A.13. Characteristics of Bank Loans to Farmers -- Small and Mid-sized Farm Lenders, by Risk Rating, November 3-7, 2003 Percent except as noted ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Loan characteristic All Minimal Low Moderate Acceptable Special Not rated Not reported ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume of loans (thousands of dollars) 369,523 43,397 99,064 92,338 5,749 3,549 10,340 115,086 Number of loans 15,699 2,480 3,653 4,341 761 187 932 3,345 Weighted average maturity (months) 1 29.95 14.37 38.03 47.79 3.93 6.62 10.61 17.97 Weighted average repricing interval (months) 2 8.83 9.61 4.30 13.52 2.88 .87 3.20 9.72 Weighted average risk rating 3 2.29 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 n.a. n.a. Weighted average interest rate 4 6.21 6.63 6.31 6.58 7.89 5.98 6.72 5.55 Standard error 5 .19 .34 .11 .13 .31 .88 .27 .29 Interquartile range 6 75th percentile 7.00 7.23 6.62 7.25 9.38 6.68 7.18 6.61 25th percentile 5.51 6.00 6.08 6.00 6.94 5.50 6.37 4.04 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 6.29 6.79 6.28 6.37 n.a. n.a. 6.27 5.94 Other livestock 6.95 6.81 n.a. 7.33 9.22 5.57 6.11 7.53 Other current operating expenses 7 5.88 6.44 6.38 6.48 7.81 6.03 6.69 4.69 Farm machinery and equipment 7.03 7.21 6.67 6.86 7.62 n.a. 7.04 7.55 Farm real estate 6.11 6.16 6.11 6.02 6.45 n.a. 7.36 6.00 Other 8 5.63 5.11 6.35 7.23 7.75 n.a. 7.39 5.07 Share of total loan volume Features of loan Floating rates 42.63 28.68 59.49 60.51 34.74 85.90 46.61 17.72 Under commitment 44.64 43.29 66.22 42.18 54.18 70.38 41.75 27.54 Callable 27.66 9.72 12.56 13.67 6.47 44.82 22.36 59.65 Subject to prepayment penalty 4.09 n.a. 14.42 .50 n.a. n.a. .98 .22 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 17.54 32.45 25.45 4.07 n.a. n.a. 11.13 17.90 Other livestock 14.30 7.34 18.81 13.33 8.62 11.75 10.31 14.55 Other current operating expenses 7 47.51 38.41 29.25 61.42 80.21 88.25 52.74 52.15 Farm machinery and equipment 7.94 11.31 8.77 8.18 6.82 n.a. 12.99 5.61 Farm real estate 9.23 10.20 16.05 11.44 1.86 n.a. 6.31 2.14 Other 8 3.48 .29 1.68 1.57 2.49 n.a. 6.53 7.65 Type of collateral Farm real estate 14.57 10.44 19.96 17.08 5.34 45.77 n.a. 10.28 Other 80.34 85.82 79.34 70.76 75.52 34.97 82.64 88.26 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Note. Most small and mid-sized farm lenders that reported loans to farmers had less than $25 million in farm loans. For explanation of footnotes, see table A.8. n.a. Not available. 18