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AGRICULTURAL FINANCE
DATABOOK

First Quarter 1996
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 Douglas Carson



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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 1996: the other data generally were available through the third 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 Doug Carson
at the address shown on the cover.
The Databook is furnished on a complimentary basis to college and university teachers, libraries of
educational institutions, government departments and agencies, and public libraries. Others should enclose
the annual subscription fee of $5.00.
New subscriptions to the Databook (Statistical Release E.15) may be entered by sending a mailing address
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Washington, D.C.
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Notice of change of address also should be sent to Publications Services.
the old address should be included.




A copy of the back cover showing

SECTION I:

AMOUNT A N D CHARACTERISTICS OF FARM LOANS MADE BY COMMERCIAL BANKS

Estimates from the quarterly survey of non-real-estate farm loans
Summary charts

Page
5

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

rate
floating interest rate
by effective interest rate
survey results

7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
16

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 1996 survey,
196 banks reported at least one farm loan, and the number of sample loans totaled 3944.
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 afffected 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.




SECTION I: (CONTINUED)
More detailed results from each quarterly survey previously were published in Statistical Release E.2A,
•Survey of Terms of Bank Lending to Farmers". Beginning in February, 1992, the more detailed results are
included at the end of this section of the Databook. and the E2.A has been discontinued. Starting with the
August 1986 survey, farm loans secured by real estate are included in the data shown in the table of detailed
results, whereas such loans are excluded from the tabulations in Tables I.A through I.G and the summary
charts.
Beginning in November 1991, several survey statistics are estimated for each of ten farm production regions as
defined by the USDA. These statistics, which are presented in table I.I, should be treated with some caution.
Although an effort was made to choose a good regional mix of banks for the panel, the panel has never been
stratified by region. Consequently, the survey results are less precise for each region than for the totals
for the nation.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS,
In the February 1996 survey, the estimated number of non-real-estate farm loans made by banks remained near
the bottom end of the range seen since over the past decade. However, the average size of loans rose remained
high as well, offsetting the low number of loans to leave the estimated volume of loans during the survey
week about in line with the average of recent years.
In the February survey, the average effective rate of interest on non-real-estate farm loans fell 70 basis
points to 8.5 percent, roughly a percentage point than the rate that prevailed during 1995. Rates on loans
for livestock remained rather high, perhaps reflecting some concerns about profits for livestock enterprises.
In addition, rates on loans for farm machinery and equipment remained rather high, perhaps owing to strong
demand for farm machinery, but also likely reflecting the longer average maturity that is typical for these
loans. Rates on loans for operating expenses and for other purposes dropped about 75 basis points, on
average, in the in the February survey. The percentage of loans that were made with a rate of interest that
floats fell to 70.4 percent, towards the lower end of the range for the past couple of years.
Table I.G offers a historical perspective on changes in the dispersion of rates of interest for non-realestate loans, which suggests that the dispersion of rates in the February survey was lower than the survey one
quarter earlier. Since the November 1995 survey, the average rate of interest charged for farm loans fell in
all USDA farm production regions except for the Delta States and the Southern Plains. The estimated standard
errors of the weighted average rate of interest have been particularly high in the past two quarters in the
Corn Belt, indicating a much wider range than usual in the rates offered to farmers there.




Chart 1

Results from the Survey of Terms of Bank Lending to Farmers

Millions, Annual rate
Number of non-real-estate farm loans

5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5

- Four quarter moving average

2.0
1.5

i . . . » • . • i • • • t . . • i
1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

i ... i ... »
1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

Thousands of dollars
Average size of non-real-estate farm loans

1.0

45
40
35
30

~ Four quarter moving

25
20
15

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984 ' 1985 ' 1986 ' 1987 ' 1988 ' 1989 ' 1990 ' 1991 ' 1992 ' 1993 ' 1994 ' 1995 ' 1996

Billions of dollars, Annual rate

Amount of non-real-estate farm loans

10

110
100
90

— Four quarter moving average

80
70
60
50
40

1

1978

1979




1

1980

1

1981

1982

' • ' •

1983

1984

1

' • •

1985

1986

1987

1988

... i ... t ... i
1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

,

1995

1996

30

Chart 2

Results from the Survey of Terms of Bank Lending to Farmers
Months
Average maturity of non-real-estate farm loans

— Four quarter moving average

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

Average effective interest rate on non-real-estate farm loans

Percent
Share of farm loans with a floating interest rate




100

40
- Four quarter moving average

ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK NON-REAL-ESTATE LOANS TO FARMERS
TABLE I.A
NUMBER OF LOANS MADE

(MILLIONS)
BY SIZE OF
LOAN ($l # 000s)

BY PURPOSE OF LOAN
ALL
LOANS

FEEDER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER
CURRENT
OPERATING
EXPENSES

FARM
MACHINERY
AND
EQUIPMENT

OTHER

BY SIZE
OF BANK

1
to
9

10
to
24

25
to
99

100
and
over

2 .42
2 .06
1 .71
1 .57
1 .42
1 .67
.
1,.70
1,.66
1 .67
,
1 .65
,
1 .55
,
1,
.45

0 .53
0 .51
0 .46
0 .46
0 .43
0 .52
0,.49
0..51
0,.54
0,.56
0,.51
0..57

0,.40
0,.30
0,.29
0,.27
0,.28
0..31
0..35
0..32
0,.37
0.,37
0.,35
0.,36

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

LARGE

OTHER

0 .18
0 .18
0,.20
0,.20
0,.23
0,.36
0,.44
0,.50
0,.51
0,.55
0.,54
0.,66

3,.26
2,.78
2,.34
2 .18
1,.99
2,.23
2,.20
2..10
2.,18
2.,15
1.,98
1. 83

0.48
0.66
0.62
0.41

1.96
2.52
2.04
1.42

ANNUAL NUMBER OF LOANS MADE
1984 .
1985.
1986.
1987 .
1988.
1989.
1990.
1991.
1992 .
1993 .
1994 .
1995.

3 .44
2 .96
2 .55
2 .38
2 .21
2,.60
2,.63
2,.60
2.,69
2. 70
2. 53
2. 49

0 .34
0 .34
0 .30
0 .39
0 .29
0,.30
0,.32
0..35
0..35
0.,36
0.,28
0. 26

0 .29
0 .23
0 .17
0,.13
0,.11
0,.20
0..24
0,.23
0,.25
0.,27
0.,23
0. 19

2 .06
1 .77
1. 66
1 .54
1 .45
1 .73
1 .69
1 .64
.
1 .67
1 .62
,
1 .56
.
1.
.48

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

0 .35
0 .27
0 .24
0,. 19
0,.21
0,.20
0,.19
0..21
0..24
0,,27
0. 27
0. 39

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

NUMBER OF LOANS MADE DURING FIRST FULL WEEK OF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER, ANNUAL RATE
1994 Ql.
Q2 .
Q3.
Q4.

44
18
66
83

0.28
0.30
0.21
0.32

0.33
0.25
0.16
0.18

1.40
2.06
1.79
0.98

0.21
0.25
0.16
0.12

0.22
0.32
0.34
0.22

1.44
1 .97
1.72
1.08

0.50
0.65
0.52
0.36

0.38
0.42
0.33
0.28

1995 Ql.
Q2.
Q3.
Q4 .

2.35
2.96
2.61
2.04

0.29
0.23
0.22
0.29

0.23
0.22
0.13
0.20

1.33
1.89
1.68
1 .01

0.17
0.23
0.15
0.15

0.33
0.39
0.44
0.38

1.31
1.80
1.55
1.13

0.56
0.63
0.47

0.35
0.12
0.40 , 0.14
0.37
0.10
0.31
0.13

0.54
0.74
0.73
0.63

1.81
2.22
1.89
1.41

1996 Ql.

1.95

0.15

0.22

1.14

0.15

0.29

1.10

0.41

0.31

0.45

1.50




0.60

0.12
0.15
0.09
0.10

0.13

7

ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK NON-REAL-ESTATE LOANS TO FARMERS
TABLE I.B
AVERAGE SIZE OF LOANS MADE (THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)

FEEDER
LIVESTOCK

ALL
LOANS

OTHER
LIVESTOCK

OTHER
CURRENT
OPERATING
EXPENSES

BY SIZE
OF BANK

BY SIZE OF
LOAN ($1,000s)

BY PURPOSE OF LOAN
FARM
MACHINERY
AND
EQUIPMENT

1
to
9

OTHER

10
to
24

25
to
99

100
and
over

LARGE

ANNUAL AVERAGE SIZE OF LOANS MADE
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

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

17..7
17..6
19..0
20..8
21..8
19..9
28..4
31..9
31..2
34..3
33..9
33..8

31.8
25.7
35.0
33.8
34.1
42.7
69.7
61.0
68.2
79.7
60.3
49.7

21..9
22..5
25.,8
26.,3
40.,6
29..5
22..7
25..2
26..9
23..1
27..6
26..7

12.9
12.8
14.0
14.6
16.7
14.1
15.7
15.6
14.7
15.2
16.3
18.5

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

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

34.8
42.1
32.9
44.6
34.7
32.2
94.3
129.3
108.7
112.0
123.6
93.6

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

43.8
45.5
44.9
46.5
45.2
45.9
46.1
46.6
45.9
46.1
47.0
44.9

88..1 13.8
82.,0 13.4
62..0 15.3
85..5 14.9
70..0 16.3
53..7 14.4
100..7 13.9
107..0 13.9
97..0 15.8
106,.0 15.8
101,.3 15.4
84,.0 15.7

291.2
254.7
280.4
320.4
320.4
272.1
487.7
539.9
468.2
490.3
480.7
451.3

AVERAGE SIZE OF LOANS MADE DURING FIRST FULL WEEK OF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER, ANNUAL RATE
Ql...
Q2. . .
03...
Q4. . .

I
I
1
1

34..9
28..9
31..3
45..0

72.5
57.0
72.3
44.9

27..3
27..9
24..0
30..7

19. 9
15..7
14.,2
16.,3

21.,5
19.,0
12..7
14..0

106.5
97.5
108.0
202.0

3..6
3..9
3..5
3..9

14..7
14..4
14..4
14..9

48.5
46.0
46.0
47.5

445.0
377.9
588.4
572.2

102.,8
77.,6
98..2
142..4

18..1
16..1
11..0
16..9

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

1
I
I
1

34..8
33..0
27..7
41..7

65.2
62.7
33.9
35.7

24..6
28..1
26..4
28..0

20..1
17..4
14..6
24..6

15..4
18..7
14..4
12..4

83.8
101.7
79.5
110.0

3..6
3..8
3..6
3..9

14..8
14..5
14..5
15..2

46.7
43.7
44.5
45.1

431.3
466.5
437.5
464.0

90..8
82..8
66..8
99..8

18..1
16..4
12..6
15..9

Ql...

1

43..4

59.7

23..2

27..1

18..4

127.0

3,.6

15..1

45.0

474.1

122..8

19..6




1

1

I

ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK NON-REAL-ESTATE LOANS TO FARMERS
TABLE I.C
AMOUNT OF LOANS M A D E (BILLIONS 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

BY SIZE
OF BANK

10
to
24

25
to
99

100
and
over

7.8
7.4
6.9
6.8
6.4
7.7
7.3
7.68.0
8.3
7.4
8.3

17,.6
13,.5
13,.2
.6
12 ,
12,.9
14,.4
15,.9
15,.1
16,.8
17 ,
.1
16 .5
16 .0

26,.5
.0
24 ,
22,.3
.5
24 ,
23,.7
23,.4
45 .3
54 .0
52 .8
61 .0
56 .0
54 .4

LARGE

OTHER

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

15,.8
14,.9
12 .6
17 .1
15 .9
19 .6
44 .2
53 .7
49 .4
58 .8
55 .1
55 .3

45. 0
37. 3
35,,9
32,.5
32,.3
32,.0
30,.5
29,.1
34,.3
33,.8
30,.6
28,.8

ANNUAL AMOUNT OF LOANS M A D E

1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992 ,
1993 ,
1994 .
1995

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

60 .8
52 .1
48 .5
49 .6
48 .2
51 .6
74,.7
82 .8
83,.7
92,.6
85,.7
84,.1

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

10 .7
8 .6
10 .4
13 .2
10 .0
12 .9
22 .0
21 .4
23 .6
28 .7
16 .8
12 .7

6 .5
5 .2
4 .5
3 .4
4 .6
6 .0
5 .5
5 .8
6 .7
6 .2
6 .4
5 .2

26 5
22 6
23 2
22 5
24 3
24,.3
26,.6
25,.5
24,.6
24,.7
25,.4
27,.3

4 .4
4 .4
2 .4
2 .3
1 .9
2 .0
2 .3
2 .5
2 .9
2 .5
3 .2
2 .7

12,.2
11,,3
8,,0
8,.3
7,.4
6,.4
18,.3
.6
27 .
26,.0
30,.6
33 ,
.9
36,.1

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

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

AMOUNT OF LOANS MADE DURING FIRST FULL WEEK (DF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER, ANNUAL RATE
1994 Ql. . .
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

85..27
91,.99
83,.14
82,.44

I
1
I
I

20 .2
17 ,
.2
15 .4
14,.5

9 .1
,
7 .1
3 .8
5 .6

27,.7
32,.3
25,.5
16,.0

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

23,.7
30,.7
36,.5
44,.6

1
1
1
1

5,.2
7,.7
6,.0
4,.2

7.4
9.3
7.5
5.4

18
19
15
13

.3
.2
.0
.3

.3
.7
.6
.5

1
1
1
1

49 .9
51 .5
60 .6
58 .4

35,.4
40,.5
22,.5
24,.1

1995 oi...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

81,.59
97,.62
72,.31
84,.85

I
I
I
I

18,.9
14 .4
7 .5
,
10 ,
.2

5 .6
6 .3
3 .4
,
5,.6

26,.8
33,.0
24,.5
24,.9

2 .6
4 .2
2 .1
1 .9

27,.8
39,.7
34,.9
42,.2

1
1
1
1

4,.8
6,.9
5,.5
4,.4

8.4
9.2
8.7
7.1

16
17
16
14

.2 52 .2
.3 , 64.3
.3 ' 41 .7
.1 59 .2

1
1
1
1

48 .8
61 .3
48 .6
62 .5

32,.8
36,.4
23,.7
22,.4

1

84,.76

I

9 .1

5,.1

31,.0

2 .7

36,.9

1

4,.0

6.2

14 .1

60 .5

1

55 .3

29 .5

1996

oi...




54
55
54
59

9

ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK NON-REAL-ESTATE LOANS TO FARMERS
TABLE I.D
AVERAGE MATURITY OF LOANS MADE (MONTHS)
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

7.5
7.7
8.0
8.1
9.2
8.3
9.2
8.3
9.7
10.0
11.6
10.8

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

BY SIZE
OF BANK
100
and
over

LARGE

OTHER

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

7.0
6.9
5.5
5.9
8.1
7.8
4.7
5.2
6.4
6.4
5.8
7.3

7. 9
8.,4
8..8
9..3
8..8
8..2
10..2
9..6
10..1
10..4
12,.6
11..4

ANNUAL AVERAGE MATURITY
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

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

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

5.0
6.1
5.8
5.5
6.4
6.8
6.0
6.7
6.1
7.3
7.6
8.7

6.6
7.8
6.3
7.7
4.7
7.4
8.8
8.5
9.5
9.6
9.8
9.9

7..8
7..3
7.,6
7..6
8..5
7..2
7..5
7..2
8..6
8..3
8..6
8..5

12..6
13,,4
21..0
22..8
19..8
18..7
21..9
24..6
20..1
30..4
36..6
26..5

8.1
8.8
8.8
12.1
10.9
11.8
6.4
5.3
9.4
9.4
9.4
10.0

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

7..0
6..7
6..8
7..5
7..1
7..4
7..4
7..7
8..3
8..5
8..6
9..0

MATURITY OF LOANS MADE DURING FIRST FULL WEEK OF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER,, ANNUAL, RATE
1994 01. ..
Q2. . .
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

10..1
13..0
9..3
8..3

1
1
1
1

6.9
8.4
9.4
5.7

8..3
9..4
16..2
8..2

8.9
10.5
6.8
7.3

32. 0
45.7
32. 3
28.2

6.6
10.8
7.9
11.3

8..6
9..5
8..1
7..6

12.7
13.3
9.2
10.5

13..9
14..2
13..2
12..3

6. 6
10. 7
6. 8
4. 8

|
|
|
|

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

12..8
15.,0
11..5
9..3

1995 01. ..
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

10..3
10..6
9..0
9..4

1
1
I
1

8.0
7.1
7.9
13.0

9..8
9..2
10..4
10..6

10.5
9.5
6.8
6.8

28. 4
24.7
30.4
23. 9

7.0
12.7
10.9
8.6

9..3
10..2
8..0
8..2

11.2
12.1
9.8
10.0

13..9
13..6
9..4
11..4

8. 1
8. 4
7. 6
8.7

I
|
|
|

5..6
6..9
6..7
9..6

12..3
12..6
10..1
9..2

1996 01. . .

1

11..2

I

8.3

15..0

8.7

26. 3

17.4

8..9

13.0

12..7

10. 1

1

8..7

12..8




1

ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK NON-REAL-ESTATE LOANS TO FARMERS
TABLE I.E
AVERAGE EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE ON LOANS MADE
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

13.1
11.2
9.6
9.2
10.2
12.1
10.9
9.0
6.8
6.7
7.2
9.0

14.4
13.4
12.1
11.3
11.6
12.7
12.3
11.3
9.4
8.7
8.8
10.4

ANNUAL AVERAGE INTEREST RATE
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

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

14.1
12.8
11.5
10.6
11.2
12.5
11.4
9.8
7.8
7.5
7.8
9.5

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

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

14.2
13.0
11.5
10.8
11.2
12.6
11.7
10.4
8.8
8.1
8.4
10.0

14,.6
13,.7
12..2
11..5
11..7
12..8
12..3
11..3
9..3
8..7
8..6
10..3

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

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

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

14..3
13..2
12..0
11..3
11..6
12..7
12..4
11..2
9..3
8.,7
8..8
10..5

14.3
13.2
11.8
11.1
11.4
12.7
12.1
10.7
8.8
8.3
8.6
10.3

13.7
12.1
10.8
9.9
10.8
12.2
10.9
9.2
7.1
6.9
7.3 '
9.0

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

AVERAGE RATE ON LOANS MADE DURING FIRST FULL WEEK OF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER, ANNUAL RATE
1994 Ql.
Q2.
Q3.
Q4.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

1
1
1
1

7.3
7.8
7.9
8.3

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

7.3
8.1
8.4
8.7

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

8.2
8.6
9.0
9.5

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

1
1
1
1

8..8
8..9
9..2
9..6

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

8.1
8.5
8.7
9.1

6..1
7..2
7..3
7..9

6..6
7..0
7..4
7..8

8.3
8.7
9.2
9.5

1995 Ql...
Q2. . .
Q3. . .
Q4. . .

1
1
1
1

10.0
9.4
9.5
9.2

10..9
9..6
9..8
9..7

9.9
10.2
9.8
10.6

10..3
9..9
10..2
9..4

10.4
10.2
10.4
10.0

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

1
1
1
1

10.,6
10..6
10..6
10.,6

10..3
10..6
10..6
10..5

10.2
10.4
10.2
10.2

9.,8
8..8
8.,8
8.,8

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

10.4
10.3
10.5
10.6

1996 Ql. . .

1

8.5

9.,5

9.9

8. 8

9.8

7.,8

1

10.3

10..1

9.8

7. 9

7.,7

10.0




|

|
1

(

11

ESTIMATES FROM THE QUARTERLY SAMPLE SURVEY OF BANK HON-REAL-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

12

FARM
MACHINERY
AND
EQUIPMENT

1
OTHER

BY SIZE
OF BANK

to
9

10
to
24

25
to
99

100
and
over

23.,8
27. 6
40. 6
48.,5
49.,3
50.,4
53..6
52.,0
57,.3
60,.1
58,.6
61,.7

31.,3
31.,5
41.,8
45.,6
51,.5
49,.6
59,.2
59,.0
59,.1
61 .0
59 .8
63 .9

29.,0
42.,0
48.,2
54.,4
60.,8
58.,5
66.,0
64,,0
61,.2
64,.5
70,.4
73,.6

52.,7
56.,6
63..7
68..5
67.,0
69.,1
67,,5
67,.8
78,,6
83,.9
80,.2
76,.7

LARGE

OTHER

71.,1
77.,1
71.,9
77..6
79..1
83,,6
69,,4
70,.0
82,.9
86,.9
83,.7
79,.9

27 .6
32 .6
47 ,
.0
49 .9
52 .6
47 .2
59 .3
56 .1
55 .5
58 .9
59 .7
62 .3

ANNUAL PERCENTAGE OF LOANS MADE

1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

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

38.9
45.3
53.4
59.5
61.4
61.0
65.2
65.1
71.7
76.7
75.1
73.8

41..2
61.,4
60..5
51..6
65..3
71..4
76.,8
• 81..5
78.,5
84..6
82..9
83,.9

32,.3
.9
44 ,
34,.8
69,.6
39,.5
40,.0
.6
61 ,
69,.3
63,.5
70,.0
74,.3
75,.9

41,.7
43,.0
57,.2
62 .1
63 .8
59 .7
68 .3
68 .8
66 .3
70 .3
72 .3
73 .0

.3
24 ,
19,.6
30,,9
55,.5
54,.9
32 .9
40,.0
40 .6
.8
47 ,
48 .2
.6
51 ,
53 .1

39,.5
47,.3
50,.6
62 ,
.1
63 ,
.2
73,.6
51,.2
50,.3
75 .3
78 .1
75 .7
72 .2

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

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

AVERAGE PERCENTAGE DURING FIRST FULL WEEK OF SECOND MONTH OF QUARTER

1994 Ql.
Q2 .
Q3 .
Q4.

77 .2
71.7
78.6
73.1

89.1
78.3
91.3
70.7

78.1
74.4
79.8
64.3

76.6
73.9
65.6
72.3

66.9
40.4
51.1
43 .3

69,
70,
83 ,
76,

56.6
59.6
58.9
58.9

59.3
56.8
62.4
62.2

72.9
68.7
70.2
69.8

83.1
77.0
85.3
75.9

85.8
81.8
8 6.8
80.3

65.3
58.9
56.4
55.7

1995 Ql.
Q2.
Q3.
Q4.

79.0
67.3
73.4
76.7

88.3
82.8
76.3
82.8

76,
79,
51.

55.7
59.7
50.2
37.9

70.3
62.0
82.0
75.0

63.

60,

61.4
63.2
65.1
66.3

79.9
66.1
72.1
77.0

82.9

86,

84.3
65.7
65.3
78.0

77.2
79.1

83.
73.
83.
80.8

72.9
56.7
53.2
65.5

1996 Ql.

70.4

86.4

56.6

74.6

40.0

67.0

58.7

61.6

67.1

72.8

74.1

63.3




60.
61.

f>9.0

Table I.G

PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF NON-REAL-ESTATE FARM LOANS MADE BY BANKS, 1 '
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...
12.0 to 12.9...
13.0 to 13.9...
14.0 to 14.9...
15.0 to 15.9...
16.0 to 16.9...
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
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
100

100

100

100

100

100

100

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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

3
4
3
31
19
22
14
4

100

100

-

2
16
10
17
18
22
10
5

4
11
20
17
26
15
7
1

100
8
4
30
18
22
15
2
1
-

100

100

2
1
1
9
7
27
27
15
11

4
23
5
19
26
18
4
1

Memo:
Percentage
Distribution
of Number of
Loans,
Nov 95 Feb 96
100

.

*

1
6
27
42
19
4
1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

-

-

-

-

.

*

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

"

"

1
2
13
33
37
11
2

-

-

-

100

.
-

-

-

-

"

-

1. Percentage distribution of the estimated total dollar amount of non-real-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.




13

SURVEY OF TERMS OF BANK LENDING MADE DURING FEBRUARY 5-9,1996
Loans to farmers
all sizes
ALL

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

$100-249

$250 and over

1,728,651
39,642
15.0

79,640
22,040
9.1

125,686
8,293
13.8

138,775
4,128
16.6

166,052
2,489
28.2

262,914
1,752
14.9

955,584
941
11.0

8.58
0.21
9.92

10.28
0.05
9.75- 10.78

10.07
0.10
9.50 - 10.52

9.91
0.04
9.38- 10.47

9.65
0.14
9.01 - 10.25

9.57
0.20
8.68 - 10.16

7.60
0.33
8.77
9.12
8.84
7.21

6.94 -

FARM

6.17 -

9.45
9.93
8.83
9.75
9.37
7.86

10.34
10.42
10.28
10.29
9.65
10.07

9.99
10.25
10.20
9.81
9.94
9.81

10.23
9.61
10.07
9.48
8.94
9.81

10.11
10.74
9.64
9.25
9.08
9.37

9.53
9.77
9.59
9.77
9.21
9.40

70.0
71.4

58.5
59.0

61.6
62.5

62.9
60.0

67.7
54.8

76.7
64.6

71.7
80.0

10.2
5.7
35.6
3.1
2.6
42.8

8.0
10.6
62.2
8.4
0.7
10.0

8.7
12.3
47.7
11.8
1.6
17.7

9.3
11.2
47.9
8.4
1.4
21.9

7.0
8.1
51.0
2.0
8.1
23.7

14.2
144
43.5
6.2
4.9
16.6

10.1
0.8
25.2
1.5
62.4

1,054,436
10,207
10.7

17,470
4,799
8.5

32,808
2,135
11.0

38,808
1,174
13.1

56,332
807
12.5

86,246
582
22.3

822,773
709
7.5

7.79
0.30
9.10

10.03
0.11
9.40 - 10.67

9.75
0.11
9.04 - 10.28

9.56
0.12
8.84 - 10.20

9.29
0.16
8.57 - 9.78

8.95
0.18
9.72

7.36
0.31
8.57

9.25
9.01
7.82
9.49
9.59
7.52

10.09
9.96
10.09
10.36
9.62
9.93

9.59
9.63
9.94
9.48
10.02
9.62

9.43
9.38
9.71
10.24
9.35
9.43

9.70
9.01
9.39
9.53
839
9.19

8.63
8.65
8.89
9.20
9.26
9.13

9.30
8.84
7.14

70.9
79.9

88.2
77.5

83.9
79.9

88.4
78.3

86.0
70.8

81.6
78.8

67.1
80.7

5.1
2.0
32.1
0.8
2.2
57.9

3.8
6.7
53.7
2.4
1.4
32.1

7.1
6.6
40.7
5.5
2.4
37.7

7.5
5.4
40.8
2.2
2.2
42.0

4.3
4.3
40.9
2.6
1.5
46.4

8.8
6.3
47.7
4.2
7.0
26.0

4.6
1.0
28.6
1.7
64.1

674,214
29,434
17.7

62,170
17,241
9.2

92,877
6,158
14.4

99,967
2,954
17.4

109,720
1,681
33.4

176,669
1,169
12.4

132,811
231
17.9

9.82
0.16
9.00 - 10.38

10.34
0.08
9.92 - 10.79

10.18
0.11
9.65 - 10.56

10.05
0.07
9.69 - 10.47

9.83
0.18
9.20 -10.26

9.87
0.27
9.26 - 10.40

9.07
0.28
9.65

10.22
11.12
9.73
9.03
9.09
9.72

9.76
9.95
9.99
9.94
9.18
9.68

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

9.75
7.44

LENDERS5

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

Size class of loans (tttousands)
$50-99
$25-49

$10-24

BANKS

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

LARGE

$1-9

6.53 -

8.34 -

6.10 -

9.75
7.24

BANKS5

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




8.57 -

9.00

9.54
10.18
10.07
9.80
9.15
9.45

10.37
10.49
10.33
10.29
9.67
10.40

10.09
10.35
10.27
9.85
9.90
10.05

10.46
9.64
10.18
9.42
8.63
10.24

68.5
58.1

50.1
53.8

53.7
56.4

53.0
523

58.3
46.6

74.2
57.6

100.0
75.6

18.1
11.5
41.2
6.6
3.3
19.2

9.2
11.7
64.6
10.2
0.5
3.8

9.3
14.3
50.2
14.1
1.4
10.7

10.0
13.5
50.6
10.8
1.1
14.0

8.4
10.1
56.1
1.7
11.6
12.0

16.9
18.4
41.5
7.2
3.9
12.1

44.1

10.28
9.04

4.1
51.8

NOTES TO TABLE I.H

m

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)
bv USDA Farm Production Region
LS

CB

NP

2 .8

10 .3

25 .1

17 .2

6 .2

5 .1

6. 1

9 .6

7 .3

10 .3

Sample Coverage,
Feb. 1996
14 .5
survey (%)

5 .2

8 .0

14 .7

11 .7

8 .5

6 .9

9 .3

21 .4

69 .4

19 7

87 .5

33 .7

271 .3

39 .6

17 .3

22 .5

127 .0

122 .3

NE
Proportion of
farm loans
outstanding,
Feb. 1996
survey

Avg. Loan Size,
Feb. 1996
survev ($1000)
Survey date:

75 .2

AP

SE

DL

SP

MN

PA

Weighted Average Interest Rate During Samnle 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
( .5 2)

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)

May

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)

May

1993

8,.1
(.,24)

8.,7
(,.21)

8 .1
( .27)

7 .9
( .3 2)

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
.
(. 3 2)

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

1994

8..7
(.,28)

9.,0
(..26)

8 .0
(,.17)

8..1
(..23)

6..1
(..79)

8..2
(..29)

7. 8
(. 60)

8. 4
(.36)

7. 5
(.34)

7. 2
(. 26)

Aug. 1994

9,.1
(..19)

8.,6
(. 41)

8,.3
(•.40)

8..6
(.,19)

6..5
(..83)

8..6
(..11)

7. 6
(. 72)

8. 6
(.37)

7. 6
(.35)

7. 5
(. 25)

Nov. 1994

10..2
(.,38)

9, 7
(. 18)

8,.9
(-,18)

8..5
(..39)

7., 1
(..39)

8.,5
(..37)

8. 8
(. 68)

9.,0
(. 17)

8. 0
(.43)

8. 5
(. 20)

Feb. 1995

11 .
,7
(..65)

10. 7
(. 14)

10..0
(.,14)

9.,9
(. 16)

8.,6
(. 79)

7..2
(1. 79)

10. 4
(.34)

10. 4
(. 21)

9. 4
(. 50)

9. 4
(. 25)

1995

9..0
(. 38)

10. 4
(. 29)

9..3
(..45)

9..4
(.42)

8. 5
(. 93)

10..2
(. 31)

10. 7
(. 74)

10. 1
(. 18)

9. 3
(. 23)

9. 3
(.34)

Aug. 1995

9.,6
(.36)

10. 3
(. 21)

9..3
(..46)

9. 8
(. 16)

8.. 1
(. 96)

9. 6
(. 10)

10. 4
(.31)

10. 1
(. 22)

9. 4
(.39)

9. 5
(. 29)

Nov. 1995

10. 8
(.32)

10. 3
(. 21)

8.,3
(. 93)

9. 6
(. 26)

7. 9
(. 80)

10. 1
(. 25)

10. 3
(.32)

9. 8
(. 24)

9. 3
(. 66)

8. 9
(.40)

Feb. 1996

8.,8

May

(, 32)

9. 9

8.,0

9. 4
7. 3
9. 4
10. 9
9. 9
8. 9
8. 1
( , 22)
99)
( ,31)
( , 24)
(, 22)
( , 65)
f T95)
* 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.

f ,25)

fl, 10)

(,

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

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 non-real-estate farm loans at insured commercial banks
net charge-offs of non-real-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
20
21
22
23

Agricultural banks:
II.F
II.G
II.H
II. I

Distribution of agricultural banks by ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans
Distribution of agricultural banks by rate of return to equity
Loan-deposit ratios at agricultural banks
Failures of agricultural banks
!.!!!.!!!!!!!!!!

24
25
26
27

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 non-real-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
non-real-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 chargeoffs 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 chargeoffs 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 11:6 to its
counterpart in table II.D to obtain total agricultural delinquencies. A similar caveat applies to the data
concerning charge-offs 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 15.8 percent in December of 1995.
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.




18
SECTION II: (continued)

Recent Developments:
Loans outstanding: Over the four quarters of 1995, the volume of non-real-estate farm loans rose 2.8 percent,
the smallest yearly rise since 1992. The volume of farm real estate debt that was held by commercial banks
rose 5.9 percent in 1995, towards the low end of the range of increases seen during the past decade.
Problem loans: At the end of December 1995, delinquent farm non-real-estate loans amounted to $0.8 billion,
about 2 percent of such loans outstanding. After falling rapidly in the latter 1980s, delinquencies have
remained about flat throughout the 1990s.
In 1995 commercial banks charged off, on net, $51 million of farm
production loans. The volume of delinquent farm real estate loans outstanding at yearend was a bit higher
than than one year earlier, but as a percentage of farm real estate loans outstanding, the delinquencies
were unchanged from the previous year. Beginning in the third quarter of 1995, the proportion of
agricultural banks that reported a level of nonperforming loans that was greater than 2 percent of total
loans began to edge up, perhaps foreshadowing a bit less favorable operating environment than agricultural
banks have enjoyed since the latter 1980s. Nevertheless, most agricultural banks continued to report few
problem loans.
Performance of agricultural banks: The average rate of return on assets at agricultural banks in 1995 was
1.2 percent, identical to the past three years. The average capital ratio for both agricultural banks and
other small banks, though already high when compared to the average over the past decade, edged up further
in 1995, providing a substantial cushion for any losses on nonperforming loans.
In December 1995, the ratio
of loans to deposits at agricultural banks was higher than at the close of 1994 in all Federal Reserve
districts except San Francisco. For all agricultural banks, the ratio of loans to deposits was 64.5 percent
at yearend,
the highest level since the late 1970s, when the liquidity of many agricultural banks was a
concern.
Failures of agricultural banks: No agricultural banks failed in the first quarter of 1995, the tenth
consecutive quarter with no failures. Given the strong capital positions of most agricultural banks and
their low levels of problem loans, the number of failures seems likely to remain quite low in coming
quarters.




TABLE II.A
FARM DEBT OUTSTANDING AT COMMERCIAL BANKS, END OF QUARTER
LOAN VOLUME,
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
REAL
ESTATE
LOANS

NONREAL
ESTATE
LOANS

TOTAL
LOANS

42.8
45.4
46.1
45.2

14.7
15.2
15.3
15.4

28.1

-1.5

44.2
47.0
48.0
47.4

15.8
16.3
16.5

TOTAL
LOANS

1988 Ql.

02.

03.
04.
1989 Ql.

02.

03.
04.
1990 Ql.

02.
03.
04.

1991 Ql.

PERCENT CHANGE FROM
PREVIOUS QUARTER

46.1
49.0
50.5
50.1

16.6
16.8
17.1
17.3
17.2

6.0

1.9
3.0

1.5
-1.9

1.2
0.5

28.4
30.7
31.5
30.8

-2.2
6.3

2.7
3.0

29.3
31.9
33.2
32.9

-2.8
6.4
3.1
-0.8
-1.3

30.3
30.8
29.8

2.1
-1.2

49.5
52.6
53.9
53.0

17.5

18.3
18.4

32.0
34.5
35.6
34.6

51.9
55.1
56.2
54.5

18.9
19.5
19.9
19.9

33.0
35.6
36.2
34.7

-2.1

20.0

32.8
35.4
37.1
36.8

-3.2

03.
04.

52.8
56.0
58.0
57.7

1994 Ql.

56.8

21.2
21.9
22.4

22.6

35.5
39.2
40.6
38.7

-1.5
7.6
3.1
-2.7

22.9
23.6
23.8
23.9

36.9
40.0
41.5
39.8

-2.3

02.
03.
04.

1992 Ql.

02.

03.
04.
1993 Ql.

02.

02.

61.1

03.
04.

63.0
61.3

1995 Ql.

59.9
63.5
65.3
63.7




02.

03.
04.

18.1

20.6
20.8
20.9

REAL
ESTATE
LOANS

6.2

2.5

-1.6

6.2

1.9
-2.9

6.0

3.5
-0.5

NONRBAL
ESTATE
LOANS

PERCENT CHANGE FROM
PREVIOUS YEAR
TOTAL
LOANS

REAL
ESTATE
LOANS

NONREAL
ESTATE
LOANS

-3.2
7.6
1.7
-3.1

2.2
2.6
3.0
4.0

8.6
6.7

2.6

-4.7

7.5
7.6
7.6

1.0

8.0

1.5
2.4
3.3

12.1
9.6

-2.3
-0.5
0.4

1.2

2.5
-2.2

3.2
3.5
4.1
4.9

0.7

-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

-2.8

7.4
7.2

4.3
5.5
5.8
7.0

9.1

0.9

2.2

1.1

-0.6
1.5
3.4
1.4

0.6

2.7
3.3
1.9

-0.2
0.5
3.1

8.2

7.7
3.1
-2.7

—4.6
7.8
1.9
-4.4

-5.3

1.2
0.1

7.8
4.9
-0.8

1.8

-3.4

3.2

10.2

0.7

-4.6

1.6

2.2

3.6

6.1

2.7

2.9
-2.5

-4.6
8.2

0.4

-4.1

1.1

3.9

6.6
5.7

4.9
4.9
4.2
2.9

8.2

8.1
8.6

8.1

7.1
5.1
3.1
3.2
1.9

7.8

0.2

3.2
5.8

5.6
5.4
4.7
5.0

-0.5
-0.6

7.6
9.1
8.7

6.4
6.4
7.5

8.3
10.7
9.3
5.2

5.4
4.0
3.7
3.9

7.5
6.3
5.9

1.7

1.6

6.2

8.2
8.0

2.4

6.2

3.9

2.0
2.3

2.8

20

TABLE II.B
ESTIMATED DELINQUENT FARM NON-REAL-ESTATE LOANS
INSURED COMMERCIAL BANKS

TOTAL

PAST DUE
30 TO 89
DAYS
ACCRUING

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

AS PERCENTAGE OF OUTSTANDING FARM PRODUCTION LOANS

NONPERFORMING

NONPERFORMING

TOTAL

PAST DUE
90 DAYS
ACCRUING

NONACCRUAL

MEMO J
RESTRUCTURED
LOANS IN
COMPLIANCE

TOTAL

PAST DUE
30 TO 89
DAYS
ACCRUING

TOTAL

6 .5
4 .5
3 .7
3 .1
3 .2
2 .8
2 .2
2 .0
2 .1

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

4,.8
3..3
2 .3
1,.9
1..9
1..8
1 .4
1..1
1 .1

NONACCRUAL

MEMO:
RESTRUCTURED
LOANS IN
COMPLIANCE

0.,7
0.,5
0.,5
0.,3
0.,3
0.,3
0,,2
0..2
0.,3

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

1.7
1.6
1.4
1.1
0.9
0.7
0.5
0.4
ND

PAST DUE
90 DAYS
ACCRUING

December 31 of year indicated
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

1
I
1
1
1
1
I
1
I

1 .9
1 .4
1 .1
1 .0
1 .1
1 .0
0 .8
0 .8
0 .8

0 .5
0 .4
0 .4
0 .4
0 .4
0 .3
0 .3
0 .3
0 .4

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

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

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

0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
ND

1
1
1
1
1
I
1
I
1

End of quarter

1 .0

0.3

0.6

0.1

0.5

0.2

2.8

1.0

1.8

0.3

1.5

0.7

1993 Ql.

1 .3

03.
04.

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

1994 Ql.
02.
03.
04.

1 .1
0.9
0.8
0.8

0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.6
0.6
0.5
0.4

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3

0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1

3.1
2.2
1.9

1.5
0.7
0.6
0.9

1.6
1.5
1.3
1.1

0.4
0.4
0.3

1.2
1.1

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4

1995 Ql.

02.

1.1
0.9

0.6

03.
04.

0.8

0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3

ND
ND
ND
ND

2 .9
2.3
1.9

1.6
0.9
Q.7
0.9

1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1

0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3

1992 Q4.

02.

1 .0

0.8

0.4
0.3
0.4

2.0

2.1

0.2

1.0
0.9

1.0
1.0
0.9
0.9

ND
ND
ND
ND

Data are estimates of the national totals for farm non-real-estate loans. After 1984, estimates are based on reports from banks that hold more than 90
percent of such loans. Earlier, only large banks that held about one-fourth of such loans reported nonaccrual and renegotiated farm loans; for other banks,
estimates of delinquent farm loans are based on a study of delinquent total loans at these banks.




TABLE II.C
ESTIMATED NET CHARGE-OFFS OF NON-REAL-ESTATE FARM LOANS
INSURED COMMERCIAL BANKS*

1988
1989
199 0
199 1
1992
1993
1994
199 5

I
I
I
|
I
I
|
|

TOTAL

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

128
91
51
105
82
54
69
51

28
10
-5
12
14
7
10
-2

39
26
19
25
20
16
11
14

24
15
10
36
29
5
15
13

37
40
28
32
18
26
33
25

TOTAL
I
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I

0.46
0.27
0.20
0.32
0.24
0.15
0.19
0.13

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

0.10
0.03
-0.02
0.04
0.04
0.02
0.03
-0.00

0.14
0.09
0.06
0.08
0.06
0.05
0.03
0.04

0.10
0.05
0.03
0.10
0.08
0.01
0.04
0.03

0.12
0.13
0.08
0.09
0.05
0.07
0.08
0.06

* Data are estimates of the national charge-offs of farm non-real-estate loans based on reports from banks that hold more than
90 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.




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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

NONACCRUAL

TOTAL

PAST DUE
30 TO 89
DAYS
ACCRUING

TOTAL

PAST DUE
90 DAYS
ACCRUING

NONACCRUAL

-December 31 of year indicated1992

1

1 9 93

1

1 9 94

1

1 9 95

I

°- 4

°-4
°-3
°-4

°- 2

°-1
0-1
0.2

°- 3

0.1

0.2

|

2.1

0.8

1.3

0.3

1.0

°.2
0.2
0.2

0.0
0.0
0.1

0.2
0.1
0.1

|
|
|

1.8
1.5
1.5

0.7
0.7
0.7

1.1
0.8
0.8

0.2
0.2
0.2

0.8
0.6
0.6

-End of quarter04...

1

0 .4

0 .2

0 .3

0,.1

0..2

1

2.1

0 .3

1.3

0.3

1.0

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

1
1
1
1

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

1
1
1
1

2.5
2.0
1.8
1.8

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

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

1
1
1
1

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

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

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

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

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

1
1
1
1

2.1
1.6
1.5
1.5

1,.0
0..6
0..5
0..7

1.1
1.0
1.0
0.8

0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2

0.6

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

1
1
1
1

0.4
0.4
0. 3
0.4

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

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

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

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

1
1
1
1

1.9
1.5
1.4
1.5

0..9
0..6
0..5
0.,7

1.0
0.9
0.9
0.8

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6

All commercial banks began to report these data in 1991.




1.0
0.9

0.8
0.7
0.7
0.7

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

1992
1993
1994
199 5

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I
I
I

20
6
- 1
3

4
0
- 1
-0

7
1
- 1
-0

0

4
2
2

6
3
1
2

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




I
I
I
I

0.11
0.03
-0.00
0.01

0.019
0.002
-0.004
-0.001

0.033
0.003
-0.004
-0.001

0.022
0.008
0.002
0.006

0.029
0.015
0.003
0.007

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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 indicated1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

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

50,.3
59 .0
65,.8
69,.6
70,.8
76 .2
80,.6
85,.5
83 .7
,

30,,6
28,.9
25,,1
22,.7
22,.3
18,.9
15,.9
12,.3
13,.8

14..4
9.,7
7.,6
6..4
5,,8
3,,9
2,.8
1,,9
2..1

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

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

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

Percentage distribution, end of quarter
1993 03...
04...

I
1

100,.0
100,.0

76,.6
80,.6

19,.1
15,,9

3..6
2,.8

0,.6
0,.6

0,.1
0,.1

0,.0
0,,0

1994 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

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

79,.2
81,.1
83 .6
,
85,.5

16,.8
16,.0
13,,6
12,,3

3,,3
2,.4
2,.4
1,.9

0,.5
0,.4
0,.3
0,.2

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

0,.0
0,.0
0.,0
0,.0

1995 oi...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
I
I

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

81,.7
82 .1
,
83 .0
,
83 .7
,

15,,3
15,.0
14,,3
13,,8

2,,7
2,.5
2,,3
2,.1

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

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

0,.1
0,.1
0,,1
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.O
SELECTED MEASURES OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER BANKS*
NET INCOME AS A PERCENTAGE
OF AVERAGE EQUITY AT
AGRICULTURAL BANKS

ALL BANKS

NEGATIVE

0
TO
4

5
TO
9

10
TO
14

AVERAGE RATE
OF RETURN
TO EQUITY
15
TO
19

20
TO
24

15.0
13.0
9.0
9.0
12.0
14.0
12.9
13.4
19.8
18.5
17.1
13.3

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

25
AND
OVER

AGRICULTURAL
BANKS

OTHER
SMALL
BANKS

RATE
OF RETURN
TO ASSETS
AGRICULTURAL
BANKS

OTHER
SMALL
BANKS

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

0.8
0.8
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.7
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1

NET CHARGB-OFFS
AS PERCENTAGE
OF TOTAL LOANS
AGRICULTURAL
BANKS

AVERAGE
CAPITAL RATIO
(PERCENT)

OTHER
SMALL
BANKS

AGRICULTURAL
BANKS

OTHER
SMALL
BANKS

1.2
2.1
2.3
1.3
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.6
0.8
1.1
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.4
0.3
0.3

9.5
9.6
9.5
9.8
9.9
10.1
9.9
10.1
10.4
10.8
10.7
11.1

8.5
8.5
8.4
8.8
8.8
9.0
9.0
9.2
9.5
10.0
9.9
10.5

-percentage distribution1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

I
I
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I
1
I
1
1
I
1
1
1

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

13,,0
18,.0
19..0
13.,0
9.,0
5.,0
4. 9
4. 1
1. 9
1. 5
1. 5
1. 4

9,,0
11.,0
14.,0
13.,0
9. 0
7. 0
7. 5
7. 7
5. 0
5.7
5.7
5. 6

23 .0
22,.0
27,.0
31,.0
30,.0
29,,0
33, 4
32,,2
25.,5
27.,8
31. 3
36. 8

36.0
33.0
28.0
31.0
36.0
38.0
37.6
39.2
41.1
40.6
40.2
39.9

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

0
0
o
o
o
o
1
9
7
3
9
6

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

8.0
6.0
5.0
8.0
10.0
11.0
10.8
10.9
12.6
12.4
11.9
11.3

12.0
11.0
8.0
8.0
9.0
10.0
8.5
8.9
11.5
12.4
12.4
11.6

QUARTERLY
-YEAR TO DATB1993 Q4...

100.0

12.4

12.4

1,.2

1 .1

0.2

0,.4

10.8

10.0

1994 Ql...

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

3.0
6.2
9.2
11.9

3.1
6.3
9.4
12.4

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

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

0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2

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

11.0
11.0
11.1
10.7

10.1
10.1
10.1
9.9

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

3.0
5.8
8.9
11.3

3.1
6.1
9.3
11.6

0. 3
0. 6
0. 9
1. 2

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

0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2

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

11.1
11.3
11.3
11.1

10.3
10.4
10.5
10.5

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

1995 Ql...

02...

Q3...
Q4. ..

* Agricultural and other bank, are defined in the introduction to section II; small banks have less than 500 million dollars in assets.
Total primary and secondary capital (items that are available at the end of the period specified) are measured as a percentage of total assets.
Quarterly data in the lower panel are cumulative through the end of the quarter indicated and, for periods of less than a year, are not comparable to
the annual data in the upper panel.




25

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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
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

3955
3854
3723
3550
3482

0 .551
0 .555
0..582
0 .625
0 .641

71
75
67
56
60

0..642
0..643
0,.660
0..707
0,.717

133
131
130
125
135

0..609
0..607
0,.618
0..646
0..647

969
948
912
860
841

0..572
0..574
0..600
0..643
0..658

470
456
432
402
393

0..567
0..563
0..590
0..629
0..654

725
694
669
658
637

0..569
0,.579
0..615
0,.674
0..681

1135
1092
1063
1014
981

0.,522
0..533
0..566
0..618
0..634

378
384
378
366
359

0,,438
0.,422
0..442
0..474
0..499

60
61
58
53
55

0. 711
0.,708
0,,733
0. 747
0.,741

16.56
16.72
17.04
16.99
15.79

1993 04...

3723

0..582

67

0..660

130

0.,618

912

0..600

432

0.,590

669

0..615

1063

0..566

378

0..442

58

0..733

17.04

1994 Ql. . .
<22...
03...
04...

3705
3689
3640
3550

0,.586
0..621
0..643
0..625

66
64
61
56

0..670
0..704
0..701
0..707

132
138
131
125

0.,620
0.,652
0. 669
0.,646

894
886
889
860

0..606
0..634
0..658
0..643

421
431
432
402

0. 590
0.,626
0.,657
0.,629

672
668
664
658

0..622
0..677
0..702
0..674

1057
1046
1023
1014

0..570
0..601
0..618
0..618

387
379
367
366

0..453
0..476
0..503
0,.474

58
59
56
53

0..749
0,.764
0 .768
0,.747

16.88
17.42
17.55
16.99

1995 01...
02...
03...
04...

3484
3488
3617
3482

0.,634
0.,655
0..668
0..641

56
55
64
60

0..718
0..730
0..736
0..717

129
136
150
135

0. 653
0. 668
0. 680
0. 647

847
844
868
841

0..650
0..664
0..685
0..658

389
397
432
393

0.,634
0.,665
0.,692
0,,654

638
639
652
637

0..684
0..714
0.,717
0..681

993
984
1007
981

0,.622
0..637
0..647
0..634

364
361
368
359

0,.491
0..518
0..525
0..499

50
52
56
55

0,.768
0,.791
0,.763
0 .741

16.75
17.12
17.27
15.79

* The loan-deposit ratio is defined as total loans divided by total depsits. Agricultural banks are defined as banks with a farm loan ratio at least as great as
that shown in the last column, as described in the introduction to section II.







TABLE II.I

FAILURES OF AGRICULTURAL BANKS*
NUMBER OF FAILURES

1988.... . .
1989
, ,
1990
..
1991
, ,
1992.... , ,
1993,„. .. .
1994
..
1995
.,
1996
..

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

ANNUAL
TOTAL

11
5
3
2
1
1
0
0
0

6
7
5
2
1
2
0
0

12
5
6
3
1
2
0
0

7
5
3
1
4
0
0
0

36
22
17
8
7
5
0
0

*

*

*

*

* 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.

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 rates
Trends in real 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.
Beginning in 1994, the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank revised its survey considerably. Many questions were
changed and it was not always possible to match the data to the categories that we have shown in previous
editions of the Databook. Whenever possible, we have tried to fit the data from the revised survey into the
older format. Series that were discontinued show no data for the first quarter, while those that were added
suddenly appear. When a significant break in the data occurred, we included the new data and added a footnote
to highlight the changes.
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; roughly 300 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. As outlined above, the Minneapolis survey was changed considerably beginning in the first quarter of
1994. In recent surveys, about 130 banks responded.




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 about 200 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 indicated that the demand for farm loans remained fairly steady in the
fourth quarter of 1995. The availability of funds. which may have tightened a bit early in 1995. appears to
have been adequate at the end of the year. The rate of loan repayment relative to one year earlier was lower
in all the districts that report except the Chicago district. Similarly, bankers in most districts reported
somewhat higher renewals and extensions. These indicators may be showing some early hints of debt repayment
problems.
Consistent with the data from the Call reports shown in the previous section, the ratio of loans to deposits
was well above year-earlier levels at banks in all the districts that report. However. bankers in most
districts reported the loan-deposit ratio as "higher than desired".
Rates of interest on farm loans edged down, on balance, in all districts in the fourth quarter of 1995,
consistent with the widespread declines that were reported in section I.
The timing of these surveys varies
across districts, and the average speed at which banks pass along changes in costs of funds may vary across
districts as well.
Relative to one year earlier, prices for agricultural land seem to be up about 5 percent in the Chicago,
Kansas City, and Minneapolis districts. In contrast, prices for farmland in the Richmond district were 9
percent greater than one year earlier, while in the Dallas district, prices for cropland edged down as prices
for ranchland soared.




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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OP 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
Ill •A1

SAME

FUND AVAILABILITY

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

LOAN REPAYMENT RATE
LOWER

HIGHER

SAME

HIGHER

1

15

44

40

1

6

62

32

1

29

46

25

1994 01. ..
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

12
10
13
21

41
41
42
46

47
49
45
33

1
f
I
1

9
13
22
18

61
67
60
63

30
20
18
19

1
1
1
1

28
20
20
18

50
69
66
53

1995 01. . .
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

15
13
13
20

49
50
52
48

37
37
36
32

1
1
1
1

20
14
16
6

64
67
65
65

16
18
19
29

1
1
1
1

19
16
13
15

64
76
76
53

SAME

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME: HIGHER

21

49

30

1

1

87

12

22
11
14
29

18
10
13
24

50
65
68
60

32
25
19
17

1
1
1
1

0
o
1
1

86
89
88
90

14
11
11
9

17
9
11
32

17
13
13
29

63
71
72
57

20
16
16
14

1
I
1
1

1
0
1
1

87
89
90
90

12
10
9
9

1

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

1993 04...

1

14

56

30

1

12

68

20

1

20

71

10

1994 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

9
10
10
9

59
53
49
56

32
37
41
35

1
1
I
1

10
19
28
26

72
67
62
65

18
13
9
9

1
1
1
1

16
16
18
25

76
78
74
65

1995 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

10
11
16
16

51
58
53
56

39
32
32
28

1
1
I
1

21
18
20
14

69
69
67
66

10
14
14
20

1
1
1
1

28
32
32
43

III, A3

LOWER

COLLATERAL REQUIRED

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

1993 04...

III .A2

RENEWALS OR EXTENSIONS

10

74

16

1

1

91

9

8
6
8
10

7
5
8
10

78
84
77
69

15
12
15
21

1
I
I
1

1
0
0
o

89
92
90
89

10
8
9
11

67
67
63
53

5
1
5
4

6
2
5
5

69
70
67
55

25
27
28
41

1
1
1
1

0
0
o
1

87
88
86
84

13
12
13
15

24

63

14

1

o

86

14

1

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

1993 04...

1

8

62

30

1

3

70

27

1

12

70

18

1994 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

11
22
16
13

62
56
49
54

26
21
35
33

I
1
1
1

3
3
10
7

78
79
72
71

19
18
18
22

1
1
1
1

9
14
13
16

78
75
76
72

13
11
12
12

17
12
10
13

76
77
75
68

7 '
11
16
20

I
I
1
1

1
1
2
o

86
91
88
88

13
8
10
11

1995 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

13
12
17
20

53
50
50
46

34
38
33
34

1
1
1
1

8
8
10
9

78
79
76
77

14
14
14
14

1
1
1
1

20
21
28
40

72
74
63
53

7
5
9
7

11
9
12
7

67
70
64
54

22
21
24
39

I
1
1
I

1
0
2
1

83
81
78
74

16
19
20
25




1

•

•

e

e

#

• ^

•

#

•

•

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.A (CONTINUED)
FARM NONRBAL ESTATE LENDING EXPERIENCE COMPARED WITH NORMAL CONDITIONS
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS REPORTING)
DEMAND FOR LOANS
LOWER
III.A4
1993 Q4 • • •

1

1994 Ql. . .
Q2.. .
03...
04...

SAME

1995 Ql.. .
02...
03...
04...

3

79

LOWER

SAME

www

www

18

1

***

***

WW*

***

www
www

1
1
1
1

11
16
29
17

61
64
54
66

1

21
20
21
11

66
62
60
62

***

|

***

www

I

***

***
***

III.A5

HIGHER

LOAN REPAYMENT RATE

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

RENEWALS OR EXTENSIONS
LOWER

SAME

COLLATERAL REQUIRED

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

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

***

1

FUND AVAILABILITY

www
www
www

1
1
1

WWW

|

49

45

6

8

52

40

1

***

28
19
17
17

|
|
|
|

30
25
28
36

59
71
62
47

10
5
9
17

7
10
10
11

63
71
74
64

30
20
16
25

1
1
1
1

13
18
20
27

|
|
|
|

43
45
35
36

51
53
59
49

6
2
6
15

10
7
9
4

55
63
66
60

35
30
25
26

www

www

1
1
0
0

83
86
93
86

16
13
7
14

1
1
1
1

0
1
1
0

81
74
84
84

19
25
15
16

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

1993 04...

1

30

57

13

1

o

74

26

|

30

65

4

5

64

32

1

0

70

30

1994 Ql. . .
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

4
5
13
19

72
76
79
71

24
19
8
10

1
1
1
1

4
0
0
0

64
67
75
76

32
33
25
24

|
|
|
|

20
10
4
10

64
90
88
81

4
0
8
10

0
0
17
14

76
86
79
76

24
14
4
10

1
1
1
1

0
0
0
0

88
80
83
76

13
20
17
24

1995 Ql. . .
02...
03...
04...

1
1
I
1

20
20
32
24

68
76
64
62

12
4
5
14

1
1
1
1

16
12
9
0

72
72
64
76

12
16
27
24

|
|
|
|

12
12
9
29

84
88
82
67

4
0
9
5

12
4
14
5

84
88
68
67

4
8
18
29

1
I
1
1

4
4
0
0

80
84
91
90

16
12
9
10




31

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)
TOTAL
LOWER SAME
III.B1

FEEDER CATTLE
HIGHER

LOWER SAME

DAIRY

HIGHER

LOWER SAME

CROP STORAGE
HIGHER

LOWER SAME

OPERATING

HIGHER

LOWER SAME

09

FARM MACHINERY

HIGHER

LOWER SAME

HIGHER

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

1993 04...

1

10

43

47

I

19

72

8

1

16

75

8

I

28

59

13

1

7

36

57

1

21

43

36

1994 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

11
13
23
18

42
55
48
52

48
32
29
30

|
|
|
|

22
48
44
31

72
50
50
62

6
2
5
7

|
I
|
I

16
24
20
21

74
70
74
74

10
6
6
5

I
1
1
1

28
19
12
19

64
67
45
58

8
14
43
23

1
1
1
1

7
8
21
12

38
50
49
46

55
42
29
42

1
1
1
1

15
25
17
16

48
54
50
54

36
21
34
30

1995 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

14
14
15
17

53
60
59
50

33
26
26
32

|
|
|
|

32
38
40
47

62
58
54
48

6
3
6
5

|
|
|
|

19
21
21
21

71
74
75
71

10
5
5
8

1
I
I
1

19
26
23
37

68
65
58
52

13
9
19
11

1
1
1
1

13
11
13
13

42
53
60
46

46
36
27
41

1
1
1
1

15
22
16
8

53
61
55
46

33
17
29
45

III.B2

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

1993 04...

1

7

62

31

1994 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

7
18
10
6

75
67
62
63

1995 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

15
16
15
14

65
54
59
59

III.B3

11

69

19

1

12

79

9

I

9

81

10

1

7

61

31

1

10

62

28

18
15
28
31

14
38
28
18

74
51
55
68

12
10
17
13

|
|
|
|

13
16
9
13

77
80
88
81

9
4
3
6

I
I
|
|

17
15
8
11

79
72
74
84

5
13
17
6

1
1
1
1

7
5
10
5

65
63
63
60

28
32
28
36

1
1
1
1

8
15
15
12

74
69
66
69

18
16
19
19

21
30
25
27

22
33
31
42

63
55
50
50

15
12
20
7

|
|
|
I

13
20
25
19

83
78
71
79

3
3
4
2

|
|
I
I

12
11
16
19

86
79
75
68

3
10
9
12

1
1
1
1

12
8
13
15

55
58
54
50

34
33
33
35

1
1
1
1

12
15
23
27

67
69
64
55

21
16
14
19

1

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

1993 04...

|

11

74

16

1

11

78

11

1

18

82

0

1

30

70

0

1

4

70

26

1

18

64

18

1994 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
|
|
|

14
5
18
11

59
65
68
72

27
30
14
17

f
1
1
1

5
16
15
13

90
74
70
81

5
11
15
6

1
1
1
I

11
18
11
7

89
82
84
87

0
0
5
7

1
1
1
1

14
10
9
5

82
86
77
95

5
5
14
0

1
1
1
I

13
10
17
5

57
62
71
71

'. 30
29
13
24

1
1
1
I

23
10
13
0

59
67
67
81

18
24
21
19

1995 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
|
|
|

17
8
16
20

67
79
74
65

17
13
11
15

1
1
1
1

25
20
18
35

70
80
82
65

5
0
0
0

1
1
1
1

14
21
27
25

76
79
73
75

10
0
0
0

1
1
1
1

14
14
25
20

77
86
60
65

9
0
15
15

1
1
1
1

12
4
15
19

72
88
80
62

16
8
5
19

1
1
1
1

8
4
19
19

71
84
67
67

21
12
14
14




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OP 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

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

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

1990 04...

1

8

69

23

1

9

81

10

1991 01. ..
02...
Q3 . ..«
04...

1
1
1
1

5
4
3
8

72
75
78
75

23
21
18
18

1
1
1
1

12
14
12
11

82
84
81
82

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

1
1
1
1

2
8
10
5

86
78
80
86

11
14
10
9

1
1
1
1

3
11
13
14

1993 01. ..
02...
Q3. ..
Q4. . .

I
1
1
1

5
3
7
3

84
81
62
69

11
16
32
28

1
1
1
1

8
13
15
7

FEEDER LIVESTOCK
LOWER SAME

11

68

20

I

6
2
7
7

6
5
5
4

83
78
66
69

12
16
29
27

|
|
|
|

90
86
82
80

7
3
5
6

2
2
8
7

79
86
78
68

18
11
14
25

|
|
|
|

85
82
71
75

7
6
14
18

3
6
6
6

84
78
55
56

13
17
39
38

|
|
|
|

OTHER INTERMEDIATE

HIGHER

LOWER SAME

1

FARM REAL ESTATE

HIGHER

LOWER SAME

OTHER OPERATING

HIGHER

LOWER SAME

FARM MACHINERY

HIGHER

LOWER SAME

HIGHER

1994 04...

|

31

61

7

1

13

77

10

1

33

55

12

1

3

66

31

1

24

61

15

1995 Ql...
Q2...
03...
Q4...

1
|
|
|

28
47
43
53

68
49
50
36

4
4
7
11

|
I
I
1

15
27
25
26

75
58
64
59

10
16
11
15

1
1
1
1

30
44
38
31

60
48
52
53

10
8
10
16

1
|
I
1

5
5
16
9

58
59
64
62

37
36
20
29

|
|
|
|

29
45
36
32

58
49
55
55

13
7
9
12

1996 Ql...

***

52

44

4

***

24

62

14

***

31

50

19

***

5

64

31

***

30

54

15




33

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

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

1994 02...
03...
04...

I
1
1

62
65
64

1
1
I

55
50
50

33
30
32

12
20
18

|
|
|

1995 oi...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

65
66
67
65

1
1
1
1

49
48
51
53

34
35
32
36

17
17
17
11

|
|
|
|

III.C2

NUMBER OF FARM LOAN REFERRALS TO

ACTIVELY
SEEKING
NEW
FARM
LOAN
ACCOUNTS

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

**•

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***
***

***

***

***

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

1994 Q2...
03...
04...

|
I
I

59
61
60

I
1
1

69
59
61

8
10
7

23
26
30

|
|
|

1
3
4

76
70
72

1
1
1

77
74
75

11
11
12

82
81
81

7
9
7

1
1
1

68
70
67

10
11
9

78
77
77

12
12
14

1995 Ql...
02...
03...
04...

|
|
I
I

61
62
63
61

1
1
1
1

61
61
59
60

7
7
8
7

29
26
25
25

|
|
|
|

5
5
4
3

70
66
65
67

1
1
1
1

76
78
80
78

9
11
11
8

85
84
83
86

6
5
6
6

1
1
1
1

68
70
74
68

8
9
11
9

79
81
78
77

13
10
11
14

I
1

***
***

13
12
13

84
82
80

3
6
7

1
1
1

***
***
***

10
10
13

86
83
84

4
7
4

I
I
I
I

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

9
14
9
9

85
80
83
83

5
6
8
9

1

***

1
1

***
***

11
18
10
7

84
76
84
81

5
6
6
12

III.C3

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

1994 Q2...
03...
04...

|
|
|

44
47
44

|
|
|

***
***
***

***
***
***

* *
***
***

|
|
|

o
1
l

1995 01...
02...
03...
04...

I
I
|
I

45
47
51
49

|
|
|
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l
l
0




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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.C (CONTINUED)
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.C4

LOWER
AT
THAN
DESIRED
DESIRED LEVEL

HIGHER
THAN
DESIRED

NUMBER OF FARM LOAN REFERRALS TO

ACTIVELY
SEEKING
NEW
FARM
LOAN
ACCOUNTS

CORRESPONDENT BANKS

NONBANK AGENCIES

COMPARED WITH
NORMAL NUMBER
LOWER SAME HIGHER

NONE

NONE

COMPARED WITH
NORMAL NUMBER
HIGHER
LOWER SAME

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

1994 Q2...
03...
04...

|
1
|

65
68
66

|
|
1

***
***
***

1995 Ql...
02...
03...
04...

|
|
I
|

66
69
68
71

1
|
j
1

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

III.C5

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

LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO IS

***
***
***

**•
***

|
|

***

|

5
11
7
10
9
7
4

***
***

|
|

***

|

***
***

•
|

49+
42
36

44
50
57

7
8
7

I
|
I

48
41
34

45
51
56

7
8
10

36
36
44
43

58
55
53
57

6
9
3
0

I
|
|
|

31
32
42
39

57
57
50
58

12
11
8
3

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

1994 Q2...
03...
04...

|
|
|

68
71
70

1
1
1

45
38
37

50
52
58

5
10
5

|
|
|

5
0
0

76
78
90

1
1
I

90
85
88

0
0
0

10
15
13

0
0
0

1
1
1

74
74
71

5
0
0

21
26
24

0
0
6

1995 Ql...
02...
03...
04...

|
|
|
|

75
76
75
71

1
1
1
1

42
36
45
52

46
41
50
43

13
23
5
5

|
|
|
|

0
0
0
0

76
83
68
86

I
1
1
1

83
86
81
95

4
0
0
0

13
14
19
5

0
0
0
0

1
1
I
I

70
77
89
90

9
0
0
0

22
23
11
10

0
0
0
0

••Beginning in 1994, Minneapolis omitted the response "none" for the number of referrals to either correspondent banks or nonbank
agencies. The column that has been added combines responses that formerly would have been reported as either "none" or "low".




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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OP AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.D
INTEREST RATES ON FARM LOANS
MOST COMMON INTEREST RATE ON FARM LOANS
(AVERAGE, PERCENT)

FEEDER
CATTLE
LOANS
III.D1

OTHER
OPERATING
LOANS

INTERMEDIATE
NONREAL
ESTATE

AVERAGE INTEREST RATE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT QUARTER
COMPARED WITH AVERAGE RATES IN THE CURRENT QUARTER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS REPORTING)

LONG-TERM
REAL
ESTATE
LOANS

SHORT-TERM
NONREAL ESTATE LOANS

INTERMEDIATE-TERM
NONREAL ESTATE LOANS

LOWER

LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

1
1
1

9.0
9.3
9.9

9.0
9.4
10.0

1995 01. . .
02...
03...
04...

I
I
1
1

10.3
10.2
10.1
9.9

10.3
10.2
10.2
9.9

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***

8,,5
8,.9
9,,5

HIGHER

***
***
***

***
***
***

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

|
|
|

***
***
***

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

***
***

|
|

***
***

***
***

***
***

|
|

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

***

LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

***

***
***
***

***
***
***

***
***
***

***
***
***

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

***
***

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

1994 02...
03...
04...

9.1
9.4
10.0

9.2
9.6
10.1

9 .2
9 .6
10 .1

6 »8
9 .2
9,.7

***
***

***
***

***

***

1995 01. ..
02...
03...
04...

10.4
10.3
10.2
10.1

10.5
10.5
10.4
10.2

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

10,,1
9 .9
9,,8
9,,6

***




SAME

LONG-TERM
REAL ESTATE LOANS

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

1994 02...
03...
04...

III.D2

SHORTTERM
NONREAL
ESTATE

36

.

|1
|1

***
***

|

***

***
***

|1
|1

***

1
|1

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

***

***

***
***
***

***

***
***
• **

***

***

***

***

***
***

***
***

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

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.D (CONTINUED)
INTEREST RATES ON FARM LOANS
MOST COMMON INTEREST RATE ON FARM LOANS
(AVERAGE, PERCENT)

FEEDER
CATTLE
LOANS
III.D3
1994 02...
Q3 .. .
04...
1995 01...
02...
03...
04...

SHORTTERM
NONRBAL
ESTATE

INTERMEDIATE
NONRBAL
ESTATE

LONG-TERM
REAL
ESTATE
LOANS

SHORT-TERM
NONRBAL ESTATE LOANS
LOWER

SAME

INTERMEDIATE-TERM
NONRBAL ESTATE LOANS

HIGHER

LOWER

SAME

***
***
***

***
***
***

***
***

***
***

***
**•
***
***

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

HIGHER

LONG-TERM
REAL ESTATE LOANS
LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

***
***
***

***
***
* A*

***
***
***

***
***
***

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

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

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

|
|

***
***

|
|

***
***

III.D4

OTHER
OPERATING
LOANS

AVERAGE INTEREST RATE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT QUARTER
COMPARED WITH AVERAGE RATES IN THE CURRENT QUARTER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS REPORTING)

9.1
9.5
10.3

9.2
9.8
10.4

8.4
8.7
9.7

|
1
i
|
|
1

***
***
***

10.6
10.8
10.3
10.0

10.6
10.8
10.3
10.4

10.1
10.2
9.9
9.7

|1
|1
|I
I1

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

***
***
***

***
***

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

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

1994 02...
03...
04...

1
1
1

9.6
10.1
10.5

9.8
10.1
10.5

9.7
10.1
10.6

9.7
10.1
10.6

***

1995 01...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

11.0
11.0
10.8
10.6

11.1
11.0
10.9
10.8

11.2
11.1
10.7
10.7

11.0
10.7
10.5
10.4

***

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***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

III.D5

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

1994 02...
03...
04...

9.8
9.6
10.0

9.7
9.5
10.2

1995 01...
02...
03...
04...

10.7
10.4
10.4
10.1

10.5
10.4
10.2
10.1




***

***
***

***
***

9.9
9.7
10.2

10.0
9.4
9.8

***
***
***

***
***
***

***
***
***

|
|
I
1
1

10.5
10.4
10.2
10.1

10.2
10.0
10.0
9.5

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

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

***
***

|
I
I
1
|
1

***

|

***

***
**
***
***

***
***

***
***

***
***
***

#«*

***
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***
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37

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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

38

MARKET VALUE OF GOOD FARMLAND
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
DURING QUARTER
ALL
III.El

IRRIGATED

TREND EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT QUARTER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM
A YEAR EARLIER

RANCHLAND

ALL

DRYLAND

IRRIGATED

RANCHLAND

DOWN

STABLE

UP

LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

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

1994 Q2...
Q3. . .
04...

1
1
1

1
1
1

1995 Ql...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

1
0
1
2

III.82

DRYLAND

EXPECTED TREND IN FARM
REAL ESTATE LOAN VOLUME
DURING THE NEXT QUARTER,
COMPARED TO YEAR EARLIER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS)

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

***
***
***

***
***
***

|
|
|

6
7
7

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

***

|

5
5
4
5

***
***
***

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

***
***
***

***
**•

|
|
|

2
4
3

70
59
65

28
37
32

1
1
1

16
17
19

66
64
63

18
19
18

|
|

2
3
3
1

67
73
65
41

31
23
31
58

1
I
1
1

18
18
16
11

60
69
63
60

22
13
21
29

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

1994 Q2...
03...
04...

1
1
1

-8
4
-5

***
***
***

1
1
1

-3
4
-1

***
***
***

|
|
|

0
4
5

100
92
95

0
4
0

1
1
1

10
17
15

80
74
80

10
9
5

1995 Ql...
02...
03...
04...

1
1
1
1

18
-6
-8
8

** *
***
***

1
1
1
1

8
9
-3
9

***
***
***

|
|
|

4
0
5
0

96
96
91
100

0
4
5
0

I
1
1
1

17
26
16
26

83
74
74
68

0
0
11
5

1
1
1

17
14
11

73
72
79

10
14
10

1
1
I
1

10
17
14
21

78
73
73
68

12
10
13
11

III.E3
1994 02...
03...
04...

|
|
|

1995 01...
02...
Q3...
04...

1
I
|
|




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

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***
***

1
0
1

3
-2
3

1
5
9

|
|
|

-1
1
-2
0

1
4
-3
-2

1
9
3
8

|
I
|
|

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

5
4
4

3
5
5

2
-0
3

I
|
|

***

***

***

***

***

***

1
1
-1
-2

4
5
4
-0

6
14
24
23

|
|
|
|

***

***

***

***

***

***
***

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CONDITIONS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
TABLE III.E (CONTINUED)
TRENDS IN FARM REAL ESTATE VALUES AND LOAN VOLUME
MARKET VALUE OF GOOD FARMLAND
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
DURING QUARTER
ALL
III.E4

ALL

DRYLAND

IRRIGATED

RANCHLAND

DOWN

***

1
2
-0

1
1
1

|
|
|

***
***
***

3
6
6

4
6
5

7
7
7

I
I
I

***
***
***

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

2
1
1
1

2
1
0
1

3
-0
2
1

|
|
I
I

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

7
7
6
5

4
4
3
4

6
5
5
5

|
|
|
|

***
***

***

1

1995 01. ..
02...
03...
04...

|
1
1
1

STABLE

UP

LOWER

SAME

HIGHER

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

|
|
|

***
***
***

***
***
***

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

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

|
•

***
***

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

***
***
***

i
|
|

***
***
***

***

***

***

|
|
|
|

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

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

***
***

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

1994 02...
03...
04...




RANCHLAND

0
2
2

1
|

1995 01. . .
02...
03...
04...

IRRIGATED

TREND EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT QUARTER
(PERCENTAGE OF BANKS)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM
A YEAR EARLIER

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

1994 Q2. . .
03...
Q4. . .

III.B5

DRYLAND

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

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

***
***
***

7
6
4

4
4
4

6
4
5

|
I
I

4
3
3
4

4
3
4
6

3
2
3
2

|
I
|
|

***
***
***

***
***

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