A.12. Characteristics of Bank Loans to Farmers -- Large Farm Lenders, by Risk Rating, November 6-10, 2006 Percent except as noted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Loan characteristic All Minimal Low Moderate Acceptable Special Not rated Not reported ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume of loans (thousands of dollars) 1,058,154 38,883 127,294 449,713 317,075 37,627 3,583 83,978 Number of loans 14,867 568 1,776 6,865 3,204 638 83 1,733 Weighted average maturity (months) 1 18.77 15.27 28.39 16.35 14.99 14.53 38.22 36.72 Weighted average repricing interval (months) 2 6.88 4.20 23.19 3.89 1.82 4.58 31.09 19.13 Weighted average risk rating 3 3.19 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 n.a. n.a. Weighted average interest rate 4 8.24 8.06 8.61 7.93 8.41 8.83 8.69 8.46 Standard error 5 .30 .31 .07 .40 .29 .36 .09 .28 Interquartile range 6 75th percentile 8.84 8.60 9.14 8.81 8.87 9.31 9.11 9.14 25th percentile 7.50 7.25 8.06 6.93 7.57 8.04 8.03 7.76 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 8.40 8.73 8.71 8.07 7.85 10.09 n.a. 8.90 Other livestock 8.33 6.72 8.64 8.88 8.10 8.00 n.a. 9.11 Other current operating expenses 7 8.50 7.54 8.87 8.45 8.40 9.16 9.91 8.82 Farm machinery and equipment 9.01 7.86 7.40 8.57 9.30 8.40 8.57 8.87 Farm real estate 8.37 8.87 8.15 8.73 8.46 8.61 n.a. 7.82 Other 8 7.46 8.60 8.12 6.82 8.01 8.88 8.47 8.15 Share of total loan volume Features of loan Floating rates 76.41 23.46 38.47 79.04 97.25 82.75 40.83 64.34 Under commitment 83.22 91.55 69.82 84.14 91.45 92.56 40.83 61.36 Callable 20.49 54.84 32.10 17.80 11.74 2.95 6.76 42.77 Subject to prepayment penalty 3.56 .62 16.63 2.74 .73 1.93 n.a. 1.13 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 11.29 40.34 17.47 10.49 4.71 5.89 n.a. 20.51 Other livestock 7.29 2.43 5.83 3.89 12.72 23.38 n.a. 2.58 Other current operating expenses 7 37.50 51.11 47.37 39.32 32.87 35.65 15.35 25.67 Farm machinery and equipment 9.28 1.11 .32 7.72 19.05 1.18 1.97 1.98 Farm real estate 8.09 3.11 18.56 6.40 5.39 1.61 n.a. 17.03 Other 8 26.55 1.89 10.45 32.17 25.26 32.30 82.68 32.22 Type of collateral Farm real estate 12.56 18.36 23.65 10.72 7.13 2.55 37.76 26.90 Other 81.97 67.38 69.85 82.93 89.49 97.19 61.49 67.65 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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