A.9. Characteristics of Bank Loans to Farmers -- Large Farm Lenders, by Size of Loan, February 6-10, 2006
Percent except as noted
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                                                           $1,000 to  $10,000 to  $25,000 to  $50,000 to  $100,000 to  $250,000
Loan characteristic                             All sizes   $\9,999    $24,999     $49,999     $99,999     $249,999    and over
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Volume of loans (thousands of dollars)          1,029,892     33,656      57,669      75,228     116,222      227,035   520,081
Number of loans                                    19,076      8,967       3,850       2,254       1,718        1,496       790
Weighted average maturity (months) 1                16.87       9.15       11.26       13.91       14.77        19.06     17.89
Weighted average repricing interval (months) 2       4.81       2.63        3.49        5.92        4.16         6.59      4.31
Weighted average risk rating 3                       3.20       3.12        3.18        2.99        2.97         3.09      3.34

Weighted average interest rate 4                     7.86       8.52        8.42        8.31        8.07         7.91      7.63
  Standard error 5                                    .09        .12         .08         .12         .12          .11       .11
  Interquartile range 6
    75th percentile                                  8.53       9.25        9.20        8.94        8.84         8.55      8.30
    25th percentile                                  7.35       7.76        7.76        7.75        7.50         7.41      7.23
  Purpose of loan
    Feeder livestock                                 7.86       8.63        8.74        8.48        8.11         8.14      7.16
    Other livestock                                  7.80       8.50        8.46        8.12        7.29         8.25      7.50
    Other current operating expenses 7               8.08       8.50        8.44        8.43        8.26         7.92      7.97
    Farm machinery and equipment                     7.94       8.52        8.41        8.35        8.27         8.25      7.49
    Farm real estate                                 7.82       7.91        6.52        8.07        7.60         7.27      8.21
    Other 8                                          7.29       8.62        8.37        7.69        7.85         7.69      6.97

Share of total loan volume
  Features of loan
    Floating rates                                  78.97      76.11       76.15       69.16       72.57        75.71     83.75
    Under commitment                                83.70      88.61       83.01       78.75       82.81        81.44     85.36
    Callable                                        27.49      29.56       25.42       27.76       30.32        29.30     26.12
  Purpose of loan
    Feeder livestock                                 7.22       5.96        8.47        7.86       15.15         7.65      5.10
    Other livestock                                  8.34       6.03        6.93        7.68        6.96        10.25      8.22
    Other current operating expenses 7              54.06      75.01       63.57       60.32       49.67        50.58     53.25
    Farm machinery and equipment                     6.63       5.09       10.88        9.97        8.06         5.53      5.93
    Farm real estate                                 3.87        .50        1.82        4.10        7.29         3.72      3.59
    Other 8                                         19.88       7.40        8.34       10.06       12.87        22.27     23.91
  Type of collateral
    Farm real estate                                 8.58       4.03        7.66        9.12       13.90        10.13      7.03
    Other                                           86.81      89.53       84.46       86.10       81.84        88.11     87.54
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   Note. Most large farm lenders that reported loans to farmers had more than $25 million in farm loans.
   For explanation of footnotes, see table A.8.

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