,000us-gaap_RealEstateAcquisitionsThroughForeclosures 2,280,000us-gaap_RealEstateAcquisitionsThroughForeclosures
Loans acquired and securitized as Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities 175,754,000agm_LoansAcquiredAndSecuritizedAsFarmerMacGuaranteedSecurities 150,417,000agm_LoansAcquiredAndSecuritizedAsFarmerMacGuaranteedSecurities 32,736,000agm_LoansAcquiredAndSecuritizedAsFarmerMacGuaranteedSecurities
Purchases of securities - traded, not yet settled 70,178,000agm_PurchasesOfInvestmentSecuritiesTradedNotYetSettled 0agm_PurchasesOfInvestmentSecuritiesTradedNotYetSettled 0agm_PurchasesOfInvestmentSecuritiesTradedNotYetSettled
Consolidation of Farm & Ranch Guaranteed Securities from off-balance sheet to loans held for investment in consolidated trusts and to debt securities of consolidated trusts held by third parties 199,906,000agm_ConsolidationOfGuaranteedSecuritiesFromOffBalanceSheetToLoansHeldForInvestmentAndDebtSecuritiesOfConsolidatedTrustsHeldByThirdParties 150,417,000agm_ConsolidationOfGuaranteedSecuritiesFromOffBalanceSheetToLoansHeldForInvestmentAndDebtSecuritiesOfConsolidatedTrustsHeldByThirdParties 32,736,000agm_ConsolidationOfGuaranteedSecuritiesFromOffBalanceSheetToLoansHeldForInvestmentAndDebtSecuritiesOfConsolidatedTrustsHeldByThirdParties
Deconsolidation of loans held for investment in consolidated trusts and debt securities of consolidated trusts held by third parties - transferred to off-balance sheet Farm & Ranch Guaranteed Securities 0agm_DeconsolidationofloansheldforinvestmentinconsolidatedtrustsanddebtsecuritiesofconsolidatedtrustsheldbythirdpartiestransferredtooffbalancesheetFRGuaranteedSecurities 0agm_DeconsolidationofloansheldforinvestmentinconsolidatedtrustsanddebtsecuritiesofconsolidatedtrustsheldbythirdpartiestransferredtooffbalancesheetFRGuaranteedSecurities 460,261,000agm_DeconsolidationofloansheldforinvestmentinconsolidatedtrustsanddebtsecuritiesofconsolidatedtrustsheldbythirdpartiestransferredtooffbalancesheetFRGuaranteedSecurities
Transfers of loans held for sale to loans held for investment 0us-gaap_TransferOfLoansHeldForSaleToPortfolioLoans1 673,991,000us-gaap_TransferOfLoansHeldForSaleToPortfolioLoans1 0us-gaap_TransferOfLoansHeldForSaleToPortfolioLoans1
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]      
Non-cash activity:      
Transfers Out 1,632,786,000us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersOutOfLevel3
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember		    
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities [Member] | Available-for-sale Securities [Member]      
Non-cash activity:      
Transfers Out 1,632,786,000us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersOutOfLevel3
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember
/ us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestmentsByCategoryAxis
= us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesMember		    
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Institutional Credit [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities [Member] | Available-for-sale Securities [Member]      
Non-cash activity:      
Transfers Out $ 1,632,786,000us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersOutOfLevel3
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
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/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember
/ us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestmentsByCategoryAxis
= us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= agm_InstitutionalCreditMemberMember		 [1] $ 0us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersOutOfLevel3
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
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/ us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestmentsByCategoryAxis
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/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= agm_InstitutionalCreditMemberMember		 $ 0us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersOutOfLevel3
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
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[1] Includes $1.6 billion of AgVantage Securities transferred from available-for-sale to held-to-maturity on January 1, 2014 and $20.7 million of AgVantage securities purchased during 2014 transferred from available-for-sale to held-to-maturity.