A.12. Characteristics of Bank Loans to Farmers -- Large Farm Lenders, by Risk Rating, November 7-11, 2005 Percent except as noted ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Loan characteristic All Minimal Low Moderate Acceptable Special Not rated Not reported ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume of loans (thousands of dollars) 759,693 31,608 99,512 397,122 177,164 11,385 1,031 41,870 Number of loans 15,403 475 1,826 8,376 3,116 716 85 809 Weighted average maturity (months) 1 17.81 10.62 13.26 20.56 16.36 27.78 26.24 9.62 Weighted average repricing interval (months) 2 4.13 10.30 5.26 4.88 .67 4.45 19.56 3.90 Weighted average risk rating 3 3.05 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 n.a. n.a. Weighted average interest rate 4 7.25 6.66 7.49 7.20 7.31 8.59 8.16 7.01 Standard error 5 .20 .20 .25 .28 .27 .33 .01 .27 Interquartile range 6 75th percentile 8.00 7.25 8.02 8.01 7.98 9.84 8.57 8.00 25th percentile 6.43 6.18 6.86 6.18 6.70 7.76 7.76 6.30 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 7.32 7.30 7.79 7.03 7.33 10.10 n.a. 7.91 Other livestock 7.40 6.21 6.93 7.59 7.29 n.a. n.a. 8.01 Other current operating expenses 7 7.41 6.08 7.54 7.49 7.36 8.48 9.64 7.34 Farm machinery and equipment 7.48 6.77 7.55 7.44 8.05 7.76 9.73 7.85 Farm real estate 6.88 n.a. 7.45 6.74 7.58 n.a. 7.67 6.75 Other 8 6.78 6.68 6.64 6.36 7.19 8.26 8.27 6.55 Share of total loan volume Features of loan Floating rates 80.38 8.37 65.34 84.54 93.55 99.24 60.78 70.70 Under commitment 85.11 98.72 80.26 83.55 92.54 87.47 60.78 69.78 Callable 22.70 54.45 29.93 22.31 8.87 13.34 55.23 45.54 Subject to prepayment penalty 1.89 .32 2.08 1.92 2.48 1.14 n.a. .01 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 18.37 45.38 36.67 17.89 8.96 10.69 n.a. 1.35 Other livestock 10.50 5.33 13.10 9.25 12.74 n.a. n.a. 13.74 Other current operating expenses 7 40.25 47.02 39.56 39.69 42.40 65.74 10.18 26.78 Farm machinery and equipment 6.31 .85 1.04 10.80 1.58 3.32 5.31 1.20 Farm real estate 6.65 n.a. 3.55 9.80 2.83 n.a. 54.73 5.89 Other 8 17.93 1.43 6.09 12.57 31.49 20.25 29.79 51.04 Type of collateral Farm real estate 6.75 12.44 6.22 6.04 6.10 12.22 13.00 11.44 Other 89.14 86.96 89.43 88.69 92.59 84.31 68.19 81.57 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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