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Related Party Transactions - Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Zions First National Bank [Member] |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |
Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block] | The following transactions occurred between Farmer Mac and Zions during 2016, 2015, and 2014: Table 3.1
| For the Year Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (in thousands)
Unpaid Principal Balance: |  |  |  |  |
Purchases: |  |  |  |  |
Loans | $ | 153,140 |  |  | $ | 178,890 |  |  | $ | 155,808 |
USDA Securities | 16,600 |  |  | 13,718 |  |  | 42,637 |
On-balance sheet AgVantage Securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | 50,237 |
Sales of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities | 273,586 |  |  | 255,338 |  |  | 147,234 |
CFC [Member] |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |
Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block] | The following transactions occurred between Farmer Mac and CFC during 2016, 2015, and 2014: Table 3.2
Farmer Mac Loan Purchases and Guarantees
| For the Year Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (in thousands)
Unpaid Principal Balance: |  |  |  |  |
Loans | $ | 50,491 |  |  | $ | 108,337 |  |  | $ | 75,500 |
On-balance sheet AgVantage Securities | 250,000 |  |  | 380,000 |  |  | 820,775 |
Off-balance sheet AgVantage Securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7,190 |
Off-balance sheet revolving floating rate AgVantage facility | — |  |  | 300,000 |  |  | — |
LTSPCs | 441,404 |  |  | 522,262 |  |  | — |
Total purchases and guarantees | $ | 741,895 |  |  | $ | 1,310,599 |  |  | $ | 903,465 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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