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

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Guarantor Obligations [Table Text Block]

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 March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, 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 March 31, 2016		As of December 31, 2015
	(in thousands)
Farm & Ranch:
Guaranteed Securities	$	485,302	$	514,051
USDA Guarantees:
Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities	13,268		10,272
Institutional Credit:
AgVantage Securities	984,871		984,871
Revolving floating rate AgVantage facility⁽¹⁾	300,000		300,000
Total off-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities	$	1,783,441	$	1,809,194

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 Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2016			March 31, 2015
	(in thousands)
Proceeds from new securitizations	$	139,561		$	49,487
Guarantee fees received	561			692
Purchases of assets from the trusts	(1,267		)	(657		)

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 $7.6 million as of March 31, 2016 and $8.3 million as of December 31, 2015. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the weighted-average remaining maturity of all loans underlying off-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities, excluding AgVantage securities, was 11.2 years and 11.3 years, respectively. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the weighted-average remaining maturity of the off-balance sheet AgVantage securities was 1.4 years and 1.7 years, respectively.