A.12. Characteristics of Bank Loans to Farmers -- Large Farm Lenders, by Risk Rating, August 7-11, 2006 Percent except as noted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Loan characteristic All Minimal Low Moderate Acceptable Special Not rated Not reported ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume of loans (thousands of dollars) 1,028,600 32,888 105,447 382,562 315,408 27,745 54,409 110,140 Number of loans 16,683 688 1,887 8,547 3,636 554 438 933 Weighted average maturity (months) 1 20.70 18.00 9.21 21.00 16.01 22.66 14.06 50.23 Weighted average repricing interval (months) 2 5.24 9.40 3.36 3.96 2.07 3.26 .41 23.01 Weighted average risk rating 3 3.23 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 n.a. n.a. Weighted average interest rate 4 8.44 8.81 8.61 8.46 8.65 8.94 8.20 7.49 Standard error 5 .17 .49 .13 .07 .13 .42 .55 .31 Interquartile range 6 75th percentile 9.26 9.92 9.14 9.38 9.65 9.77 8.24 7.66 25th percentile 7.60 7.92 8.06 7.50 8.03 8.03 7.90 7.19 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 8.42 9.11 8.70 8.00 7.61 8.15 13.24 5.37 Other livestock 8.10 8.69 8.94 7.96 8.13 7.85 n.a. 8.15 Other current operating expenses 7 8.70 7.63 8.55 8.76 8.64 9.29 9.23 8.29 Farm machinery and equipment 9.06 9.88 8.81 9.39 8.67 9.11 9.78 8.64 Farm real estate 7.81 7.55 8.73 7.79 8.01 11.85 8.42 7.35 Other 8 8.24 9.32 7.86 8.01 8.95 8.32 8.18 7.41 Share of total loan volume Features of loan Floating rates 84.16 16.32 57.90 86.21 96.61 96.72 98.59 76.47 Under commitment 82.17 98.65 92.82 83.10 77.15 91.76 98.16 67.85 Callable 25.23 38.13 46.29 20.99 28.80 16.99 9.99 15.27 Subject to prepayment penalty 2.70 n.a. n.a. 6.33 .35 2.22 n.a. 1.62 Purpose of loan Feeder livestock 10.30 69.46 38.21 5.59 6.40 1.25 .20 .72 Other livestock 7.65 3.16 5.95 11.00 8.27 11.15 n.a. .06 Other current operating expenses 7 32.72 14.53 45.68 43.09 27.77 68.53 .78 10.67 Farm machinery and equipment 7.78 4.62 2.67 10.36 11.03 .32 .37 .89 Farm real estate 4.18 7.12 3.24 4.30 3.12 .20 .83 9.54 Other 8 37.37 1.11 4.26 25.67 43.40 18.56 97.82 78.12 Type of collateral Farm real estate 9.16 4.17 17.11 7.65 6.20 4.92 5.56 19.59 Other 80.40 95.83 79.21 84.60 72.00 93.86 93.24 76.71 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Note. Most large farm lenders that reported loans to farmers had more than $25 million in farm loans. For explanation of footnotes, see table A.8. n.a. Not available. 17