A.12. Characteristics of Bank Loans to Farmers -- Large Farm Lenders, by Risk Rating, August 2-6, 2004 Percent except as noted _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Loan characteristic All Minimal Low Moderate Acceptable Special Not rated Not reported _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume of loans (thousands of dollars) 853,742 16,318 108,576 304,132 178,624 28,421 20,619 197,051 Number of loans 16,825 385 2,540 8,408 3,400 870 422 801 Weighted average maturity (months) 1 16.53 11.57 35.96 22.42 12.85 6.88 27.56 1.43 Weighted average repricing interval (months) 2 6.25 8.13 30.25 5.52 .52 .28 3.31 .17 Weighted average risk rating 3 3.15 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 n.a. n.a. Weighted average interest rate 4 5.12 5.23 5.50 4.97 4.84 5.94 4.73 5.33 Standard error 5 .10 .71 .27 .24 .16 .54 .43 .29 Interquartile range 6 75th percentile 5.64 6.61 6.35 6.08 5.39 7.47 5.61 5.39 25th percentile 4.33 3.56 4.34 4.05 4.30 4.33 3.87 5.39 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 5.07 6.28 4.99 5.17 4.07 8.14 5.12 6.59 Other livestock 4.81 3.56 5.28 4.81 3.91 4.87 6.59 6.68 Other current operating expenses 7 5.29 5.49 5.49 5.13 5.17 6.41 4.92 5.77 Farm machinery and equipment 5.07 n.a. 6.02 5.11 4.43 4.75 6.17 6.01 Farm real estate 5.42 7.50 6.24 5.00 4.96 5.71 6.96 6.17 Other 8 5.06 4.00 6.04 4.50 4.74 4.30 4.47 5.32 Share of total loan volume Features of loan Floating rates 85.64 45.82 38.59 88.01 97.35 93.44 95.79 98.42 Under commitment 81.77 68.05 47.84 76.54 89.14 94.20 95.49 99.75 Callable 19.83 43.34 65.12 23.70 7.88 5.04 6.47 1.34 Subject to prepayment penalty 1.03 .31 .07 1.65 1.43 .71 4.20 n.a. Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 4.56 31.66 6.78 4.63 6.06 3.98 .96 .07 Other livestock 10.97 36.46 39.48 7.75 9.63 9.05 5.82 .14 Other current operating expenses 7 32.56 17.22 34.41 38.85 51.81 66.34 26.44 1.40 Farm machinery and equipment 9.23 n.a. 2.20 21.56 4.55 7.61 .43 .22 Farm real estate 4.70 11.71 8.71 7.32 3.42 .15 .46 .12 Other 8 38.00 2.96 8.42 19.89 24.53 12.86 65.88 98.06 Type of collateral Farm real estate 10.20 13.31 16.85 14.11 10.27 1.04 19.67 .48 Other 84.46 85.62 73.48 79.73 86.70 98.96 64.18 95.68 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. n.a. Not available. 17