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A.12. Characteristics of Bank Loans to Farmers -- Large Farm Lenders, by Risk Rating, February 4-8, 2008
Percent except as noted Loan characteristic
                  All
                  Minimal
                  Low
                  Moderate
                  Acceptable
                  Special
                  Not rated
                  Not reportedVolume of loans (thousands of dollars)
         1,340,185
         83,423
         194,992
         497,094
         371,941
         61,291
         4,435
         127,009Number of loans
         16,773
         1,165
         2,119
         6,979
         3,497
         692
         85
         2,236Weighted average maturity (months)1
         21.68
         13.03
         30.02
         23.75
         13.72
         8.64
         18.70
         38.54Weighted average repricing interval (months)2
         7.42
         8.76
         22.43
         5.83
         3.48
         3.40
         9.59
         4.25Weighted average risk rating3
         3.11
         1.00
         2.00
         3.00
         4.00
         5.00
         n.a.
         n.a.Weighted average interest rate4
         6.18
         6.37
         6.38
         6.12
         5.97
         6.57
         6.58
         6.38Standard error5
         .08
         .23
         .17
         .15
         .21
         .26
         .38
         .20Interquartile range675th percentile
         6.72
         6.98
         6.72
         6.90
         6.66
         7.64
         7.52
         6.9825th percentile
         5.38
         6.00
         5.39
         5.12
         5.34
         5.73
         6.17
         5.90Purpose of loanFeeder livestock
         6.54
         6.60
         5.91
         6.85
         6.69
         6.35
         n.a.
         6.42Other livestock
         5.91
         5.26
         6.69
         5.95
         5.38
         5.14
         n.a.
         7.51Other current operating expenses7
         6.37
         6.44
         6.67
         6.47
         5.80
         6.78
         7.48
         6.37Farm machinery and equipment
         6.46
         5.66
         6.76
         6.32
         7.29
         5.81
         6.96
         6.55Farm real estate
         6.32
         7.05
         5.55
         6.89
         6.63
         n.a.
         n.a.
         6.51Other8
         5.80
         6.98
         5.84
         5.43
         6.07
         6.35
         6.13
         6.19Share of total loan volumeFeatures of loanFloating rate
         75.61
         35.06
         35.67
         86.46
         87.34
         72.53
         79.65
         88.08Under commitment
         77.23
         75.38
         75.71
         86.01
         79.63
         68.73
         79.65
         43.41Callable
         19.98
         35.12
         56.29
         13.57
         5.87
         23.86
         n.a.
         19.55Subject to prepayment penalty
         2.17
         4.26
         .41
         3.68
         1.57
         n.a.
         n.a.
         .47Purpose of loanFeeder livestock
         5.89
         6.99
         7.17
         6.33
         1.71
         .04
         n.a.
         16.73Other livestock
         5.70
         3.37
         12.05
         3.00
         8.04
         6.56
         n.a.
         1.01Other current operating expenses9
         48.57
         83.30
         56.51
         46.21
         37.59
         70.48
         24.34
         45.25Farm machinery and equipment
         2.91
         5.50
         .50
         3.85
         1.63
         .24
         14.15
         5.86Farm real estate
         6.76
         .74
         15.61
         4.84
         5.10
         n.a.
         n.a.
         13.06Other10
         30.17
         .10
         8.15
         35.78
         45.94
         22.67
         61.51
         18.07Type of collateralFarm real estate
         11.54
         7.92
         18.24
         9.35
         7.49
         8.38
         28.83
         24.99Other
         83.51
         89.29
         75.68
         85.16
         91.50
         90.56
         71.17
         58.91 Note. Most large farm lenders that reported loans to farmers had more than $25 million in farm loans.
Data are from the Survey of Terms of Bank Lending to Farmers, which collects data on gross loan extensions
made during the first full business week in the mid-month of each quarter by a sample of 250 banks of all sizes.
The sample data are used to infer an estimate of the lending terms at all insured agricultural banks during that
week. The estimated terms of bank lending are not intended for use in collecting the terms of loans extended over
the entire quarter or those residing in the portfolios of banks. Loans of less than $1,000 are excluded
from the survey.

   1. Average maturities are weighted by loan size and exclude loans with no stated maturity. Return to table
   2. The repricing interval measures the period from the date the loan is made until it first may be repriced. For
floating-rate loans that are subject to repricing at any time--such as many prime-based loans--the repricing interval
is zero. For floating rate loans that have a scheduled repricing interval, the interval measures the number of days
between the date the loan is made and the date on which it is next scheduled to reprice. For loans having rates that
remain fixed until the loan matures (fixed-rate loans), the interval measures the number of days between the date the
loan is made and the date on which it matures. Loans that reprice daily are assumed to reprice on the business day
after they are made. Return to table
   3. A complete description of these risk rating categories is available from the Banking and Money Market Statistics
Section, mail stop 81, the Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC 20551. The category 'Moderate Risk' includes the average
loan, under average economic conditions, at the typical lender. The weighted-average risk ratings are calculated by
assigning a value of '1' to minimal risk loans; '2' to low risk loans; '3' to moderate risk loans; '4' to acceptable
risk loans; and '5' to special mention and classified loans. In calculating the average risk rating, these values are
weighted by loan amount and exclude loans with no risk rating. Some of the loans are not rated for risk. Return to table
   4. Effective (compounded) annual interest rates are calculated from the stated rate and other terms of the loans and
weighted by loan size. Return to table
   5. The chances are about two out of three that the average rate shown would differ by less than this amount from
the average rate that would be found by a complete survey of lending at all banks. Return to table
   6. The interquartile range shows the interest rate range that encompasses the middle 50 percent of the total dollar
amount of loans made. Return to table
   7. Loans used primarily to finance such items as current crop production expenses and the care and
feeding of livestock (including poultry). Return to table
   8. Typically loans for which the lender does not know the purpose. Return to table
   9. Loans used primarily to finance such items as current crop production expenses and the care and
feeding of livestock (including poultry). Return to table
   10. Typically loans for which the lender does not know the purpose. Return to table

   n.a. Not available.


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