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E. 15 (125)

AGRICULTURAL FINANCE
DATABOOK
First Quarter 1994
Guide to internal tables of contents and notes on sources

Amount and characteristics of farm loans made by commercial banks
Selected statistics from the quarterly reports of condition of commercial
banks
Reserve bank surveys of farm credit conditions and farm land values

Division of Research and Statistics
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Washington, D.C. 20551
Nicholas A. Walraven and Michele Ricci



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General Information
The Agricultural Finance Databook is a compilation of various data on current developments in agricultural
finance. Large portions of the data come from regular surveys conducted by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System or Federal Reserve Banks. Other portions of the data come from the quarterly call
report data of commercial banks or from the reports of other financial institutions involved in agricultural
lending. When the current issue went to press, data from the survey of terms of bank lending were available
for the first quarter of 1993; the other data generally were available through the fourth quarter.
Parts or all of the Agricultural Finance Databook may be copied and distributed freely. Any redistribution of
selected parts of the Databook should be accompanied by the "contents" pages at the beginning of the
corresponding section, together with the front cover identifying the Databook and date of issue, and this page
providing subscription information. Remaining questions may be addressed to Nicholas Walraven or Michele
Ricci at the address shown on the cover.
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SECTION I:

AMOUNT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF FARM LOANS MADE BY COMMERCIAL BANKS

Estimates from the quarterly survey of nonreal estate farm loans

Page
5

Summary charts
Tables:
I.A
I.B
I.C
I.D
I.E
I.F
I.G
I.H
I.I

Number
Average size
Amount
Average maturity
Average effective interest
Percentage of loans with a
Distribution of farm loans
Detailed survey results
Regional disaggregation of

7
8
9
10

rate
floating interest rate....
by effective interest rate

11

survey results

16

12

13
14

SOURCES OF DATA:
These data on the farm loans of $1000 or more made by commercial banks are derived from quarterly sample
surveys conducted by the Federal Reserve System during the first full week of the second month of each
quarter. Data obtained from the sample are expanded into national estimates for all commercial banks, which
are shown in the following tables.
Before August 1989, the farm loan survey was part of a broader survey of the terms of lending by a sample of
340 commercial banks. A subset of 250 banks was asked for information regarding agricultural lending, and
about 150 typically reported at least one farm loan.
Since August of 1989, the data have been drawn from a redesigned sample of 250 banks that is no longer part of
the broader survey. In the redesigned sample, banks are stratified according to their volume of farm lending;
previously, they had been stratified according to the volume of business loans. As before, however, the
sample data are being expanded into national estimates for all commercial banks. In the February 1994 survey,
213 banks reported at least one farm loan, and the number of sample loans totaled 4948.
In both the previous survey and the new one, the national estimates exhibit variability due to sampling error.
The estimates are sensitive to the occasional appearance of very large loans in the sample. In addition, the
breakdown of national estimates into those for large banks and small banks may have been affected somewhat by
the new sampling procedures that were implemented in August 1989; apparent shifts in the data as of that date
should be treated with caution.




3

SECTION I: (CONTINUED)

SS®®S85SS®8H!Kf§S!iHiSf
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS•




Chart 1

Results from the Survey of Terms of Bank Lending to Farmers
Millions, Annual Rate
Number of nonreal estate farm loans

5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0

-- Four quarter moving average

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

198519861987198819891990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1.0

Thousands of dollars
Average size of nonreal estate farm loans

-- Four quarter moving average

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

Billions of Dollars, Annual Rate

110

Amount of nonreal estate farm loans
100

- Four quarter moving average

L i ... i ... i ... i ... i ... « •» * i i • i I 1««» I i » i l •
JL_I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 .1. 1. 1i 1...
1978

1979




1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

vO
Chart 2

Results from the Survey of Terms of Bank Lending to Farmers

Months
Average maturity of nonreal estate farm loans

— Four quarter moving average

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

Percent

Average effective interest rate on nonreal estate farm loans

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

Percent

Share of farm loans with a floating interest rate

100

70

- Four quarter moving average

1978

1979




1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK NONREAL ESTATE LOANS TO FARMERS
TABLE I.A
NUMBER OF LOANS MADE (MILLIONS)
BY PURPOSE OF LOAN
FEEDER
LIVESTOCK

ALL
LOANS

OTHER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER
CURRENT
OPERATING
EXPENSES

BY SIZE
OF BANK

BY SIZE OF
LOAN ($l,000s)

FARM
MACHINERY
AND
EQUIPMENT

OTHER

1
to
9

0. 35
0. 32
0. 35
0 .27
0. 24
0. 19
0. 21
0. 20
0. 19
0..21
0 ,24
.
0.,27

2 .14
2 .32
2 .42
2 .06
1 .71
1 .57
1.
,42
.
1 .67
1 .70
.
1. 66
1,.67
1..65

25
to
99

100
and
over

0 .67 0 .40
0 .60 0 .38
0 .53 0 .40
0. 51 0 .30
0. 46 0 .29
0 .4 6 0 .27
0 .43 0 .28
.
0 .52 0 ,31
.
0 .49 0 ,35
.
0 .51 0 .32
,
0 .54 0 .36
,
0 .56 0 .37

0 .09
0 .11
0 .09
0 .09
0 .08
0 .08
0. 07
0.
,09
.
0 ,09
0 .10
.
0 .11
,
0 .12
.

10
to
24

LARGE

OTHER

1
1
1
1
I
I
I
I
1
1
1
1

0 .22
0.20
0 .18
0.18
0.20
0 .20
0 .23
0.,36
0 ,44
.
0 .50
.
0..51
0,.55

3. 08
3 .21
3 .26
2 .78
2 .34
2 .18
1. 99
2 .23
2 .20
2 . 10
, 17
2.
, 15
2.

ANNUAL NUMBER OF LOANS MADE

3 .30
3 .41
3 44
2 96
2 .55
2 .38
2 .21
2 .60
2 .63
, 60
2.
2 . 68
2.,70

1982.
1983.
1984.
1985.
1986.
1987.
1988.
1989.
1990.
1991.
1992.
1993.

I
|
|
1
1
1
1
1
I
I
1
1

0 33
0 37
0 34
0 34
0 .30
0 ,39
.
0 ,29
.
0 ,30
.
0,,32
0 .35
,
0,.35
0,.36

0. 26
0. 32
0. 29
0. 23
0 .17
0. 13
0. 11
0. 20
0. 24
0.,23
0.,25
0.,27

2 06
2 00
2 06
1 77
1 .66
,54
1.
1 ,45
.
.
1 ,73
1 .69
.
1 .64
.
1 .67
,
1 ,62
,

0. 30
.0.39
0. 35
0. 36
0. 17
0 .14
0. 14
0 .16
0. 19
0. 17
0.. 18
0., 18

NUMBER OF LOANS MADE DURING FIRST FULL WEEK OF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER, ANNUAL RATE

Q3.,
Q4.,

2 . 45
2 . 88
2 .76
2 . 64

1
I
I
1

0 .35
0 .28
0 .32
0 .43

0 .24
0 .27
0 .17
0 .30

1 .43
1 .95
1 .78
1 .52

0,.19
0 . 15
0 .20
0 . 19

0 .24
0 .23
0 .29
0 .20

1 .47
1 .80
1 .82
1 .57

0 .50
.
0 .61
.
0 .51
,
0 .53
.

0 .36
0 .37
0 .34
0 .40

0 .12
0 .10
0 .09
0 .13

1
I
1
1

0 .45
0 .53
0 .58
0 .48

2,.01
2 . 35
2 . 17
2 .16

1993 Ql.,
Q2.,
Q3.
Q4 .

2 .74
2 . 90
2 . 68
2 .49

1
1
1
1

0 .39
0 .34
0 .28
0 .43

0 .27
0 .28
0 .20
0 .32

1 .62
1 .86
1 .70
1 .31

0 .23
0 .19
0 .16
0 . 14

0 .23
0 .22
0 . 34
0 .30

1 .62
1 .89
1 .68
1 .40

0 .55
0 .58
0 .57
0 .53

0 .42 .0 .14
0 .32 0 .10
0 .33 0 .11
0 .41 0 .14

1
1
1
1

0 .48
0 .53
0 .63
o .58

2 .26
2 .37
2 . 05
1 .91

1994 Ql.

2 . 44

1

o .28

0 .33

1 .40

0 .21

0 .22

1 .44

0 .50

0 .38

0 .12

1

o .49

1 .96

1992 Ql.,
Q2.,




1

7

8
ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK NONREAL ESTATE LOANS TO FARMERS
TABLE I.B
AVERAGE SIZE OF LOANS MADE (THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
BY SIZE OF
LOAN ($1,000s)

BY PURPOSE OF LOAN
ALL
LOANS

FEEDER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER
CURRENT
OPERATING
EXPENSES

FARM
MACHINERY
AND
EQUIPMENT

1
to
9

OTHER

10
to
24

25
to
99

BY SIZE
OF BANK
100
and
over

LARGE

OTHER

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

97 .8
92 .0
88 .1
82 .0
62 .0
85 .5
70 .0
53 .7
.
100..7
107 .0
,
97 .0
,
106,.0

14 .4
15 .2
13 .8
13 ,
.4
15,.3
14 .9
,
16,.3
14 ,4
.
13 .
,9
13 .
,9
15.,8
15.,8

ANNUAL AVERAGE SIZE OF LOANS MADE
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

20 .0
19 .7
17 .7
17 .6
19 .0
,
20 .8
21 .8
.
19,. 9
28,.4
31 .9
.
31 .2
.
34 ,3
.

41 .5
32 .5
31 . 8
25,.7
35 .
.0
33 . 8
34 ,
,1
42 .
.7
69,.7
61.,0
68., 3
79 ..7

17 .5
18 .2
21 .9
22 ,
.5
.8
25 ,
26 .
.3
40 . 6
29 ,
.5
22 .
,7
25 .
.2
,9
26 .
23 .,1

13 . 6
15 . 5
12 . 9
12 .8
14 .0
14 . 6
16 ,
.7
14 ,
.1
15..7
15,. 6
14 ,
.7
15,,2

17 .6
15 .6
12 .5
12 .4
13 .6
16 .
.1
13 ,
.9
12 ,
.1
11 ,
.9
15 ,
.1
16 .
.0
13 ,
.9

38 .9
37 .1
34 .8
42 .1
32 .9
44 .6
34 .7
32 .
.2
.3
94 .
129,.1
108 ,
.8
112 ,
.0

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

3 .7
3. 6
3 .7
3 .5
3 .5
3 .6
3 .7
.
3 .6
.
3 .6
,
3 .6
,
3 .7
,
3 .7
.

14,. 6
14..8
14,.7
14,.4
14,.9
14.,7
14 ,
.8
14.,7
14.,8
14.,9
14..8
14. 9

46 .1
46 .3
43 .8
45 ,
.5
44..9
46,.5
45,.2
45..9
46..1
46., 6
45.,9
46..1

326
294
291
255
280
320
320
272
488
540
468
490

AVERAGE SIZE OF LOANS MADE DURING FIRST FULL WEEK OF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER, ANNUAL RATE
1992 Ql..
Q2..
Q3..
Q4..

36 .8
26 . 6
25 .2
37 .
.3

68,.0
63 ,
.1
70,.5
70,. 1

24 .4
23 .4
20 .4
36 .0

17 . 4
.8
12 .
12 ,
.6
17 ,
.2

14 .4
24 .3
12 .9
14 .1

137 .8
104 .0
63 .8
143 .5

1
1
1
1

3 .8
3. 6
3 .5
4 .0

15 .0
14 .7
,
14,.7
14 .9
,

48 ,
.3
45.. 6
45,.0
44 ,
.6

482
440
432
503

1
1
1
1

121 .6
83 .0
72 .1
120 .1

18 .0
,
13 ,
.8
12 ,
.6
19 ,
.0

1993 Ql..
Q2..
Q3..
Q4..

35 ,
.1
31 .
.0
30 ,
.3
,5
41 ,

77 .
,
73 .
,
88.,
80.,

16 .
.4
18 .
.8
24 ,
.9
31 ,
.2

18., 8
13 .
,9
12 .
.5
16 .,3

15 ,
.2
.8
12 ,
14 ,
.7
.3
12 ,

120 .2
138 .6
.3
82 ,
119 ,
.9

1
1
1
1

3 .7
,
3 .9
,
3 .5
,
3 .8
,

15,,3
14..8
14., 9
14.,7

45..5
44 .
,8
46.,8
47 ..3

441
577
476
488

1
1
1
1

111 .7
,
112 .6
,
83 .7
,
119 .6
.

19.,0
12 .,8
13 ..8
17 .,8

1994 Ql...

34.9

72.5

27.3

19.9

21.5

106.5

3.6

14.7

48.4

445

102.6

18.1




4
9
3
8

ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK NONREAL ESTATE LOANS TO FARMERS
TABLE I.C
AMOUNT OF LOANS MADE (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
BY SIZE OF
LOAN ($1,000s)

BY PURPOSE OF LOAN

FEEDER
LIVESTOCK

ALL
LOANS

OTHER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER
CURRENT
OPERATING
EXPENSES

FARM
MACHINERY
AND
EQUIPMENT

1
to
9

OTHER

10
to
24

BY SIZE
OF BANK

25
to
99

100
and
over

18. 2
17. 5
17. 6
13. 5
13. 2
12. 6
12 .9
14 .4
15. 9
15.,1
16.,7
17.,1

30. 0
32 .4
26. 5
24. 0
22. 3
24. 5
23.,7
23.,4
45.,3
54.,0
52..8
61..0

LARGE

OTHER

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

21.7
18. 6
15. 8
14.9
12. 6
17.,1
15.,9
19.,6
44..2
53.> 7
49..4
58..8

44 ,3
.
48.,7
45.,0
37 .,3
35.,9
32 .,5
32.,3
32.,0
30..5
29..1
34,.3
33 ,
.8

ANNUAL AMOUNT OF LOANS MADE

1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987 ,
1988,
1989,
1990,
1991 ,
1992 ,
•1993 .

1
I
1
1
1
I
I
1
1
1
I
I

66 .0
67 .3
60.8
52 .1
48.5
49.6
48.2
51 .6
74.7
82 .8
83 .7
92 .6-

1
I
1
1
1
1
1
I
I
1
I
I

13 6
12 1
10 7
8 6
10 4
13..2
10.,0
12.,9
22,.0
21.,4
23..6
28..7

4 .5
5 .9
6 .5
5 .2
4 .5
3 .4
4 .6
6 .0
5 .5
5 .8
6. 6
6 .2

28. 1
31 1
26. 5
22 6
23 2
22 ,,5
24 .,3
24 .,3
26 ,,6
25 .,5
,6
24 .
,7
24 .

5.,4
6.,1
4..4
4.,4
2..4
2..3
1..9
2..0
2 ,3
.
2..5
2,.9
2,.5

7 .9
.
8 ,4
.
8 ,9
.
7 ,2
.
6 .0
.
5..7
5,.2
6,.1
6,.1
6,.1
6 .2
.
6 .1
,

13 .
.4
.9
11 .
.2
12 .
.3
11 .
8 .0
.
8 .3
,
7 .4
,
6,.4
18,.3
.6
27 ,
.0
26 .
30 .
.6

9.,8
9,,0
7 ,8
.
7 ,4
.
6.,9
6..8
6..4
7 .7
.
7 .3
.
7 .6
,
8,.0
8,.3

AMOUNT OF LOANS MADE 1DURING FIRST FULL WEEK OF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER,, ANNUAL RATE
1992 Q1. . .
Q2...
Q3...
Q4. . .

I
I
1
1

90 .3
76.4
69.4
98.6

1
I
I
I

23,.9
17,.6
22,.8
30,.1

5 .9
6 .4
3 .6
10 .7

.0
25 .
.0
25 .
.3
22 ,
26,. 2

2 .7
3 .6
2 .5
2 .7

32 .9
23 .9
18 .2
28 .9

5 .5
6 .4
6 .4
6 .2

7 .5
9 .0
7 .4
8 .0

17..2
16.. 7
15..1
17,.9

60,.1
44,.3
40,.4
6 6.5

1
1
1
1

54,. 2
44 .0
42 .1
57 .4

36 .1
32 .4
27 .4
41 .2

1993 Ql. . .
Q2...
Q3 . . .
Q4...

I
1
1
1

96.0
89.8
81.3
1021.5

I
1
1
1

30,.0
25,.5
24 .5
34 .7

4 .4
5 .3
4 .9
10 .1

30 ,
.5
25,.8
21,.3
21,.3

3 .5
2 .4
2 .4
1 .7

27 .6
30 .8
28 .2
35 .6

5 .9
7 .3
5 .8
5 .4

8 .5
8 .6
8 .5
7 .8

19,.2
14,.5
15,.2
19 , 6

62 .4
'59 .3
51 .7
70 .7

1
1
1
1

53 .2
59 .4
53 .1
69 .5

42 .8
30 .4
28 .2
34 .0

1994 Ql...

1

85.3

1

20 .2

9 .1

.8
27 .

4 .5

23 .7

5 .2

7 .4

18 .3

54 .3

1

49 .9

35 .4




1

9

10

ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK NONREAL ESTATE LOANS TO FARMERS
TABLE X.D
AVERAGE MATURITY OF LOANS MADE (MONTHS)
BY SIZE OF
LOAN ($1,0008)

BY PURPOSE OF LOAN
ALL
LOANS

FEEDER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER
CURRENT
OPERATING

FARM
MACHINERY
AND
EQUIPMENT

1
to
9

OTHER

10
to
24

25
to
99

7 .0
8 .1
7 .5
7 .7
8 .0
8,.1
9..2
8..3
9.,2
8.,3
9..7
10. 0

6 .6
8 .1
7 .7
9 .1
9 .8
9,.3
10,.2
.
9 .3
11..9
10 .,6
11.,1
11. 1

BY SIZE
OF BANK
100
and
over

LARGE

OTHER

ANNUAL AVERAGE MATURITY
1982.
1983.
1984.
1985.
1986.
1987 .
1988.
1989.
1990.
1991.
1992.
1993 .

6.5
8.9
7.7
8.0
8.0
8.4
8.7
8.1
7.5
7.3
8.9
9.2

1
5

0
1
8
5
4
8
.0

.7
.1

.3

7.0
8.1
6.6
7.8
6.3
7.7
4.7
7.4
8.8
8.5
9.5
9.6

.1
10.. 4
7.. 8
7.. 3
7.. 6
7.. 6
.5
.2
.5
.2
.6
.3

8 .4
10 .6
12 .6
13 .4
21 .0
22 .
.8
19,.8
18.,1
21 .
,9
24 .
,6
20.,1
30. 4

5 .4
7 .8
8 .1
8 .8
8,.8
12 .1
,
10,.9
11.,8
6.,4
5.,3
9. 4
9. 4

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

6 .0
7 .0
7 .0
6 .7
6 .8
7,.5
7 .1
,
7 .4
.
7 ,4
.
7 ,7
.
8.,3
8.5

6 .4
10 .0
8 .0
7,.9
7,.1
8..3
7.,7
7.,1
4. 9
5. 8
7. 2
7. 4

6 .0
6 .1
7 .0
6 .9
5,.5
5,.9
8.. 1
7.,8
4.,7
5. 2
6. 4
6. 4

6 .7
9 .9
7 .9
8 .4
8 .8
,
,
9 .3
.
8 .8
8.
.2
10 .,2
9. 6
10 .1
10 .4

MATURITY OF LOANS MADE DURING FIRST FULL WEEK OF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER, ANNUAL RATE
1992 Ql.
03.
04.

9.9
9.5
8.8
7.7

1993 Ql.
02.
03.
04.

9.9
10.1
9.8
7.4

6 .8
6.5
9.2
7.0

11 ,
.4
,
8 .8
8 .2
.
9 .9
.

1994 Ql.

10 .1

6.9

8 .3

02.




6 .1
7.2
5.1
6.3

6 .5
9 .9
12 .5
9 .9

10 .0
9 .2
7. 0
7 .8
,

22 .6
18 .8
19 .7
19 .5

12 .0
8 .2
14 .3
4,.4

1
1
1
1

10 .1
8 .6
7 .5
7 .1

10 .4
10 .3
9,.3
8..7

11 .6
11 .8
10 .2
10 .6

8 .0
7 .5
7 .7
6,.0

7.5
7.0
6.8
4.5

10.9
10.6
9.8
9.1

8,.9
8..7
8., 1
7..2

32 ,
.5
34 ,
.0
24 .
.5
29.,0

8..0
15..6
11..0
3 .8

1
1
1
1

8,.6
9..7
7 .3
.
8.,0

10.,8
10.,0
10. 6
8. 8

11..9
12 .
.6
9 ,8
.
10 .3

7..5
7.,9
9. 7
5. 1

5.9
5.9
9.7
4.7

10.8
11.4
9.9
9.3

8. 9

32 ..0

6. 6

1

8.6

12. 7

13 .9

6. 6

4.5

12.8

ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK NONREAL ESTATE LOANS TO FARMERS
TABLE I.E
AVERAGE EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE ON LOANS MADE
BY PURPOSE OF LOAN

ALL
LOANS

FEEDER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER

OTHER
CURRENT
OPERATING
EXPENSES

BY SIZE
OF BANK

BY SIZE OF
LOAN ($l,000s)

FARM
MACHINERY
AND
EQUIPMENT

1
to
9

OTHER

10
to
24

25
to
99

16 .8
14 .1
14 ,3
.
13 .,2
,0
12 .
11.. 3
11 . 6
.7
12 ,
12 .
.4
11 .2
9. 3
8 .7

17.,0
.0
14 .
.3
14 .
.2
13 ,
.8
11 ,
11 .1
11 . 4
12 .7
12 .1
10 .7
8 .8
8 .3

100
and
over

LARGE

OTHER

16. 1
12.. 1
13., 1
11.,2
9.. 6
9.,2
10.,2
12,. 1
10 . 9
9. 0
6. 8
6 .7

17 .,0
14 ., 1
14 . 4
.4
13 ,
.1
12 ,
11,. 3
11,. 6
12 .7
12 . 3
11 . 3
9. 4
8 .7

ANNUAL AVERAGE INTEREST RATE

1982.
1983.
1984.
1985.
1986.
1987 .
1988.
1989.
1990.
1991.
1992.
1993.

16 .,7
,5
13 .
,l
14 .
12 . 8
11.. 5
.6
10 ,
11.. 2
12 . 5
11.. 4
9. 8
7. 8
7 .5

15.,9
,6
13 .
13 .
.7
12 .5
.
11,.1
10 .7
,
10 .9
.
12 .3
.
11 .5
10 .2
8. 2
8 .0

,3
16 .
.8
13 .
.3
14 .
.7
12 .
.9
11 ,
10 .2
11 .9
12 .4
12 .0
11 .0
8 .6
8 .1

16 ..9
13 .,5
14 ,2
.
.0
13 .
11,.5
10,.8
11,.2
12 . 6
11 .7
10 . 4
8 .8
8 .1

17 .
.1
14 .3
,
.6
14 ,
.7
13 ,
12 .2
11 .5
11 .7
12 .8
12 .3
11 .3
9 .3
8 .7

16..9
12 .,8
14 .,0
,1
12 .
11..2
9,.5
10 ,
.7
.3
12 .
10,.7
8. 6
6 .3
6 .2

1
1
I
I
I
1
1
I
I
I
I
1

17 ,0
.
14 ,2
.
14 ,6
.
13 .7
.
12 .4
,
11 .6
,
11..7
12 .8
12 .5
11 .5
9 .7
9 .0

16. 4
13.,0
13.,7
12 .,1
10..8
9,.9
10,.8
.2
12 ,
10,.9
9 .2
7 .1
6 .9

I
I
I
I
1
1
I
I
I
1
1
1

AVERAGE RATE ON LOANS MADE DURING FIRST FULL WEEK OF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER, ANNUAL RATE

1992 Ql.
Q2.
Q3 .
04.

8,
.7
8.
,3
8.
,0
8,.0

.
8 .4
9 .7
.
8 .4
8 .0

9., 1
9., 1
8.. 6
8..4

,
9 .9
9 .5
,
9 .2
,
,
8 .7

6. 4
6..8
6 ,4
.
5.,5

1
1
1
I

10.,0
9 ,9
.
9 .5
,
9 .4
,

9..5
9. 6
9 .0
,
9,.0

9 .2
,
9 .1
,
8 .6
,
8 .5

7 ,2
.
7 ,5
,
7 (,1
6..7

6. 8
7 .2,
6.,8
6..3

9 .1
.
9..7
9.
,4
8 .9

1993 Ql.
Q2 «
03,
04.

7 .9
8. 1
8 .0
8 .1

8 .9
8 .2
7 .9
7 .7

8,.3
8..1
8,.2
7 .8

8 .8
8 .6
9 .0
8 .4

6,.1
6,.2
6,,4
6,.1

1
I
I
I

9 .2
9 .0
9 .0
8 .9

8 .8
8 .8
8. 6
8 .5

8 .4
8 .4 '
8 .1
8 .2

7 .0
.
6 .9
7 .0
6 .8

6,.6
6,.7
7 .0
6 .7

8 .8
8 .9
8. 6
8 .6

7 .7

7 .3

7 .9

8 .2

6. 1

1

8 .8

8 .4

8 .1

6 .7

6. 6

8 .3

1994 Ql.




7.3

1

11

12

ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK NONREAL ESTATE LOANS TO FARMERS
TABLE I.F
PERCENTAGE OF LOANS MADE WITH A FLOATING INTEREST RATE
BY SIZE OF
LOAN ($1,000s)

BY PURPOSE OF LOAN
ALL
LOANS

FEEDER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER
CURRENT
OPERATING
EXPENSES

FARM
MACHINERY
AND
EQUIPMENT

1
to
9

OTHER

10
to
24

25
to
99

BY SIZE
OF BANK

100
and
over

LARGE

OTHER

65 . 6
77 .7
71 .1
77,.1
71,.9
77,.6
79,. 1
83,.6
69.,4
70.,0
82. 9
86.9

26 .3
29 .9
27 .6
32 . 6
47 .0
49,.9
52 .6
.
47 ,
.2
59,.3
56,,1
55.,5
58. 9

ANNUAL PERCENTAGE OF LOANS MADE
1982.
1983.
1984.
1985.
1986.
1987.
1988.
1989.
1990.
1991.
1992.
1993 .

39
43
38
45
53
59
61
61.0
65.2
65.1
71.7
76.7

47.8
47.8
41
61
60
51
65
71.4
76.8
81.5
78.5
84.6

.2
.7
.3
32 .
44 . 9
34 . 8
69,. 6
39 . 5
.0
.6
.3
.5
.0

43 .0
48 . 1
41 .7
43 .0
57 ,
.2
62,. 1
63 ,
.8
59,.7
68.. 3
68.,8
6 6 .. 3
70. 3

15 .5
17 .6
24 .3
19 . 6
30 .9
55 .5
54 ,
.9
32 ,
.9
40 ,
,0
40 .
.6
47 .,8
48 ..2

31 .4
44 .3
39 .5
47 .3
50 . 6
62 .1
63 ,
.2
73 .
.6
51..2
50,.3
75,.3
78..1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

24 .3
25 . 6
23 .8
27 . 6
40 . 6
48,.5
49,.3
50..4
53 ,
.6
52 ,0
.
57 . 3
60. 1

25 . 6
29 . 1
31..3
31,.5
41,.8
45..6
51..5
49.,6
59..2
59. 0
59. 1
61. 0

29 .7
34 .9
29 .0
42 .0
48 .2
54,.4
60..8
58..5
6 6 ,0
,
64.,0
61. 2
64 .5

53 .4
55 .9
52 .7
56,. 6
63 ,
.7
68,.5
67 .
,0
69,.1
67 .,5
67 .8
78. 6
83 .9

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

AVERAGE PERCENTAGE DURING FIRST FULL WEEK OF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER
1992 Ql.
03.
04.

71.0
71.9
69.7
73.5

76.1
84.2
78.7
77.0

43.0
53.5
78.4
75.8

59.6
67.0
68.9
70.0

39.8
56.9
39.7
51 .0

83.6
75.2
62.0
74.3

55.7
59.6
58.8
54.8

60.3
55.9
65.4
55.7

56.3
61.3
65.4
62.4

78.0
80.9
73.9
80.4

87.1
84.4
78.0
81.5

46.9
54.9
57.0
62.4

1993 01.
02.
03 .
04.

71.2
81.6
79.1
75.6

85.9
87.2
89.6
77.9

56.7
64.3
77.8
74.9

70.6
64.8
74.2
72.7

47.0
60.4
33.5
53.9

61.3
95.6
78.0
76.3

57.7
59.5
62.7
60.9

60.3
60.0
57.6
66.6

60.8
65.1
69.2
64.0

77.2
91.4
87.5
80.9

81.5
92.0
88.6
85.5

58.6
61.1
61.2
55.4

1994 Ql.

77.2

89.1

78.1

76.6

66.9

69.6

56.6

59.4

73.0

83.1

85.8

65.3

02,




Table I.G

PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF NONREAL ESTATE FARM LOANS MADE BY BANKS,
BY EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE

Effective
interest
rate
(percent)
All loans,
Under 5.0...
5.0 to 5.9..
6.0 to 6.9..
7.0 to 7.9. .
8.0 to 8.9..
9.0 to 9.9..
10.0 to 10.9
11.0 to 11.9
to 12.9
12 .
13, to 13.9
14, to 14.9
15, to 15.9
to 16.9
16,
17.0 to 17.9
18.0 to 18.9
19.0 to 19.9
20.0 to 21.9
21.0 to 21.9
22.0 to 22.9
23.0 to 23.9
24.0 to 24.9.
25.0 and over

February
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100
-

.
„

.

1
1
5
13
24
35
12
4
1
1

3
13
17
28
28
8
2

1
8
10
16
39
15
10
1

8
5
7
21
23
31
4

19
16
13
11
26
12
2
-

-

3
18
34
30
10
3
1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
4
30
46
15
3
1

1
8
34
38
14
3
1

100
-

3
4
3
31
19
22
14
4

1992

1993 1994

100

100

2
16
10
17
18
22
10
5

4
11
20
17
26
15
7
1

100
4
30
18
22
15
2
1

Memo:
Percentage
Distribution
of Number of
Loans,
Nov 93 Feb 94
100
1
16

26
32
18

5

1

100
1

14
25
33
17
5
3

1

"

"

1 Percentage distribution of the estimated total dollar amount of nonreal estate farm loans
of $1,000 or more made by insured commercial banks during the week covered by the survey, which
is the first full business week of the month specified.
Data are estimates from the Federal Reserve survey of terms of bank lending to farmers.
Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.




SURVEY OF TERMS OF BANK LENDING MADE DURING FEBRUARY 7-11,1994
Loans to farmers
all sizes
ALL

Amount of loans (thousands)
Number of loans
Weighted average maturity (months)1

4
5
6

Weighted average interest rate (percent) 2
Standard error 3
Interquartile range 4
By purpose of loan
Feed# livestock
Other livestock
Other current operating expenses
Farm machinery and equipment
Farm real estate
Other

7

9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

$100-249

$250 and over

BANKS

1
2
3

8

Size class of loans (thousands)
$10-24
$25-49
$50-99

$1-9

1,779,537
49,751
14.9

6.14-

7.34
0.30
8.52

105,263
28,767
8.9

148,790
10,107
14.0

161,104
4,642
15.0

236,933
3,467
26.3

274,504
1,905
15.8

8.77
0.08
9.31

8.42
0.09
9.09

8.08
0.12
8.76

8.15
0.14
8.90

7.36
0.10
8.01

8.20 -

7.83 -

7.10-

7.38-

6.54-

852,944
863
9.8

6.00 -

7.68
7.31
7.96
8.17
7.87
6.02

8.87
9.05
8.69
9.14
8.94
8.04

8.20
8.70
8.41
8.66
8.48
7.83

8.01
7.62
8.28
8.49
7.89
7.72

7.60
8.11
8.40
8.07
7.81
7.96

7.32
6.51
7.85
6.97
7.71
6.82

7.63
6.44
7.02
8.20
7.82
5.45

76.8
71.9

56.8
55.1

59.2
58.5

70.9
51.2

71.9
53.2

83.8
69.5

82.6
86.2

22.6
9.8
32.1
5.0
5.0
25.5

10.6
14.9
54.7
10.4
2.6
6.9

13.6
15.3
49.9
11.6
3.2
6.4

15.7
14.1
45.2
5.6
11.3

8.1

9.3
7.9
47.2
12.1
7.1
16.4

16.6
9.5
39.3
6.4
8.0
20.3

32.7
8.0
17.2
0.2
3.9
37.9

1,030,009

22,482
5,900
8.5

35,061
2,337
9.6

53,402
1,546
11.8

66,485
973
12.5

123,176
842
16.0

729,404
570
4.6

8.01
0.21
8.75

7.75
0.20
6.75 - 8.40

7.61
0.15
6.67 - 8.50

7.35
0.12
8.20

6.46
0.45
7.25

Percentage of the amount of loans
With floating rates
Made under commitment
By purpose of loan
Feeder livestock
Other livestock
Other current operating expenses
Farm machinery and equipment
Farm real estate
Other

1.ARGE FARM LENDERS 5
21
22
23

Amount of loans (thousands)
Number of loans
Weighted average maturity (months)1

24
25
26

Weighted average interest rate (percent) 2
Standard error 3
Interquartile range 4
By purpose of loan
Feeder livestock
Other livestock
Other current operating expenses
Farm machinery and equipment
Farm real estate
Other

27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40

Amount of loans (thousands)
Number of loans
Weighted average maturity (months)1

44
45
46

Weighted average interest rate (percent) 2
Standard error 3
Interquartile range 4
By purpose of loan
Feeder livestock
Other livestock
Other current operating expenses
Farm machinery and equipment
Farm real estate
Other

53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60

7.9

6.14 -

6.80
0.44
8.00

7.25 -

8.19
0.16
8.83

7.00

6.50 -

5.63 -

7.46
6.39
7.38
8.09
8.36
5.72

7.93
8.38
8.30
9.06
9.78
7.75

7.56
7.62
8.23
8.61
9.20
7.44

7.38
7.30
7.99
8.04
8.58
7.62

6.86
7.49
7.93
8.07
8.18
7.43

7.01
6.68
7.71
7.59
8.68
6.87

7.53
6.07
6.76
8.20
8.12
5.34

85.1
87.7

90.5
77.3

92.4
78.8

94.0
77.9

90.6
74.7

96.0
83.7

81.5
91.0

30.7
5.9
24.3

13.7
4.5
55.8
3.4

17.6
6.9
50.0
4.7
4.6
16.2

19.4
8.8
41.0
4.6
2.9
23.4

17.2
4.0
45.4
4.3
3.1
25.9

19.2
4.9
42.2
2.7
5.2
25.9

35.8
6.0
16.0
0.2
2.3
39.7

113,729
7,769
14.6

107,703
3,096
15.8

170,447
2,494
29.4

151,328
1,064
15.7

123,540
293
19.5

8.55
0.12
9.14

8.24
0.14
7.70 - 8.84

8.36
0.13
9.01
7.74

7.37
0.14
6.65 - 8.01

7.49
0.33
6.50 - 8.20

8.48
8.83
8.46
8.67

8.42
8.21
8.58
8.08
7.75
8.39

7.67
6.45
7.99
6.83
7.31
6.76

9.15
7.10
8.04
7.53
6.37

1.2

2.1

2.8
35.1

20.5

749,528
37,583
18.5

82,781
22,867
8.9

BANKS5

41
42
43

47
48
49
50
51
52

12,168

Percentage of the amount of loans
With floating rates
Made under commitment
By purpose of loan
Feeder livestock
Other livestock
Other current operating expenses
Farm machinery and equipment
Farm real estate
Other
OTHER

6.61
0.44
7.74

Percentage of the amount of loans
With floating rates
Made under commitment
By purpose of loan
Feeder livestock
Other livestock
Other current operating expenses
Farm machinery and equipment
Farm real estate
Other




7.50 -

8.09
0.12
8.94

8.48 -

8.93
0.07
9.35

8.02

8.47
7.80
8.41
8.18
7.63
7.20

9.23
9.10
8.80
9.15
8.77
8.57

8.39

8.44
7.70
8.41
8.59
7.75
7.94

65.5
50.2

47.7
49.1

49.0
52.2

59.5
38.0

64.6
44.8

73.8
57.9

89.1
58.1

11.6

9.7
17.7
54.4
12.3
2.7
3.1

12.4
17.9
49.8
13.7
2.8
3.4

13.9
16.8
47.3
9.9
6.9
5.2

6.1
9.5
47.9
15.2
8.6
12.7

14.4
13.2
36,9
9.4
10.2
15.8

14.4
20.2
24.7

15.2
42.8
10.2

8.0

12.2

8.12

13.5
27.2

NOTES TO TABLE I.H
The Survey of Terms of Bank Lending to Farmers collects data on gross loan extensions made during the first full
business week in the mid-month of each quarter by a sample of 250 banks of all sizes. The sample data are blown up to
estimate the lending terms at all insured agricultural banks during that week. The estimated terms of bank lending are
not intended for use in collecting the terms of loans extended over the entire quarter or residing in the portfolios of those
banks. Loans of less than $1,000 are excluded from the survey. Beginning with the August 1986 survey, loans secured
by farm real estate are included in the survey, and one purpose of a loan may be "purchase or improve farm real estate".
In previous surveys, the purpose of such loans are reported as "other".
1. Average maturities are weighted by loan size and exclude demand loans.
2. Effective (compounded) annual interest rates are calculated from the stated rate and other terms of the loans and
weighted by loan size.
3. The chances are about two out of three that the average rate shown would differ by less than this amount from the
average rate that would be found by a complete survey of lending at all banks.
4. The interquartile range shows the interest rate range that encompasses the middle 50 percent of the total dollar
amount of loans made.
5. Among banks reporting loans to farmers, most "large banks" (survey strata 1 and 2) had over $20 million in farm
loans, most "other banks" (survey strata 3 to 5) had farm loans below $20 million.




Table I.I
Survey of Terms of Bank Lending to Farmers, (selected quarters)
by USDA Farm Production Region

SE

DL

SP

CB

NP

3 2

10 4

25 6

17 0

6,.0

5,.0

5.,7

9.,5

7,,0

10..6

17 1

4 8

7 3

13 7

10,.2

10..0

5.,5

7.,9

23,.6

71..3

Avg. Loan Size,
Feb. 1993
499 8
survey ($1000)

24 4

32 1

35 7

234,.0

66..9

26.,3

40..9

55,,2

96..2

Proportion of
farm loans
outstanding,
Feb. 1993
survey
Sample Coverage
Feb. 1993
survey (%)

Survey date:

AP

MN

PA

LS

NE

Weighted Average Interest Rate During: Sample Week

Nov. 1991

9 8
( 23)

10 6
( 27)

10 2
( 38)

9 3
( 71)

7,.1
(1..03)

9..4
(,.18)

9..2
(..33)

10..0
(..52)

9,.5
(..58)

8..3
(,:36)

Feb. 1992

8,.4
(,.15)

10..2
(..16)

9,.3
(,.21)

8,.8
(..44)

6,.3
(1,.06)

8..0
(..33)

8.,2
(..67)

8..7
(.,57)

8,.2
(..45)

6..8
(,.21)

1992

8,.6
(,.20)

9..8
(,.19)

9,.1
(..13)

8,.4
(..55)

6,.3
(1 .29)

8,.0
(,.35)

8..3
(,.53)

9..0
(..81)

7,.9
(.43)

7..3
(,.19)

Aug. 1992

7,.7
(,.15)

9..3
(,.21)

9,.1
(..10)

8,.6
(,.50)

5,.6
(1 .36)

7,.0
(..17)

8..1
(.,30)

8..3
(..94)

7,.5
(,.32)

7..1
(..27)

Nov. 1992

7,.9
(,.28)

9..2
(,.18)

8,,3
(..25)

7 .9
,
(,.56)

5,.5
(1 .38)

7..3
(.,39)

8..4
(,.13)

8..2
(,.50)

7,.6
(,.47)

6.,9
(,,33)

Feb. 1993

7,.8
(,.27)

9..0
(.,28)

8,.0
(..27)

8,.0
(.47)

5,.6
(,.90)

8,,3
(..22)

7 .8
.
(..41)

7..8
(..61)

7,.5
(,.41)

6..5
(..44)

1993

8,.1
(..24)

8..7
(..21)

8,.1
(..27)

7,.9
(.32)

5 .2
(.57)

8,.4
(<.29)

,
7 .8
(..43)

8..3
(,.48)

7,.7
(,.52)

6..8
(.,26)

Aug. 1993

8,,2
(,.35)

7 .5
.
(,.69)

8,.2
(..18)

8 .0
(.33)

5,.7
(.94)

7 .3
(..37)

7 .0
.
(..74)

7 .7
,
(,.62)

7 .1
,
(•.34)

7 .2
.
(,.39)

Nov. 1993

8,.3
(.28)

8.,1
(..19)

7,.8
(..22)

7 .4
,
(.50)

5 .3
(1 .73)

6,.3
(..07)

8..2
(..12)

7..8
(..57)

7,.1
(.36)

6..7
(,.49)

Feb. 1994

7,.7
(.32)

8,.6
(,.25)

7,.9
( .22)

7 .5
,
(.39)

5,.2
(1 .09)

7,.3
(,.09)

.
7 .7
(..33)

7 .6
,
(,.43)

7 .3
,
(.69)

6..9
(..31)

May

May

* NE is Northeast, LS is Lake States, CB is Cornbelt, NP is Northern Plains, AP is Appalachia, SE is Southeast,
DL is Delta States, SP is Southern Plains, MN is Mountain States, and PA is Pacific.
 Standard errors are in parentheses below each estimate. Standard errors are calculated from 100 replications of a
bootstrap procedure (resampling of banks) in each region.


SECTION II:

SELECTED STATISTICS FROM THE QUARTERLY REPORTS OF CONDITION OF COMMERCIAL BANKS

Page

TABLES:
Commercial banks:
II.A
II.B
II.C
II.D
II.E

Estimated
Estimated
Estimated
Estimated
Estimated

volume of farm loans at insured commercial banks
delinquent nonreal estate farm loans at insured commercial banks
net charge - offs of nonreal estate farm loans at insured commercial banks
delinquent real estate farm loans at insured commercial banks......
net charge-offs of real estate farm loans at insured commercial banks

19
21
22
2J

Agricultural banks:
II.F Distribution of agricultural banks by ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans..
II. G Distribution of agricultural banks by rate of return to equity.
II.H Loan-deposit ratios at agricultural banks
II.I Failures of agricultural banks

24
25
**

SOURCES OF DATA:
The data in tables II.A through II.H are prepared using data from the quarterly reports of condition and
income for commercial banks. Delinquencies and charge-offs of nonreal estate farm loans for the nation as a
whole (table II.B and table II.C) are estimated from reports of banks that hold more than 90 percent of total
nonreal estate farm loans. The incomplete coverage arises because banks with less than $300 million in assets
have been excused from some reporting requirements. First, these smaller banks report delinquencies and
char&eoffs of "agricultural loans" according to the particular bank's own definition, which may include loans
that are secured by farm real estate. Furthermore, small banks that hold less than 5 percent of total loans
as farm production loans are not required to report any information regarding delinquencies or charge-offs of
"agricultural loans." In constructing the data presented in the tables, banks that are not required to report
these data are assumed to have the same delinquency rates as those that do report. Recently, banks began to
report delinquencies of loans that are secured by farm real estate. These data, which are shown in tables
II.D and II.E, are reported by all banks, regardless of the size of the institution or the relative amounts of
farm loans that they hold. Because "agricultural loans" and loans secured by farm real estate may overlap for
some small banks, it is unclear whether it is proper to add the data in table II.B to its counterpart in table
II.D to obtain total agricultural delinquencies. A similar caveat applies to the data concerning charge - of f s
in tables II.C and II.E.
Examination of total lending at banks that have a high exposure to agricultural loans provides an alternative
perspective on the agricultural lending situation. Agricultural banks in table II.D through table II.I are
those that have a proportion of farm loans (real estate plus nonreal estate) to total loans that is greater
than the unweighted average at all banks. The estimate of this average was 17.04 percent in December of 199 .
Information on failed banks (table II.I) is obtained from news releases of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, with agricultural banks broken out in our tabulation according to the definition stated in the
previous paragraph.



17

18
SECTION II: (continued)

Recent Developments:
Loans outstanding: At the end of 1993, the volume of nonreal estate farm loans was 6.2 percent greater than
one year earlier. Although the volume of these loans edged down during the fourth quarter, the decline was
much less than seasonal patterns would predict: thus in the last three quarters of 1993, the demand for
nonreal estate farm loans appears to have been quite strong. The volume of real estate debt that was held
by commercial banks at the end of 1993 was 5 percent greater than at the same point in 1992. This year-toyear growth in farm real estate loans, while still fairly robust, is towards the low end of the range seen
in the past several years.
Problem loans: Delinquent farm nonreal estate loans dipped below $1 billion in 1993 for the first time since
farm financial difficulties began to surface in the mid 1980s. As a percentage of farm production loans
outstanding, delinquencies amounted to slightly more than 2 percent, which given the experience of the past
decade, also is quite low. The volume of net charge-offs of farm production loans totaled $54 million in
1993, well below the volume of the past two years. The volume of delinquent farm real estate loans
outstanding remained about flat in 1993. The rate of delinquency for these loans averaged about 2 percent
in 1993. At the end of 1993, fewer than one of every five agricultural banks reported a level of
nonperforming loans that was less than 2 percent of total loans, while fewer than one in fourteen
agricultural banks reported a share of nonperforming loans that was greater than 10 percent.
Performance of agricultural banks: Profits at agricultural banks were quite strong in 1993. Returns for the
year amounted to 1.2 percent of assets, matching the performance that was posted in 1992, the most
profitable year for agricultural banks in more than a decade. Much of the earnings appear to have been used
to build capital--the average capital ratio for agricultural banks in December 1993 was 10.8 percent, an
increase of 0.4 percentage points from the previous December. The ratio of loans to deposits at
agricultural banks was above year-earlier levels in all Federal Reserve districts, suggesting substantial
underlying strength in the demand for farm loans.
Failures of agricultural banks: No agricultural banks failed in the first quarter of 1994, and during all of
1993, seven agricultural banks failed. Failures have averaged less than 2 banks per quarter for the past
three years, far below the incidence of failure that was seen in 1985 through 1990.




TABLE II.A

FARM DEBT OUTSTANDING AT COMMERCIAL BANKS, END OF QUARTER
LOAN VOLUME,
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

PERCENT CHANGE FROM
PREVIOUS QUARTER

PERCENT CHANGE FROM
PREVIOUS YEAR
REAL
ESTATE
LOANS

NONREAL
ESTATE
LOANS

-0.9

14.2
13.7
13.9

-11.0
-8.9
-6.9

— 3.2
7.6
1.7
-3.1

2.2
2.6
3.0
4.0

12.1
9.6
8.6
6.7

-2.3
-0.5
0.4
2.6

2.7
3.0
1.2
0.9

-4.7
8.2
2.5
-2.2

3.2
3.5
4.1
4.9

8.0

1.0
1.5
2.4
3.3

0.7
2.2

-4.7
8.7
4.1
-0.9

4.3
4.3
5.3
5.7

5.9
5.1
5.0
3.5

3.4
3.9
5.5
6.9

1.5
3.4
1.4
0.6

—2.8

7.4
7.2
6.6
5.7

4.3
5.5
5.8
7.0

9.1

-2.1
6.2
1.9
-2.9

2.7
3.3
1.9
-0.2

—4.6

8.2
8.1
8.6
7.8

3.1
3.2
1.9
0.2

-3.2
6.0
3.5
-0.5

0.5
3.1

-5.3
7.8
4.9

-0.5

0.1

—0.8

5.6
5.4
4.7
5.0

REAL
ESTATE
LOANS

NONREAL
ESTATE
LOANS

TOTAL
LOANS

REAL
ESTATE
LOANS

NONREAL
ESTATE
LOANS

TOTAL
LOANS

1987 Q2..
03..
04. ,

44.3
44.8
43.5

13.8
14.1
14.5

30.4
30.6
29.0

5.6
1.2
-2.8

5.2
2.1
2.4

5.7
0.7
-5.2

-4.4

1988 Ql.,

42.8
45.4
46.1
45.2

14.7
15.2
15.3
15.4

28.1
30.3
30.8
29.8

-1.5
6.0
1.5
-1.9

1.9
3.0
1.2
0.5

44.2
47.0
48.0
47.4

15.8
16.3
16.5
16.6

28.4
30.7
31.5
30.8

-2.2
6.3
2.1
-1.2

16.8
17.1
17.3
17.2

29.3
31.9
33.2
32.9

-2.8

03.
04.

46.1
49.0
50.5
50.1

6.4
3.1
-0.8

-0.6

1991 Ql.
02.
03.
04.

49.5
52.6
53.9
53.0

17.5
18.1
18.3
18.4

32.0
34.5
35.6
34.6

-1.3
6.2
2.5
-1.6

1992 Ql.

51.9
55.1
56.2
54.5

18.9
19.5
19.9
19.9

33.0
35.6
36.2
34.7

52.8
56.0
58.0
57.7

20.0
20.6
20.8
20.9

32.8
35.4
37.1
36.8

02.
03.
04.

1989 Ql.

02.
Q3.
04.

1990 Ql.

02.

02.
03.
04.

1993 Ql.




02.
03.
04.

1.1

1.2

7.7
3.1
-2.7

TOTAL
LOANS

-2.8

7.8
1.9
-4.4

1.7
1.6
3.2
5.8

8.1

7.1
5.1

-0.6

2.4

6.2

TABLE II.B
ESTIMATED DELINQUENT FARM NONREAL ESTATE LOANS
INSURED COMMERCIAL BANKS

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

AS PERCENTAGE OF OUTSTANDING FARM PRODUCTION LOANS

NONPERFORMING

TOTAL

PAST DUE
30 TO 89
DAYS
ACCRUING

TOTAL

PAST DUE
90 DAYS
ACCRUING

NONPERFORMING

NONACCRUAL

MEMO:
RESTRUCTURED
LOANS IN
COMPLIANCE

TOTAL

PAST DUE
30 TO 89
DAYS
ACCRUING

TOTAL

PAST DUE
90 DAYS
ACCRUING

NONACCRUAL

MEMO:
RESTRUCTURED
LOANS IN
COMPLIANCE

-December 31 of year indicated1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991......
1992 ......
1993

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

3 .6
2 .9
1 .9
1 .4
1 .1
1 .0
1 .1
1 .0
0 .8

1 .0
0 .8
0 .5
0 .4
0 .4
0 .4
0 .4
0 .3
0 .3

2 .6
2 .2
1 .4
1 .0
0 .7
0. 6
0 .7
0. 6
0..5

0 .4
0 .3
0 .2
0 .1
0 .1
0 .1
0 .1
0 .1
0 .1

2 .2
1 .9
1 .2
0 .9
0 .6
0 .5
0 .5
0 .5
0 .4

NA
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

10 .1
9 .4
6 .5
4 .5
3 .7
3 .1
3 .2
2 .8
2 .2

2 .8
2 .4
1 .7
1 .2
1 .3
1 .3
1 .3
1 .0
0 .8

7.3
7.0
4.8
3.3
2.3
1. 9
1.9
1. 8
1.4

1990 Q4...

1

1 .0

0 .4

0..6

0..1

0 .5

0.4

|

3 .1
.

1..3

1.9

0.3

1.6

1.1

1991 Ql...
Q2 . . .
Q3. . .
04...

1
1
1
1

1 .3
.
1 .2
.
1..0
1 .1
.

0 .6
.
0..4
0..3
0..4

0.,7
0.,7
0. 7
0. 7

0.,2
0.,2
0.,1
0.,1

0..5
0..6
0..6
0..5

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3

|
|
|
|

4..2
3 -3
.
2 .9
.
3 .2
.

2..0
1.,3
0.,9
1.,3

2.2
2.1
2.0
1.9

0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3

1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6

1.1
1.0
1.0
0.9

1992 Ql...
Q2...
Q3...
Q4. . .

1
1
1
1

1 .4
.
1 ,2
.
1 ,1
.
1 .0
.

0.
,6
0.
,4
0.,4
0. 3

0. 8
0. 8
0. 7
0. 6

0. 2
0. 2
0. 2
0. 1

0.,6
0.,6
0. 6
0.5

0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2

|
|
|
|

4..3
3 .3
.
3. 0
2 .8

1. 9
1. 1
1. 1
1. 0

2.4
2.2
1.9
1.8

0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3

1.8
1.7
1.5
1.5

0.8
0.7
0.7
0.7

1993 Ql...
Q2. . .
Q3...
Q4. . .

1
1
1
1

1 .3
1 .0
0.8
0.8

0. 5
0. 3
0. 2
0 .3

0. 8
0. 7
0, 6
0. 5

0. 2
0. 1
0. 1
0. 1

0. 6
0. 5
0. 5
0. 4

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2

|
|
|
|

3 .9
2. 7
2 .3
2 .2

1. 6
0. 8
0. 7
0. 8

2.3
1.9
1.6
1.4

0.6
0.4
0.3
0.2

1.7
1.5
1.3
1.2

0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5

°f

national, totals for farm nonreal estate loans.

estimates of delinquent ^ m ^ n ^ a r e




After 1984, estimates are based on reports from banks that hold more than 90

one f urtl
b a ^ d -" °
V ° f s u c h l o a n s reported nonaccrual and renegotiated farn loans, for other banks,
on a study of delinquent total loans at these banks.

TABLE II.C

198 6
1987
1988
1989
1990
199 1
1992
1993

ESTIMATED NET CHARGE-OFFS OF NONREAL ESTATE FARM LOANS
INSURED COMMERCIAL BANKS*

I
|
I
|
|
|
|
I

TOTAL

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

1195
503
128
91
51
105
82
54

235
173
28
10
-5
12
14
7

360
133
39
26
19
25
20
16

230
57
24
15
10
36
29
5

370
140
37
40
28
32
18
26

TOTAL

I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I

3.36
1.60
0.46
0.27
0.20
0.32
0.24
0.16

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

0.66
0.55
0.10
0.03
-0.02
0.04
0.04
0.02

1.07
0.46
0.14
0.09
0.06
0.08
0.06
0.05

0.67
0.19
0.10
0.05
0.03
0.10
0.08
0.01

1.10
0.46
0.12
0.13
0.08
0.09
0.05
0.07

* Data are estimates of the national charge-offs of farm nonreal estate loans based on reports from banks that hold more than
o percent of the outstanding national volume of such loans. Additional uncertainty of the estimates arises because small
banks report only charge-offs of 'agricultural' loans as defined by each bank for its internal purposes.
Banks first reported
these data on the March 1984 Report of Income.




21

TABLE II.D
DELINQUENT FARM REAL ESTATE LOANS
INSURED COMMERCIAL BANKS

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
AS PERCENTAGE OF OUTSTANDING FARM REAL ESTATE LOANS

NONPERFORMING

TOTAL

PAST DUE
30 TO 89
DAYS
ACCRUING

TOTAL

PAST DUE
90 DAYS
ACCRUING

NONPERFORMING

ACCRUAL

TOTAL

PAST DUE
3 0 TO 89
DAYS
ACCRUING

TOTAL

PAST DUE
90 DAYS
ACCRUING

NONACCRUAL

-December 31 of year'indicated199 1
1992
1993

|
|
I

0.5
0.4
0.4

0.2
0.2
0.1

0.3
0.3
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.0

0,2
0.2
0.2

|
I
I

2.6
2.1
1.7

1.0
0.8
0.7

1.6
1.3
1.1

0.4
0.3
0.2

1.2
1.0
0.8

-End of quarter-

1991 Q2.. .
Q3.. .
Q4. . .

|
|
|

0.5
0.4
0.5

0.2
0.1
0.2

0.3
0.3
0.3

0.1
0.1
0.1

0.2
0.2
0.2

|
|
I

2.6
2.4
2.6

0.5
0.4
0.4

1.7
1.6
1.6

0.5
0.4
0.4

1.2
1.2
1.2

1992 Ql...
Q2. . .
Q3. . .
Q4. . .

I
|
|
I

0.6
0.5
0.4
0.4

0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2

I
I
I
I

3.1
2.4
2.1
2.1

0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3

1.8
1.7
1.5
1.3

0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3

1.2
1.2
1.2
1.0

1993 Ql...
Q2. . .
Q3. . .
Q4. . .

|
|
I
|

0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4

0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2

|
I
I
|

2.5
2.0
1.8
1.7

0.5
0.4
0.3
0.7

1.5
1.4
1.3
1.1

0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2

1.0
1.0
0.9
0.8

All commercial banks began to report these data in 1991.




TABLE II.E

NET CHARGE-OFFS OF REAL ESTATE FARM LOANS
INSURED COMMERCIAL BANKS*
CHARGE-OFFS AS A PERCENTAGE
OF SUCH LOANS OUTSTANDING

ESTIMATED AMOUNT
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

199 1
1992
1993

I
I
I

ANNUAL
TOTAL

Q1

16
20
6

1
4
1

Q2

Q3

Q4

ANNUAL
TOTAL

7

4
4

6
6
3

0.09
0.11
0.03

5
1

2

01

02

03

04

0.005
0.019
0.003

0.028
0.033
0.003

0.021
0.022
0.008

0.034
0.029
0.020

* All commercial banks began to report these data in 1991.




23

TABLE II.F
DISTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURAL BANKS BY THE SHARE OF THEIR LOANS THAT ARE NONPERFORMING*

NONPERFORMING LOANS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL LOANS

TOTAL

UNDER
2.0

2.0
TO
4.9

5.0
TO
9.9

10.0
TO
14.9

15.0
TO
19.9

20.0
AND
OVER

Percentage distribution, December 31 of year indicated
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

100 .0
100 .0
100 .0
100 .0
100 .0
100 .0
100 .0
100 .0
100 ,
.0

36 .4
39 .6
50 .3
59 .0
65 .8
69 .6
70 .8
76 .2
80 .6

33 .1
32 .2
30 .6
28 .9
25 .1
22 .7
22 .3
18 .9
15 .9

21 .6
19 .7
14 .4
9 .7
7 .6
6 .4
5 .8
3 .9
2 .8

Hi of-ri Vm i i~ i z-x ri

5 .6
5 .5
3 .3
1 .9
1 .2
1 .0
0 .7
0 .8
0 .6

2 .1
1 .9
0 .9
0 .4
0 .2
0 .2
0 .3
0 .1
0 .1

1 .2
1 .0
0 .3
0 .2
0 .1
0 .0
0 .1
0 .0
0 .0

|
|
|
|
|
|
I
|
|

v J- v^uaj. i

1991 03...
04...

|
I

,0
100 ,
100.,0

66 .5
70 .8

25..7
22.,3

6,.6
5,.8

1 .0
.
0..7

0 .2
0 .3
.

0,.0
0,,1

|
|

1992 oi...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
|
1

100.,0
100..0
100 .0
100 .0

6 6 .4
68 .2
71 .6
76 .2

24,.6
24.. 1
22. 1
18. 9

7.
,5
6.,5
5.,5
3.
,9

1..0
1.,0
0 .7
0 .8

0..3
0 .2
.
0.
.1
0.
,1

0.,1
0.,1
0.•1
0 .o

|
|
1
|

1993 oi...
02...
03...
04...

1
|
1
1

100. 0
100 .0
100. 0
100. 0

.8
71 ,
74 ,
.5
76,.6
80 ,
.6

21. 8
20. 3
19. 1
15. 9

5. 3
4 .4
3 .6
2. 8

0. 9
0. 6
0. 6
0. 6

0 .2
0. 1
0 .1
0. 1

0. 0
0. 1
0. 0
0. 0

|
1
|
|

* Nonperforming loans are loans in nonaccrual status or past due 90 days or more.
Renegotiated or restructured loans
in compliance with the modified terms are not included. Agricultural banks are defined in the introduction to
section II.




TABLE II.G

SELECTED MEASURES OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER BANKS*
AVERAGE RATE
OF RETURN
TO EQUITY

NET INCOME AS A PERCENTAGE
OF AVERAGE EQUITY AT
AGRICULTURAL BANKS

ALL BANKS

NEGATIVE

0
TO
4

5
TO
9

15
TO
19

10
TO
14

20
TO
24

AVERAGE
CAPITAL RATIO
(PERCENT)
AGRICULTURAL
BANKS

OTHER
SMALL
BANKS

OTHER
SMALL
BANKS

AGRICULTURAL
BANKS

OTHER
SMALL
BANKS

AGRICULTURAL
BANKS

OTHER
SMALL
BANKS

14. 0
11.,0
8.,0
6.,0
5.,0
8,.0
10..0
11..0
10 .8
10 .9
12 . 6
12 .4

12.,0
12.,0
12..0
11..0
8..0
8..0
9..0
10 .0
8 .5
8 .9
11 .5
12 .4

1. 1
1..0
0..7
0..5
0..4
0..7
0..9
1 .0
1 .0
1 .0
1 .2
1 .2

0.,9
0..9
0..8
0..8
0 .6
0 .6
0 .7
0 .8
0 .7
0 .7
1 .0
1 .1

,7
0.
.9
0.
1..2
2.
.1
.3
2.
1..3
0 .7
0 .6
0 .4
0 .4
0 .4
0 .2

0. 6
0. 7
0. 6
0.,8
1.,1
0.,9
0..7
0..7
0..7
0 .8
0 .7
0 .4

9. 3
9..4
.5
9.
9.. 6
9..5
9..8
9 .9
10 .1
9 .9
10 .1
10 .4
10 .8

8.,5
8 .4
.
8 ,5
.
8..5
8 .4
.
8..8
8 .8
9 .0
9 .0
9 .2
9.5
10 .0

10.,9

8. 9

1.0

0 .7
.

0.
.4

0. 8

10..1

9.2

3 ,4
.
6.,7
10..0
12 .6
.

3.,0
6..1
8..9
11..5

0.3
0.6
1.0
1.2

0..3
0..5
0 .8
.
1..0

0..1
0.
.2
0 .2
.
0..4

0..1
0..3
0..4
0..7

10.,3
10..5
10..7
10 .4

9.3
9.5
9.6
9.5

3 .5
.
6 .8
9 .9
12 .4

3..6
6..8
9 .7
12 .4

0.3
0.7
1.0
1.2

0 .3
0 .6
0 .9
1 .1

0 .0
0 .1
0 .1
0 .2

0..1
0 .2
0 .3
0 .4

10 .6
10 .9
11 .0
10 .8

9.9
10.0
10.0
10.0

AGRICULTURAL
BANKS

25
AND
OVER

NET CHARGE-OFFS
AS PERCENTAGE
OF TOTAL LOANS

RATE
OF RETURN
TO ASSETS

-percentage distribution100..0
100.,0
100..0
100..0
100..0
100..0
100..0
100,.0
100 .0
100 .0
100 .0
100 .0

1982.
1983 .
1984.
1985.
1986.
1987.
1988 .
1989.
1990.
1991.
1992.
1993 .

4..0
7..0
13..0
18..0
19..0
13..0
9 .0
5 .0
4 .9
4 .1
1 .9
1 .6

5.,0
7.,0
9.,0
11..0
14..0
13..0
9..0
7 .0
7 .5
7 .7
5 .0
5 .6

15. 0
18.,0
,0
23 .
.0
22 .
27..0
31..0
30..0
29..0
33 ,
.4
32 .2
25 .5
27 .7

33. 0
36..0
36..0
33.,0
28..0
31..0
36..0
38..0
37 .6
39 .2
41 .1
40 .6

28. 0 11. 0
7.,0
24. 0
3..0
15.,0
3..0
13..0
2..0
9..0
2..0
9..0
12,.0 : 3..0
4 .0
14..0
2. 6
12 .9
.
2 .5
13 .4
5 .1
19 .8
4 .5
18 .6

4.,0
2..0
1..0
1..0
1..0
1 .0
2 .0
3 .0
1 .1
0 .9
1 .7
1 .3
QUARTERLY

1991 Q4...

1
.
.
.
.

100..0
100..0
100..0
100..0

1993 Ql...
Q2. . .
Q3. . .
Q4. . .

100..0
100..0
100 .0
100 .0

1992 Ql.
Q2.
Q3.
Q4.

.
.
.
.

..

100.,0

**

**

**
**
**
**

**

**

1

the annual data in the upper panel.




25

26

TABLE II.H
AVERAGE LOAN-DEPOSIT RATIOS AT AGRICULTURAL BANKS IN SELECTED FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS*
DECEMBER 31

u..S.

CLEVELAND

ATLANTA

CHICAGO

MINNEAPOLIS

ST. LOUIS

KANSAS
CITY

DALLAS

SAN
FRANCISCO

MINIMUM
FARM LOAN
RATIO

NUMBER
LOANS NUMBER
LOANS NUMBER
LOANS NUMBER
LOANS NUMBER
LOANS NUMBER
LOANS NUMBER
LOANS NUMBER
LOANS NUMBER
LOANS
OF
TO
OF
TO
OF
TO
OF
TO
OF
TO
OF
TO
OF
TO
OF
TO
OF
TO
BANKS DEPOSITS BANKS DEPOSITS BANKS DEPOSITS BANKS DEPOSITS BANKS DEPOSITS BANKS DEPOSITS
BANKS DEPOSITS BANKS DEPOSITS BANKS DEPOSITS
198 9
199 0
199 1
199 2
1993

4181
4068
3955
3854
3723

0.54
0.55
0.55
0.55
0.58

84
77
71
75
67

0.64
0.65
0.64
0.64
0.66

138
135
133
131
131

0.588
0.595
0.609
0.607
0.621

1055
1009
969
948
912

0.548
0.563
0.572
0.574
0.600

477
477
470
456
432

0.558
0.566
0.567
0.563
0.590

758
743
725
694
669

0.552
0.559
0.569
0.579
0.615

1196
1171
1135
1092
1063

0.511
0.511
0.522
0.533
0.566

3 93
385
378
384
378

0.481
0.460
0.438
0.422
0.442

57
57
60
61
57

0.637
0.699
0.711
0.708
0.736

15.87
15.92
16.56
16.72
17.04

1991 Q4...

3955

0.55

71

0.64

133

0.609

969

0.572

470

0.567

725

0.569

1135

0.522

378

0.438

60

0.711

16.56

1992 Ql...
Q2. ..
Q3. ..
Q4. ..

3977
3970
3942
3854

0.54
0.57
0.58
0.55

72
76
78
75

0.65
0.66
0.67
0.64

157
153
147
131

0.611
0.626
0.639
0.607

964
959
964
948

0.563
0.586
0.597
0.574

460
474
481
456

0.562
0.590
0.608
0.563

725
725
703
694

0.568
0.601
0.611
0.579

1133
1118
1110
1092

0.506
0.528
0.539
0.533

386
385
387
384

0.428
0.446
0.455
0.422

58
59
58
61

0.662
0.753
0.728
0.708

16.43
16.98
17.08
16.72

1993 Ql...
Q2. ..
Q3. ..
Q4. ..

3822
3820
3794
3723

0.56
0.58
0.60
0.58

73
74
73
67

0.65
0.68
0.67
0.66

140
144
144
131

0.616
0.633
0.654
0.621

931
925
925
912

0.574
0.594
0.609
0.600

437
458
459
432

0.563
0.593
0.618
0.590

682
678
676
669

0.579
0.621
0.640
0.615

1091
1076
1067
1063

0.532
0.556
0.564
0.566

391
389
377
378

0.431
0.439
0.463
0.442

59
57
59
57

0.722
0.765
0.756
0.736

16.47
16.97
17.27
17.04

* The loan-deposit ratio is defined as total loans divided by total deposits.
that shown in the last column, as described in the introduction to section II.




Agricultural banks are defined as banks with

farm loan ratio at least as great as




TABLE II.I

FAILURES OF AGRICULTURAL BANKS*
NUMBER OF FAILURES
Q1

1986.,.. . . 14
1987
. . 22
1988.... . . 11
5
1989
3
1990
2
1991....
1992. . . .
1
1
1993
1994 . . . . 0

Q2

Q3

Q4

ANNUAL
TOTAL

14
19
6
7
5
2
1
2

21
12
12
5
6
3
1
2

16
16
7
5
3
1
4
0

65
69
36
22
17
8
7
5

* *

* *

* *

* *

* Data exclude banks assisted to prevent failure. Industrial
banks and mutual savings banks also are excluded. Agricultural
banks are defined in the introduction to section II.

28
SECTION III:

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF FARM CREDIT CONDITIONS AND FARM LAND VALUES

TABLES:
III.A
III.B
III.C
III.D
III.E

Page

Nonreal estate lending experience
Expected change in non-real- estate loan volume and repayment conditions
Average loan/deposit ratio, and other indicators of relative credit availability
Interest rater,
Trends in reel estate values and loan volume

30
32
34
36
38

SOURCES OF DATA:
Data are from quarterly surveys of agricultural credit conditions at commercial banks. These surveys are
conducted at the end of each quarter by five Federal Reserve Banks. The size of the surveys differs
considerably, as is noted in the information below. In addition, the five surveys differ in subject matter
covered (as is evident in the tables), wording of basically similar questions, and type of banks covered.
Most of the differences in wording are reflected in the use of different column headings on the two pages of
each table. The states included in each district are indicated in the table headings; states that fall only
partly within a given district are marked with asterisks.
Research departments at each of the five Reserve Banks issue more detailed quarterly reports on their survey
results; these reports are available at the addresses given below.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Box 834, Chicago, Illinois, 60690
The sample includes member banks at which farm loans represented 25 percent or more of total loans as of
June 1972 (a 10 percent standard is used for banks in the state of Michigan). The sample has undergone
periodic review. The latest survey results were based on the responses of about 450 banks.
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Federal Reserve P.O. Station, Kansas City Missouri 64198
The sample chosen originally in 1976 consisted of 181 banks selected from banks at which farm loans
constituted 50 percent or more of total loans, with appropriate representation of all farm areas. The sample
was redrawn and significantly expanded in 1987; 317 banks responded to the latest survey.
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480
Before 1987, the sample provided a cross-section of banks of all sizes that were engaged in farm lending.
Members of the Upper Midwest Agricultural Credit Council formed the core of the survey panel. Beginning in
1987, the sample was redrawn to include only banks at which farm loans represented 25 percent or more of total
loans. In the fourth quarter of 1993, 160 banks responded to the survey.




Section III: (continued)

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. P.O. Box 655906, Dallas, Texas 75265-5906
The sample is stratified regionally and includes banks at which farm loans are relatively important or
which hold a major portion of bank loans in their region. The sample was enlarged in the first quarter of
1985 and was redrawn in the second quarter of 1989. The results for the most recent quarter were based on the
responses from 205 respondents.
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Richmond, Virginia 23261
The number of agricultural banks in this district is much smaller than those of the other districts. When
the survey was initiated in 1975, the sample consisted of 43 banks of all sizes; banks with larger amounts of
farm loans were sampled more heavily. More recently, the sample has consisted of about 30 banks, roughly
three-fourths of which typically respond to the quarterly surveys.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:
Bankers responding to the surveys indicate that farm loan demand continued on a course of moderate expansion
in 1993. However, some of the strength in demand for loans may have arisen from financial problems associated
with the flooding in several midwestern states in the summer of 1993. Repayment rates for loans worsened
slightly according to bankers that were surveyed in the Minneapolis, Kansas City, and Chicago districts, which
span most of the areas that were damaged by flooding. Renewals and extensions generally were up in these
Districts as well, especially in areas most directly affected by the flooding, according to more detailed
discussion in some of the survey reports from individual Reserve Banks.
The survey responses continue to suggest that commercial banks have ample funds available for farm lending.
The number of respondents saying that fund availability is greater than a year ago (or, in some surveys,
greater than normal) has continued to exceed --by wide margins --the number of those reporting diminished fund
availability. In most districts, a large majority of the respondents still characterizes its current loan-todeposit ratio as being lower than desired.
Rates of interest on farm loans edged down further in all districts and for nearly all types of farm loans in
the fourth quarter. The declines amounted to an additional 10 to 20 basis points in most cases. The rates
that were reported in the fourth quarter generally were the lowest in about 15 years; some of the rates were
at the lowest levels since the mid-1970s.
The slight pickup in the rate of increase in prices for farmland that was noted in the past couple of editions
of the Databook seems to have persisted only in the Minneapolis district. In the other districts that report,
prices for farmland have risen less than 3 percent or have actually fallen. The rate of increase in prices
for ranchland in the Kansas City and Minneapolis districts seems to have slackened a bit towards the end of
1993, after posting some substantial increases earlier in the year.




29

30
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.A
FARM NONREAL ESTATE LENDING EXPERIENCE COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS REPORTING)
DEMAND FOR LOANS
LOWER

SAME

FUND AVAILABILITY

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

LOAN REPAYMENT RATE

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

RENEWALS OR EXTENSIONS

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

COLLATERAL REQUIRED

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

Ill • Al SEVENTH (CHICAGO) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT ( IL* / IN*, IA, MI*, WI* ) AGRICULTURAL BANKS
1991 Q4 • • •

1

23

45

32

1

5

59

36

1

40

52

9

1

7

52

41

1

1

79

21

1992 01...
Q2...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

15
15
20
20

42
47
50
52

44
38
30
28

1
1
1
1

6
8
9
7

59
62
59
60

34
31
32
33

1
1
1
1

34
27
19
30

55
67
73
47

11
6
8
23

1
1
1
1

10
10
9
21

53
60
69
52

37
30
22
26

I
1

1
1

I

1

73
77
80
83

26
22
19
16

1993 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

23
24
20
15

46
49
50
44

31
27
30
40

1
1
1
1

8
5
10
6

53
61
59
62

39
34
31
32

1
1
1
1

20
18
21
29

58
68
67
46

22
13
11
25

I
1
1
1

20
13
13
21

58
65
64
49

22
22
23
30

I

1

1
1

1
1

82
85
84
87

16
15
15
12

III . A2 TENTH (KANSAS CITY) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT ( CO, KS, MO*, NE, NM*, OK, WY) AGRICULTURAL BANKS
1991 04...

1

20

58

23

1

7

64

30

1

31

61

8

1992 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

16
22
21
16

53
48
51
55

31
31
28
28

1
1
1
1

10
15
16
10

58
57
54
60

32
28
30
30

1
1
1
1

30
22
20
13

62
72
70
69

1993 01. ..
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

18
14
16
14

56
58
57
56

25
28
26
30

1
1
1
I

8
11
17
12

64
62
61
68

28
27
22
20

1
1
1
1

10
7
12
20

5

68

26

1

1

76

24

8
6
10
19

10
8
16
16

63
72
69
72

27
19
15
12

1
1
1
1

1
1
4
1

76
78
77
82

23
21
20
16

74
82
80
71

15
11
8
10

14
11
7
10

75
82
81
74

11
7
12
16

1
1
1
1

0
1
0
1

86
88
89
91

13
11
11
9

13

59

29

1

o

61

39

1

(DALLAS) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT ( LA* / NM*, TX )
III,• A3 ELEVENTH I
1991 04...

1

22

53

26

1

6

56

38

1

30

56

14

1992 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

18
19
24
26

49
57
53
55

33
24
22
19

1
I
I
I

5
7
5
5

59
62
66
56

36
31
29
39

1
1
1
1

29
18
14
16

58
67
67
62

13
15
19
21

13
14
14
22

56
65
70
62

31
20
15
17

0
0
0
1

64
65
73
75

35
34
27
24

1993 01...
02...
Q3. . .
04...

1
1
1
1

20
20
18
8

58
58
54
62

22
22
28
30

I
1
I
I

2
4
4
3

62
59
65
70

37
38
31
27

1
1
1
1

9
6
10
12

70
75
77
70

22
18
13
18

24
16
14
24

68
78
76
63

9
6
11
14

1
0
1
0

75
85
82
86

24
15
17
14




1

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.A (CONTINUED)
FARM NONREAL ESTATE LENDING EXPERIENCE COMPARED WITH NORMAL CONDITIONS
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS REPORTING)
DEMAND FOR LOANS
LOWER
Ill •A4

SAME

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

LOAN REPAYMENT RATE

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

RENEWALS OR EXTENSIONS

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

COLLATERAL REQUIRED

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

NINTH (MINNEAPOLIS) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT ( MI*, MN, MT, ND, SD, WI* )
33

63

3

1

7

64

29

17
24
19
10

31
19
30
30

65
78
70
63

4
3
1
7

1
1
1
1

2
5
7
9

69
81
82
65

30
14
11
26

13
12
16
18

33
20
44
49

60
78
54
45

7
2
2
6

1
I
1
1

8
8
7
8

64
77
73
52

28
15
20
40

1991 04...

1

8

75

17

1992 Ql. . .
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

6
6
8
7

77
70
73
83

1993 Ql. . .
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

7
9
9
3

80
79
75
79

III .A5

FUND AVAILABILITY

***

1

|

1

***

***

***

***

***

***

***
***
***
***

FIFTH (RICHMOND) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT ( MD, NC, SC, VA, WV* )

1991 04...

1

27

68

5

1

o

59

41

I

14

86

0

1

14

59

27

1

o

76

24

1992 Ql. . .
02...
03...
Q4...

1
1
1
1

22
33
29
17

65
54
63
65

13
13
8
17

1
I
1
I

o
o
0
o

52
58
58
67

48
42
42
33

|
|
I
|

9
17
13
25

78
79
75
71

13
4
13
4

1
1
1
1

23
21
17
9

59
67
71
57

18
13
13
35

1
1
1
1

0
4
0
0

82
70
75
71

18
26
25
29

1993 Ql. . .
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

8
9
23
30

83
83
73
57

8
9
5
13

I
I
1
I

o
o
0
o

67
70
73
74

33
30
27
26

|
|
|
|

17
5
14
30

78
91
86
65

4
5
0
4

1
1
1
I

4
18
5
5

75
77
86
64

21
5
10
32

1
1
1
1

5
0
0
0

76
87
86
70

19
13
14
30




31

32
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.B
FARM NONREAL ESTATE LOAN VOLUME EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT QUARTER, COMPARED WITH VOLUME OF LOANS MADE A YEAR EARLIER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS REPORTING)
FEEDER CATTLE
LOWER SAME

HIGHER

LOWER SAME

DAIRY

HIGHER

LOWER SAME

CROP STORAGE
HIGHER

LOWER SAME

OPERATING

HIGHER

LOWER SAME

FARM MACHINERY

HIGHER

LOWER SAMg

HIGHER

Ill • Bl SEVENTH (CHICAGO) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (IL* , IN*, IA, MI*, WI*) AGRICULTURAL BANKS
1991 Q4. . .

1

18

48

34

|

36

59

5

I

20

73

8

1

20

63

17

I

7

44

49

|

37

48

15

1992 Ql. . .
02...
Q3. . .
Q4. . .

1
1
1
1

11
14
16
15

49
57
56
57

40
29
28
29

|
|
|
|

24
23
19
16

69
72
67
70

7
5
14
14

I
|
|
|

19
15
19
16

71
78
74
78

10
7
7
6

|
|
|
|

21
16
14
16

72
74
51
55

7
9
35
29

|
|
|
|

8
8
14
13

43
51
57
48

49
41
29
39

|
|
1
|

27
31
28
22

51
56
51
53

22
13
21
25

1993 Ql. . .
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

16
18
13
10

59
58
56
43

25
23
31
47

|
|
|
|

19
22
18
19

66
69
68
72

15
9
14
8

|
I
|
|

20
16
17
16

74
77
78
75

5
6
5
8

|
|
|
|

23
24
18
28

66
67
59
59

11
9
23
13

|
|
|
|

16
14
12
7

46
51
53
36

38
35
35
57

|
|
|
|

20
33
30
21

51
47
47
43

29
20
23
36

III .B2

ELEVENTH (DALLAS) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (LA*, NM*, TX)

1991 04...

1

19

57

24

|

29

64

7

1

18

79

3

1

22

73

5

I

18

53

29

|

27

57

15

1992 Ql. . .
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

17
20
18
20

58
63
65
62

24
17
17
18

|
|
|
|

18
18
15
18

72
72
72
69

11
10
13
13

|
|
|
|

17
13
14
16

75
79
79
78

7
8
7
6

|
|
|
|

15
17
15
16

80
74
68
75

5
9
17
9

|
I
|
I

14
19
16
13

55
65
68
67

31
17
16
19

J
|
|
|

28
27
21
18

58
59
65
63

14
14
14
19

1993 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

14
13
13
7

65
63
59
62

21
24
28
31

|
|
I
|

15
10
13
11

71
75
63
69

13
16
24
19

|
|
|
|

14
7
11
12

78
85
82
79

8
8
7
9

|
|
|
|

17
11
11
9

78
76
82
81

5
13
7
10

|
|
I
|

13
10
10
7

61
65
65
61

26
25
25
31

|
|
|
|

16
13
12
10

67
69
67
62

17
18
21
28

III.B3

FIFTH (RICHMOND) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (MD, NC , SC, VA, WV*)

1991 04...

1

24

57

19

I

21

68

11

1

26

74

0

1

20

65

15

I

14

59

27

|

23

64

14

1992 Ql. . .
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

13
17
22
5

78
74
65
82

9
9
13
14

|
1
|
|

5
15
14
20

90
85
73
75

5
0
14
5

|
|
|
|

15
30
24
11

80
70
76
90

5
0
0
0

|
|
|
|

10
23
14
15

85
73
68
70

5
5
18
15

|
|
I
|

17
8
21
17

65
83
79
71

17
8
0
13

|
|
|
|

13
17
33
21

74
75
67
71

13
8
0
8

1993 Ql. . .
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

9
0
10
11

87
96
80
74

4
4
10
16

I
I
|
|

11
10
11
11

78
85
84
78

11
5
5
11

|
|
|
|

6
5
17
18

94
95
78
82

0
0
6
0

|
|
|
|

17
9
23
30

83
82
55
70

0
9
23
0

|
I
|
|

4
13
9
4

88
78
64
70

9
9
27
26

1
1
|
|

4

83
83
59
64

13
4
14
18




27
18

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.B (CONTINUED)
EXPECTED DEMAND FOR FARM LOANS DURING NEXT QUARTER,
COMPARED WITH NORMAL DEMAND
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS REPORTING)
SHORT-TERM
NONREAL ESTATE LOANS

INTERMEDIATE-TERM
NONREAL ESTATE LOANS

LOWER

LOWER

III.B4

SAME

HIGHER

SAME

DEBT EXTENSION
OR REFINANCING
LOWER

HIGHER

SAME

HIGHER

NINTH (MINNEAPOLIS) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT ( MI*, MN, MT, ND, SD, WI*)
8

69

23

9

81

10

1

11

68

20

5
4
3
8

72
75
78
75

23
21
18
18

12
14
12
11

82
84
81
82

6
2
7
7

1
1
|
|

6
5
5
4

83
78
66
69

12
16
29
27

1992 oi...
02...
03...
04...

2
8
10
5

86
78
80
86

11
14
10
9

3
11
13
14

90
86
82
80

7
3
5
6

1
1
1
1

2
2
8
7

79
86
78
68

18
11
14
25

1993 oi...
02...
03...
04...

5
3
7
3

84
81
62
69

11
16
32
28

8
13
15
7

85
82
71
75

7
6
14
18

1
1
1
1

3
6
6
6

84
78
55
56

13
17
39
38

1990 04...
1991 Ql. . .
02...
03...
04...




1

34
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.C
AVERAGE LOAN-TO-DEPOSIT RATIO AND OTHER INDICATORS OF RELATIVE CREDIT AVAILABILITY (PERCENTAGE OF BANKS REPORTING)
AVERAGE
LOAN-TODEPOSIT
RATIO,
END OF
QUARTER
PERCENT
III .CI

REFUSED OR
REDUCED A
FARM LOAN
BECAUSE OF
A SHORTAGE
OF LOANABLE
FUNDS

LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO IS
LOWER
AT
THAN
DESIRED
DESIRED LEVEL

HIGHER
THAN
DESIRED

NUMBER OF FARM LOAN REFERRALS TO
CORRESPONDENT :
BANKS

NONE

NONBANK AGENCIES

COMPARED WITH
A YEAR EARLIER
LOWER SAME
HIGHER

NONE

COMPARED WITH
A YEAR EARLIER
LOWER SAME
HIGHER

SEVENTH (CHICAGO) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT ( IL*, IN*, IA, MI*, WI*) AGRICULTURAL BANKS

1992 <22.
03.
04.

58
59
59

1
I
I

67
60
64

26
30
29

7
10
8

1
|
|

1993 01.
02.
03.
04.

58
59
59
60

1
1
1
1

68
66
64
65

24
25
26
25

8
9
10
10

|
1
|
|

III . C2

ACTIVELY
SEEKING
NEW
FARM
LOAN
ACCOUNTS

TENTH (KANSAS CITY) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT ( CO, KS, MO*, NE, NM*, OK, WY) AGRICULTURAL BANKS

1992 02.
03.
04.

53
55
54

1
1
1

80
77
78

7
8
8

13
15
14

|
|
|

2
2
0

73
76
75

76
78
77

24
27
18

70
69
76

6
4
6

1
1
1

66
69
67

22
24
18

64
67
71

13
9
11

1993 01.
02.
03 .
04.

53
55
57
56

1
1
1
1

82
79
75
77

6
6
8
8

11
15
17
15

|
|
|
|

2
1
2
2

76
75
76
75

78
78
79
77

16
15
14
12

77
80
79
83

7
5
7
5

1
1
1
1

66
68
68
69

16
14
15
13

73
77
76
78

11
9
9
9

III,. C3

ELEVENTH (DALLAS) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT ( LA*, NM*, TX)

1992 02.
03.
04.

1
1
1

41
43
41

***
***

|
1
1

3
1
3

12
12
15

80
80
76

8
7
9

1
1
1

***
***

9
6
11

74
84
79

16
11
10

1993 01. ,
02.,
03.,
04. ,

1
1
1
1

41
42
44
45

***
***
***
***

j
j
1
1

1
0
1
1

15
14
13
12

80
80
80
84

5
6
7
4

1
1
|
1

***
***
***
***

8
16
14
11

84
77
81
85

8
7
5
4




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
AVERAGE LOAN-TO-DEPOSIT RATIO AND OTHER INDICATORS OF RELATIVE CREDIT AVAILABILITY (PERCENTAGE OF BANKS REPORTING)
AVERAGE
LOAN-TODEPOSIT
RATIO,
END OF
QUARTER
PERCENT
IH.C4

REFUSED OR
REDUCED A
FARM LOAN
BECAUSE OF
A SHORTAGE
OF LOANABLE
FUNDS

LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO IS
LOKER
AT
THAN
DESIRED
DESIRED LEVEL

HIGHER
THAN
DESIRED

NUMBER OF FARM LOAN REFERRALS TO
ACTIVELY
SEEKING
NEW
FARM
LOAN
ACCOUNTS

NONBANK AGENCIES

CORRESPONDENT BANKS

NONE

COMPARED WITH
NORMAL NUMBER
LOWER SAME HIGHER

NONE

COMPARED WITH
NORMAL NUMBER
LOWER SAME
HIGHER

NINTH (MINNEAPOLIS) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT ( MI*, MN, MT, ND, SD, WI*)

1992 Q2...
Q3. . .
Q4• • •

1
1
I

57
58
56

I
I
|

39
44
53

50
48
41

11
9
6

34
32
41

5
7
2

58
60
57

3
1
0

|
|
|

30
31
38

4
5
2

62
62
56

4
2
3

1993 Ql...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

54
58
60
56

I
|
I
I

40
f 'I
41
36

45
45
44
54

7
9
15
10

31
40
32
31

3
2
4
3

64
57
59
62

1
0
5
3

|
|
|
I

27
28
32
28

3
3
4
4

64
63
60
63

6
6
4
6

III.C5

FIFTH (RICHMOND) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT ( MD, NC, SC, VA, WV*)

1992 02...
03...
04...

1
1
1

69
68
69

1
1
1

45
52
52

45
44
44

10
4
4

1
1
1

0
8
14

74
64
71

21
18
24

1993 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

67
67
69
68

1
I
1
1

50
62
60
53

42
33
30
37

8
5
10
11

1
1
1
1

4
0
5
0

82
20
71
65

14
75
29
35




35

36
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.D
INTEREST RATES ON FARM LOANS
AVERAGE INTEREST RATE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT QUARTER
COMPARED WITH AVERAGE RATES IN THE CURRENT QUARTER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS REPORTING)

MOST COMMON INTEREST RATE ON FARM LOANS
(AVERAGE, PERCENT)

FEEDER
CATTLE
LOANS
Ill •Dl

OTHER
OPERATING

SHORTTERM
NONREAL

ESTATE

LOANS

INTERMEDIATE
NONREAL
ESTATE

LONG-TERM
REAL
ESTATE
LOANS

LOWER

SAME

LOWER

HIGHER

1
1
1

9. 6
9. 2
9. 1

9,, 6
9,. 2
9,.1

***
***
***

9<
>0
8.,6
8,- 6

1
1
1

1993 Ql. . .
02...
Q3...
04...

1
1
1
1

8. 8
8. 7
8. 6
8. 5

8, g
8, 8
8,• 6
8,. 5

***

8,. 3
8,,2
8,.0
7,.9

1
1
1
1

LOWER

HIGHER

***
***
***

***
***

1
1
1

***

;

***
***

1
1
1

***
***
***

1
1
1

TENTH (KANSAS CITY) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (CO, KS, MO*, NB:, NM*, OK) AGRICULTURAL BANKS

1992 02...
03...
Q4...

1
1
1

9. 7
9. 4
9. 2

9,, 9
9,,6
9, 4

1993 Ql. . .
Q2...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

9. 0
8. 9
8. 8
8. 7

9, 2
9,,1
9., 0
8, 9




SAME

SEVENTH (CHICAGO) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (IL*, IN*, IA, MI* , WI*) AGRICULTURAL BANKS

1992 02...
Q3. . .
04...

III .D2

LONG-TERM
REAL ESTATE LOANS

INTBRMEDIATE-TERM
NONREAL ESTATE LOANS

SHORT-TERM
NONREAL ESTATE LOANS

***
***
***

9.9
9.6
9.4

9,»3
8,.9
8,.9

1
1
1

***

9.2
9.1
9.0
8.8

8,. 6
8,, 5
8,»4
8,»3

1
1
1
1

***
***

***

***

|

***
***

1
1
1

SAME

HIGHER

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.D (CONTINUED)
INTEREST RATES ON FARM LOANS
AVERAGE INTEREST RATE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT QUARTER
COMPARED WITH AVERAGE RATES IN THE CURRENT QUARTER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS REPORTING)

MOST COMMON INTEREST RATE ON FARM LOANS
(AVERAGE, PERCENT)

FEEDER
CATTLE
LOANS
III.D3

OTHER
OPERATING
LOANS

1993 Ql...
02...
03...
04...

1992 02...
03...
04...
1993 01. . .
02...
03...
04...

LONG-TERM
REAL
ESTATE
LOANS

SHORT-TERM
NONRBAL ESTATE LOANS

INTERMEDIATE-TERM
NONRBAL ESTATE LOANS

LOWER

LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

SAME

HIGHER

LONG-TERM
REAL ESTATE LOANS
LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

10.3
10.0
9.8

10,,3
9,.9
9,.8

9.8
9.3
9.1

|
|
|

7
32
12

89
61
62

5
7
26

I
I
I

6
31
10

89
62
64

5
7
26

1
I
|

9
23
10

86
70
69

5
7
22

9.4
9.3
9.0
8.8

9..5
9.,3
9.,0
8.,9

8.9
8.8
8.7
8.4

I
|
|
|

10
6
12
7

80
86
82
85

10
8
6
8

I
I
I
I

11
7
9
5

79
85
85
86

10
8
6
9

1
1
1
1

8
5
9
3

81
90
83
88

11
5
7
9

ELEVENTH (DALLAS) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (LA*, NM*, TX)

1
I
I

10.2
9.8
9.7

1
I
1
1
III.D5

INTERMEDIATE
NONREAL
ESTATE

NINTH (MINNEAPOLIS) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (MI*, MN, MT, ND, SD, WI*)

1992 Q2...
Q3. . .
04...

III.D4

SHORTTERM
NONRBAL
ESTATE

9.5
9.4
9.1
9.1

10.2
9.9
9.8
9.7
8.5
7.9
7.9

10,.4
10,,0
10,,0
9,,7
9,.5
9,,4
9,,3

10,,4
10,,0
9,,9
9,,5
8,,7
8,> 2
8,,2

***

1
I

|
1

***

1

***

|
1
1
I
|
1

***
***

1
I

***

***
***
***
***
***

***

***
***
***

FIFTH (RICHMOND) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (MD, NC, SC, VA, WV*)

1992 02...
03...
04...

1
1
I

9.5
8.5
8.6

9.4
8.9
8.8

9.6
9.3
9.4

9.8
9 .2
9.4

***
***
***

|
1
|
1
1

1993 Ql...
02...
03...
04...

1
I
I
|

8.7
8.6
8.6
8.5

8.5
8.5
8.4
8.3

8.9
8.9
8.8
8.7

9 .1
8,.6
8,.4
8,.3

***
***
***
***

1
I
|
|
1
1
I




***
***
***
***
***
***
***

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.B
TRENDS IN FARM REAL ESTATE VALUES AND LOAN VOLUME
MARKET VALUE OF GOOD FARMLAND
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
DURING QUARTER
ALL
TTT 01
III.El

DRYLAND

IRRIGATED

TREND EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT QUARTER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM
A YEAR EARLIER

RANCHLAND

ALL

DRYLAND

IRRIGATED

RANCHLAND

DOWN

1

1993 Ql...

02...

Q3. . .
04...

-6
4
10

1993 01...

-3
-5
-3
0

03...
04...

III.E3

10
11
15

20
16
16

65
67
65

15
17
18

3
3
3
3

79
78
74
66

18
13
21
30

15
23
17
14

63
62
65
57

22
15
18
29

4

18
18
18

73
82
82

0
0

24
9
33
19

76
86
62
71

5
5
10

27
23
23

67
70
61

16

17
13
15
8

64
73
72
74

19
13
13
17

I

91
100
88

***

1
1
|

***

j

4
6
-0
-9

96
100
100
91

0

13
4
0
0

5

9

0

ELEVENTH (DALLAS) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (LA*, NM*, TX)

1993 Ql...

1
-0
1
1




HIGHER

86
84
82

-10
-0
10

***

-1
0
-0

03...
04. . .

SAME

2
2

1
1
|

***

1992 02...
03...
04. . .

02...

LOWER

FIFTH (RICHMOND) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (MD, NC, SC, VA, WV*)

1992 02...
03..,
04...

02...

UP

emrviima /nnrn*n/N\
SEVENTH
(CHICAGO) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (IL*, IN*, IA, MI*, WI*) AGRICULTURAL BANKS

1992 Q2...
03..,
04...

III.E2

STABLE

EXPECTED TREND IN FARM
PVIT, fiOXAlJS
TCfHItftllie T/MU
miO
*vbaaj
iiUAN fMT
VOliUMH
DURING THE NEXT QUARTER,
COMPARED TO YEAR EARLIER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS)

1

3
6
2

-1
-1

2
1

-5

2
-3

-2

0

-2

-4
-3

-7

-2

-2

-3

-2

7

1
1

13
8

2
3

-0

-7

1
0

3
1
0

6
6

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OP AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.E (CONTINUED)

TRENDS IN FARM REAL ESTATE VALUES AND LOAN VOLUME

PERCENTAGE CHANGE
DURING QUARTER
ALL
III.E4

IRRIGATED

RANCHLAND

ALL

DRYLAND

IRRIGATED

RANCHLAND

DOWN

STABLE

UP

LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

TENTH (KANSAS CITY) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (CO, KS, MO*, NE, NM*, OK, WY)

***

1992 Q2.,
Q3. .
Q4.<

DRYLAND

TREND EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT QUARTER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE PROM
A YEAR EARLIER

EXPECTED DEMAND FOR
FARM REAL ESTATE LOANS
DURING THE NEXT QUARTER,
COMPARED WITH NORMAL
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS)

***

1993 Ql..
Q2.
Q3.
Q4.

1
0
1

2

0

2
-0

2
III.E5

0

1
-1

2

2

1
1
-1
0

2
2
1

2

2
2
4

3
3
5

2
3
2
3

5
4
3
2

***
***

I

5

I

6
8

I
I

7

I

***
***

NINTH (MINNEAPOLIS) FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT (MI*, MN, MT, ND, SC, WI*)

1992 Q2

1993 Ql




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