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Fair Value Disclosures (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring | The following tables present information about Farmer Mac's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and indicate the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques used by Farmer Mac to determine such fair value: Table 13.1
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value as of December 31, 2020
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3(1) |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Recurring: |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 19,171 |  |  | $ | 19,171 |
Floating rate asset-backed securities | — |  |  | 6,231 |  |  | — |  |  | 6,231 |
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | 2,360,026 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,360,026 |
Fixed rate GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | 313 |  |  | — |  |  | 313 |
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries | 1,467,951 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,467,951 |
Total Investment Securities | 1,467,951 |  |  | 2,366,570 |  |  | 19,171 |  |  | 3,853,692 |
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AgVantage | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6,947,701 |  |  | 6,947,701 |
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6,947,701 |  |  | 6,947,701 |
USDA Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trading | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6,695 |  |  | 6,695 |
Total USDA Securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6,695 |  |  | 6,695 |
Financial derivatives | — |  |  | 17,468 |  |  | — |  |  | 17,468 |
Total Assets at fair value | $ | 1,467,951 |  |  | $ | 2,384,038 |  |  | $ | 6,973,567 |  |  | $ | 10,825,556 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial derivatives | $ | 82 |  |  | $ | 29,810 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 29,892 |
Total Liabilities at fair value | $ | 82 |  |  | $ | 29,810 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 29,892 |
(1) Level 3 assets represent 29% of total assets and 65% of financial instruments measured at fair value.
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value as of December 31, 2019
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3(1) |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Recurring: |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 18,912 |  |  | $ | 18,912 |
Floating rate asset-backed securities | — |  |  | 11,085 |  |  | — |  |  | 11,085 |
Floating rate Government/GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | 1,632,583 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,632,583 |
Fixed rate GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | 340 |  |  | — |  |  | 340 |
Fixed rate U.S. Treasuries | 1,296,923 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,296,923 |
Total available-for-sale | 1,296,923 |  |  | 1,644,008 |  |  | 18,912 |  |  | 2,959,843 |
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AgVantage | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7,143,025 |  |  | 7,143,025 |
Total Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7,143,025 |  |  | 7,143,025 |
USDA Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trading | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8,913 |  |  | 8,913 |
Total USDA Securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8,913 |  |  | 8,913 |
Financial derivatives | — |  |  | 10,519 |  |  | — |  |  | 10,519 |
Total Assets at fair value | $ | 1,296,923 |  |  | $ | 1,654,527 |  |  | $ | 7,170,850 |  |  | $ | 10,122,300 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial derivatives | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 26,991 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 27,042 |
Total Liabilities at fair value | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 26,991 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 27,042 |
(1) Level 3 assets represent 33% of total assets and 71% of financial instruments measured at fair value.
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation | The following tables present additional information about assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for which Farmer Mac has used significant unobservable inputs to determine fair value. Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3 are based on the fair values of the assets and liabilities as of the beginning of the reporting period. There were no liabilities measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. Table 13.2
Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value for the Year Ended December 31, 2020
| Beginning Balance |  | Purchases |  | Sales |  | Settlements |  | Allowance for Losses |  | Realized and unrealized gains included in Income |  | Unrealized gains included in Other Comprehensive Income |  | Ending Balance
| (in thousands)
Recurring: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans | $ | 18,912 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (36) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 295 |  |  | $ | 19,171 |
Total available-for-sale | 18,912 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (36) |  |  | — |  |  | 295 |  |  | 19,171 |
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AgVantage | 7,143,025 |  |  | 974,237 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,397,861) |  |  | (309) |  |  | 202,706 |  |  | 25,903 |  |  | 6,947,701 |
Total available-for-sale | 7,143,025 |  |  | 974,237 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,397,861) |  |  | (309) |  |  | 202,706 |  |  | 25,903 |  |  | 6,947,701 |
USDA Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trading | 8,913 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,269) |  |  | — |  |  | 51 |  |  | — |  |  | 6,695 |
Total USDA Securities | 8,913 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,269) |  |  |  |  | 51 |  |  | — |  |  | 6,695 |
Total Assets at fair value | $ | 7,170,850 |  |  | $ | 974,237 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,400,130) |  |  | $ | (345) |  |  | $ | 202,757 |  |  | $ | 26,198 |  |  | $ | 6,973,567 |
Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value for the Year Ended December 31, 2019
| Beginning Balance |  | Purchases |  | Sales |  | Settlements |  | Realized and unrealized gains included in Income |  | Unrealized gains/(losses) included in Other Comprehensive Income |  | Ending Balance
| (in thousands)
Recurring: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans | $ | 18,715 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 197 |  |  | $ | 18,912 |
Total available-for-sale | 18,715 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 197 |  |  | 18,912 |
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AgVantage | 5,974,497 |  |  | 2,033,713 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,020,294) |  |  | 181,144 |  |  | (26,035) |  |  | 7,143,025 |
Total available-for-sale | 5,974,497 |  |  | 2,033,713 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,020,294) |  |  | 181,144 |  |  | (26,035) |  |  | 7,143,025 |
USDA Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale | — |  |  | 57,853 |  |  | (57,853) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Trading | 9,999 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,412) |  |  | 326 |  |  | — |  |  | 8,913 |
Total USDA Securities | 9,999 |  |  | 57,853 |  |  | (57,853) |  |  | (1,412) |  |  | 326 |  |  | — |  |  | 8,913 |
Total Assets at fair value | $ | 6,003,211 |  |  | $ | 2,091,566 |  |  | $ | (57,853) |  |  | $ | (1,021,706) |  |  | $ | 181,470 |  |  | $ | (25,838) |  |  | $ | 7,170,850 |
Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value for the Year Ended December 31, 2018
| Beginning Balance |  | Cumulative Effect from Change in Hedge Accounting |  | Purchases |  | Sales |  | Settlements |  | Realized and unrealized (losses)/gains included in Income |  | Unrealized gains/(losses) included in Other Comprehensive Income |  | Ending Balance
| (in thousands)
Recurring: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans | $ | 18,814 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (99) |  |  | $ | 18,715 |
Fixed rate GSE guaranteed mortgage-backed securities | 4,333 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,137) |  |  | (2,092) |  |  | (104) |  |  | — |
Total available-for-sale | 23,147 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,137) |  |  | (2,092) |  |  | (203) |  |  | 18,715 |
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AgVantage | 5,471,914 |  |  | 487 |  |  | 2,177,546 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,670,402) |  |  | 21,459 |  |  | (26,507) |  |  | 5,974,497 |
Total available-for-sale | 5,471,914 |  |  | 487 |  |  | 2,177,546 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,670,402) |  |  | 21,459 |  |  | (26,507) |  |  | 5,974,497 |
USDA Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale | — |  |  | — |  |  | 127,850 |  |  | (127,850) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Trading(1) | 13,515 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (3,597) |  |  | 81 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,999 |
Total USDA Securities | 13,515 |  |  | — |  |  | 127,850 |  |  | (127,850) |  |  | (3,597) |  |  | 81 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,999 |
Total Assets at fair value | $ | 5,508,576 |  |  | $ | 487 |  |  | $ | 2,305,396 |  |  | $ | (127,850) |  |  | $ | (1,676,136) |  |  | $ | 19,448 |  |  | $ | (26,710) |  |  | $ | 6,003,211 |
(1) Includes unrealized gains of $0.1 million attributable to assets still held as of December 31, 2018 that are recorded in "Gains on trading securities."
Fair Value Inputs, Assets and Liabilities, Quantitative Information | The following tables present additional information about the significant unobservable inputs, such as discount rates and constant prepayment rates ("CPR"), used in the fair value measurements categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2020 and 2019: Table 13.3
|  | As of December 31, 2020
Financial Instruments |  | Fair Value |  | Valuation Technique |  | Unobservable Input |  | Range (Weighted-Average)
|  | (in thousands)
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans |  | $ | 19,171 |  |  | Indicative bids |  | Range of broker quotes |  | 97.5% - 97.5% (97.5%)
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AgVantage |  | $ | 6,947,701 |  |  | Discounted cash flow |  | Discount rate |  | 0.8% - 2.3% (1.3%)
USDA Securities |  | $ | 6,695 |  |  | Discounted cash flow |  | Discount rate |  | 0.9% - 1.9% (1.4%)
|  |  |  |  |  | CPR |  | 25% - 49% (44%)
|  | As of December 31, 2019
Financial Instruments |  | Fair Value |  | Valuation Technique |  | Unobservable Input |  | Range (Weighted-Average)
|  | (in thousands)
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Floating rate auction-rate certificates backed by Government guaranteed student loans |  | $ | 18,912 |  |  | Indicative bids |  | Range of broker quotes |  | 96.0% - 96.0% (96.0%)
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AgVantage |  | $ | 7,143,025 |  |  | Discounted cash flow |  | Discount rate |  | 2.3% - 5.5% (2.6%)
USDA Securities |  | $ | 8,913 |  |  | Discounted cash flow |  | Discount rate |  | 2.3% - 2.6% (2.1%)
|  |  |  |  |  | CPR |  | 10% - 21% (19%)
Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping | The following table sets forth the estimated fair values and carrying values for financial assets, liabilities, and guarantees and commitments as of December 31, 2020 and 2019: Table 13.4
| As of December 31, 2020 |  | As of December 31, 2019
| Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount
| (in thousands)
Financial assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,033,941 |  |  | $ | 1,033,941 |  |  | $ | 604,381 |  |  | $ | 604,381 |
Investment securities | 3,899,925 |  |  | 3,898,724 |  |  | 3,005,828 |  |  | 3,004,875 |
Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities | 8,148,691 |  |  | 8,123,493 |  |  | 8,606,451 |  |  | 8,590,476 |
USDA Securities | 2,637,509 |  |  | 2,480,321 |  |  | 2,294,671 |  |  | 2,241,073 |
Loans | 9,167,525 |  |  | 8,535,146 |  |  | 7,317,091 |  |  | 6,981,440 |
Financial derivatives | 17,468 |  |  | 17,468 |  |  | 10,519 |  |  | 10,519 |
Guarantee and commitment fees receivable | 34,115 |  |  | 37,113 |  |  | 36,732 |  |  | 38,442 |
Financial liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes payable | 22,130,263 |  |  | 21,848,917 |  |  | 19,234,079 |  |  | 19,098,648 |
Debt securities of consolidated trusts held by third parties | 1,390,330 |  |  | 1,323,786 |  |  | 1,663,177 |  |  | 1,616,504 |
Financial derivatives | 29,892 |  |  | 29,892 |  |  | 27,042 |  |  | 27,042 |
Guarantee and commitment obligations | 32,537 |  |  | 35,535 |  |  | 34,990 |  |  | 36,700 |

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