Company: AGM-PH
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000845877-25-000152
Chunk: 83

Company: FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 83
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 the average transaction size within Farmer Mac’s lines of business. The financing needs arising from mergers, acquisitions, consolidation, and vertical integration in the agricultural and infrastructure industries present further opportunities for Farmer Mac’s loan purchase products and other financing solutions. And investments supporting consumer and food supply demand may increase financing needs in the food and agriculture supply chain, potentially requiring incremental capital support through the secondary market. Deepening relationships with eligible infrastructure counterparties are expected to continue to create opportunities to support fiber and broadband-related transactions, including significant market activity and investments in wholesale data centers, as well as renewable energy projects. Changes associated with governmental policies, including but not limited to fiscal, monetary, trade, tax, and regulatory policies and executive orders implemented by the new federal executive administration, have the potential to impact the primary business sectors served by Farmer Mac, which could affect business volume growth and opportunities.

Funding

Farmer Mac's business may benefit from natural business hedges that help mitigate vulnerability to effects from interest rate volatility. When interest rates rise, prepayments tend to decline, but interest earned on excess cash and capital could increase. Conversely, when interest rates decline, loan purchase volume often increases, but prepayments tend to rise as well. Although these natural business dynamics may not be perfect offsets, they tend to provide some counterbalance to mitigate volatility from changes in short-term interest rates.

Operations

Farmer Mac anticipates ongoing increases in operating expenses over the next several years, aligned with our planned expansion of investments in human capital, technology, and business infrastructure. These investments are designed to enhance capacity and efficiency in support of growth opportunities and long-term strategic objectives. By investing in infrastructure and funding platforms, Farmer Mac aims to scale more efficiently in tandem with future portfolio and earnings growth. These initiatives are expected to improve product delivery and funding efficiency, potentially generating more benefits for future growth.

Another focus of our planned infrastructure investments is a continued effort to expand our servicing capabilities and to enhance the efficiency of processes associated with loan onboarding and servicing. Farmer Mac expects to continue to leverage technology enhancements and servicing standardization efforts to drive scalability and consistency. Technology enhancements and process re-engineering are planned for 2025 to continue to incorporate all Farmer Mac loan portfolios onto our servicing platform and to provide flexibility in accessing loan portfolio information, increase standardization of data and processing, as well as streamlining operational workflows.

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Agricultural Finance Industry Outlook

Farm Incomes

Overall farm profitability has compressed in the last two years. According to the USDA, net cash farm income peaked at $