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Financial Derivatives - Financial Derivatives (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments [Table Text Block] | The following tables summarize information related to Farmer Mac's financial derivatives on a gross basis without giving consideration to master netting arrangements as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 and the effects of financial derivatives on the consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016: Table 4.1
| As of September 30, 2017
|  |  | Fair Value |  | Weighted- Average Pay Rate |  | Weighted- Average Receive Rate |  | Weighted- Average Forward Price |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Life (in years)
| Notional Amount |  | Asset |  | (Liability) |  |  |  |
| (dollars in thousands)
Fair value hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay fixed non-callable | $ | 2,040,854 |  |  | $ | 744 |  |  | $ | (8,768 | ) |  | 1.83% |  | 1.31% |  |  |  | 5.42
Receive fixed non-callable | 1,431,700 |  |  | 64 |  |  | (1,985 | ) |  | 1.23% |  | 1.42% |  |  |  | 1.74
Cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay fixed non-callable | 349,000 |  |  | 960 |  |  | (555 | ) |  | 2.19% |  | 1.55% |  |  |  | 6.32
No hedge designation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay fixed non-callable | 348,040 |  |  | 166 |  |  | (19,318 | ) |  | 3.80% |  | 1.31% |  |  |  | 6.88
Receive fixed non-callable | 3,389,116 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1.12% |  | 1.10% |  |  |  | 0.85
Basis swaps | 1,225,000 |  |  | 42 |  |  | (63 | ) |  | 1.20% |  | 1.22% |  |  |  | 0.95
Treasury futures | 7,400 |  |  | 50 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  | 125.99 |  |  |
Credit valuation adjustment |  |  | (6 | ) |  | 94 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total financial derivatives | $ | 8,791,110 |  |  | $ | 2,020 |  |  | $ | (30,595 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Collateral pledged |  |  | — |  |  | 25,079 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net amount |  |  | $ | 2,020 |  |  | $ | (5,516 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| As of December 31, 2016
|  |  | Fair Value |  | Weighted- Average Pay Rate |  | Weighted- Average Receive Rate |  | Weighted- Average Forward Price |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Life (in years)
| Notional Amount |  | Asset |  | (Liability) |  |  |  |
| (dollars in thousands)
Fair value hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay fixed non-callable | $ | 1,642,609 |  |  | $ | 18,508 |  |  | $ | (18,909 | ) |  | 1.73% |  | 0.90% |  |  |  | 4.70
Cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay fixed non-callable | 207,000 |  |  | 3,706 |  |  | (955 | ) |  | 2.18% |  | 1.11% |  |  |  | 7.28
No hedge designation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay fixed non-callable | 435,827 |  |  | 339 |  |  | (32,951 | ) |  | 4.06% |  | 0.89% |  |  |  | 5.90
Receive fixed non-callable | 4,991,821 |  |  | 607 |  |  | (5,064 | ) |  | 0.74% |  | 0.75% |  |  |  | 0.60
Receive fixed callable | 30,000 |  |  | — |  |  | (33 | ) |  | 0.82% |  | 0.58% |  |  |  | 0.33
Basis swaps | 765,000 |  |  | 36 |  |  | (243 | ) |  | 0.78% |  | 0.78% |  |  |  | 0.87
Treasury futures | 28,000 |  |  | — |  |  | (155 | ) |  |  |  |  |  | 123.73 |  |  |
Credit valuation adjustment |  |  | (14 | ) |  | 158 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total financial derivatives | $ | 8,100,257 |  |  | $ | 23,182 |  |  | $ | (58,152 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Collateral pledged |  |  | — |  |  | 25,643 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net amount |  |  | $ | 23,182 |  |  | $ | (32,509 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Table Text Block] | Table 4.2
| Gains/(losses) on financial derivatives and hedging activities
| For the Three Months Ended |  | For the Nine Months Ended
| September 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2016 |  | September 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2016
| (in thousands)
Fair value hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps(1) | $ | 1,576 |  |  | $ | 11,276 |  |  | $ | (5,466 | ) |  | $ | (30,062 | )
Hedged items | 166 |  |  | (10,550 | ) |  | 4,750 |  |  | 35,778 |
Gains/(losses) on fair value hedges | 1,742 |  |  | 726 |  |  | (716 | ) |  | 5,716 |
Cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss recognized (ineffective portion) | (191 | ) |  | (68 | ) |  | (365 | ) |  | (322 | )
Losses on cash flow hedges | (191 | ) |  | (68 | ) |  | (365 | ) |  | (322 | )
No hedge designation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | (1,031 | ) |  | (2,333 | ) |  | 4,006 |  |  | (16,820 | )
Agency forwards | — |  |  | 79 |  |  | (588 | ) |  | (789 | )
Treasury futures | 141 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 193 |  |  | (864 | )
(Losses)/gains on financial derivatives not designated in hedging relationships | (890 | ) |  | (2,259 | ) |  | 3,611 |  |  | (18,473 | )
Gains/(losses) on financial derivatives and hedging activities | $ | 661 |  |  | $ | (1,601 | ) |  | $ | 2,530 |  |  | $ | (13,079 | )
(1) | Included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness as of September 30, 2017, but excluded from the amounts in the table, were losses of $1.6 million and gains of $0.7 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, attributable to the fair value of the swaps at the inception of the hedging relationship. Accordingly, the amounts recognized as hedge ineffectiveness for three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 were gains of $0.1 million and zero, respectively. The comparable amounts as of September 30, 2016 were losses of $1.0 million and $4.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, attributable to the fair value of the swaps at the inception of the hedging relationship and, accordingly, losses of $0.2 million and gains of $1.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, attributable to hedge ineffectiveness.

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