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Farmer Mac is America's secondary market for first mortgage agricultural real estate loans. Farmer Mac was created by Congress to improve the ability of agricultural lenders to provide credit to America's farmers, ranchers and rural homeowners, businesses and communities. We do this primarily by purchasing qualified loans from lenders, thereby replenishing their source of funds to make new loans. Farmer Mac funds its loan purchases by issuing debt or securities backed by pools of loans and selling them into the capital markets. In so doing, Farmer Mac facilitates the flow of lendable money from Wall Street to rural America, thus providing a stable supply of mortgage credit to lenders and borrowers.

In the Farmer Mac I Program , Farmer Mac purchases qualified loans from lenders who are approved sellers, thereby replenishing their source of funds to make new loans. Farmer Mac meets lenders unique needs through structures that shift the credit risk to Farmer Mac while leaving the loans with the originating institution.

In the Farmer Mac II Program, Farmer Mac provides secondary market funding to support USDA guaranteed loans. Through Farmer Mac II, lenders sell the guaranteed portions of USDA loans directly to Farmer Mac. Farmer Mac buys the guaranteed portions at attractive rates, which allows agricultural lenders to increase profits and to provide better services to their borrowers and communities.

The Farmer Mac III Program option combines both Farmer Mac I and II by purchasing first-lien mortgage loans that are senior to loans guaranteed via state or federal programs.

Benefits of being a Farmer Mac I Seller
  • Strengthened customer relationships through new, competitive loan products
  • Enhanced return on equity through fee income
  • Reduced or eliminated credit risk and interest rate risk from lending activity
  • Renewed liquidity for additional lending
  • Increased capital leverage
AgPower is Farmer Mac’s commitment to superior and specialized customer service. It includes an array of helpful tools designed specifically for agricultural lenders to increase their lending power, allowing lenders to work smarter (instead of harder). The AgPower® Loan Origination System (LOS) is Farmer Mac’s newest addition to the AgPower umbrella, having been rolled out in the fall of 2009. AgPower® LOS is web-based and reflects Farmer Mac’s commitment to ensure:
  • Efficient loan submission, underwriting and approval turnaround time;
  • Data integrity and security;
  • Enhanced communication between Sellers and Farmer Mac;
  • Seller access to loan files from remote locations within its geographic footprint;
  • Long-term access to historical loan files for efficient processing of new loans.
AgPower® LOS gives lenders the ability to prevail in a highly competitive market with less effort than ever before. This creative lending tool is a necessity within the secondary market for farm real estate loans.

Farmer Mac I Farm Loan Processing Assistance:
Farmer Mac will assist you to process the loan as part of its AgPower services. Click here to receive a list of the requirements for various loan submissions if you would like Farmer Mac to assist you to process the loan.