FRB: E.15 Release--A.2. Size of Non-real-estate Bank Loans to Farmers--Sept. 30, 2004

A.2. Average Size of Non-real-estate Bank Loans Made to Farmers
Thousands of dollars

Period	All loans	Purpose of loan					Size of loan (thousands of dollars)				Size of bank?s farm loan portfolio
Period	All loans	Feeder livestock	Other livestock	Other current operating expenses¹	Farm machinery and equipment	Other²	1 to 9	10 to 24	25 to 99	100 and over	Small or mid-size³	Large⁴
1992	31.18	68.23	26.89	14.73	15.94	108.68	3.70	14.82	45.85	468.20	15.77	97.03
1993	34.28	79.68	23.07	15.25	13.91	111.99	3.71	14.94	46.12	490.33	15.76	105.99
1994	33.91	60.27	27.58	16.29	17.54	123.60	3.72	14.57	46.98	480.70	15.44	101.26
1995	33.77	49.68	26.74	18.46	15.59	93.60	3.73	14.72	44.94	451.25	15.73	84.02
1996	39.25	59.00	24.23	26.00	17.23	95.19	3.73	14.95	45.22	545.93	15.44	115.02
1997	31.40	42.33	25.99	16.82	17.79	97.18	3.76	14.86	45.78	385.35	16.25	91.98
1998	32.36	41.46	24.32	18.16	28.10	127.91	3.73	14.78	45.40	357.03	18.13	95.04
1999	30.92	35.63	26.42	21.43	31.82	101.12	3.82	14.83	46.80	322.06	19.27	76.23
2000	26.30	43.25	25.96	21.27	29.27	48.49	3.85	14.94	45.33	258.41	18.72	44.09
2001	29.40	39.71	29.75	20.03	31.76	62.16	3.87	14.76	45.45	269.62	18.75	49.19
2002	28.77	47.63	33.26	21.43	24.44	62.04	3.72	15.02	45.83	269.92	19.03	47.85
2003	30.74	67.77	36.98	21.44	33.40	64.60	3.75	14.81	47.26	276.39	22.30	48.88

2001: Q1	33.29	30.14	25.26	24.29	34.58	78.43	3.91	15.23	46.59	274.01	23.18	55.16
Q2	26.91	31.36	29.51	19.30	41.18	47.15	3.89	14.50	44.07	263.70	17.28	43.58
Q3	23.23	43.62	27.17	16.20	23.42	46.14	3.70	14.68	43.97	255.59	14.39	39.36
Q4	35.30	51.03	37.52	21.12	22.89	83.12	4.01	14.69	47.12	280.16	20.51	61.87
2002: Q1	33.13	48.19	33.07	25.93	26.71	60.82	3.65	15.01	47.55	237.43	24.57	54.26
Q2	23.72	41.55	32.41	18.55	19.26	48.30	3.69	15.06	45.28	216.61	16.96	35.08
Q3	28.88	48.00	28.87	21.00	30.85	75.68	3.69	14.83	44.27	329.62	15.41	55.81
Q4	31.46	52.06	38.39	22.16	17.78	67.64	3.85	15.19	46.02	333.67	19.87	53.46
2003: Q1	35.98	68.86	32.35	27.73	38.74	62.19	3.72	14.88	46.71	249.54	29.08	51.74
Q2	24.61	43.91	32.67	18.01	28.73	55.73	3.72	14.67	48.45	241.93	19.21	41.06
Q3	27.75	78.05	40.90	17.84	37.37	65.70	3.53	14.83	46.45	319.67	17.55	46.78
Q4	35.13	79.92	42.70	23.13	28.16	75.70	4.11	14.85	47.42	313.07	23.44	54.21
2004: Q1	45.07	60.59	43.04	35.57	56.02	98.51	3.86	15.02	47.24	341.06	32.69	76.21
Q2	32.01	47.74	36.25	21.95	26.77	116.76	3.73	15.17	45.83	358.08	18.99	63.07
Q3	33.42	32.56	62.64	18.04	42.06	143.63	3.76	14.56	44.91	359.39	19.83	75.73

   Note. Data are estimates from the Federal Reserve System?s Survey of the Terms of Bank Lending to
Farmers. Quarterly estimates are expressed as an annual rate  and are based on loans made during the
first full week of the second month of the quarter.
   1. Loans used primarily to finance such items as current crop production expenses and the care and
feeding of livestock (including poultry). Return to table
   2. Typically loans for which the lender does not know the purpose. Return to table
   3. Portfolios with $25 million or less in farm loans. Return to table
   4. Portfolios with more than $25 million in farm loans. Return to table