Skip to main content

FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 21, 2025.

View on SEC.gov

About this filing

A company's yearly report to the SEC, with audited financial statements. It is the fullest account a company gives of its business, its finances and the risks it sees.

FY2024 · Filed Feb 21, 2025

AGM$180.20-9.0%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026
See the whole filing, with its images and exhibits
Contents

Cover page

Show cover page

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2025

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024

or

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____ to _____.

Commission File Number 001-14951

FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Federally chartered instrumentalityof the United States52-1578738
(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)(I.R.S. employer identification number)
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Suite 450 N,
Washington,DC20037
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)
(202)872-7700
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading symbolExchange on which registered
Class A voting common stockAGM.ANew York Stock Exchange
Class C non-voting common stockAGMNew York Stock Exchange
5.700% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series DAGM.PRDNew York Stock Exchange
5.750% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series EAGM.PRENew York Stock Exchange
5.250% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series FAGM.PRFNew York Stock Exchange
4.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series GAGM.PRGNew York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Class B voting common stock

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yeso No x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Yeso No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes ☒ No☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer☒Accelerated filer☐
Non-accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐
Emerging growth company☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b) ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes☐ No☒

The aggregate market value of the Class A voting common stock and Class C non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $1,754,045,827 as of June 30, 2024, the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter, based upon the closing prices for the respective classes on June 30, 2024 reported by the New York Stock Exchange. For purposes of this information, the outstanding shares of Class A voting common stock and Class C non-voting common stock held by directors, executive officers, and significant stockholders of the registrant, as applicable, as of June 30, 2024 were deemed to be held by affiliates. The aggregate market value of the Class B voting common stock is not ascertainable due to the absence of publicly available quotations or prices for the Class B voting common stock as a result of the limited market for, and infrequency of trades in, Class B voting common stock and the fact that any such trades are privately negotiated transactions.

As of February 7, 2025, the registrant had outstanding 1,030,780 shares of Class A voting common stock,500,301 shares of Class B voting common stock, and 9,360,484 shares of Class C non-voting common stock.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Certain information contained in the registrant's Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is incorporated herein by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the registrant's fiscal year to which this report relates.

Auditor Firm ID: 238Auditor Name: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPAuditor Location: Washington DC, USA

Table of Contents

Forward-Looking Statements4
PART I
Item 1.Business6
General6
Farmer Mac's Lines of Business8
Competition18
Capital and Corporate Governance19
Human Capital21
Available Information24
Funding of Guarantee and LTSPC Obligations24
Financing25
Debt Issuance25
Equity Issuance25
Farmer Mac's Authority to Borrow from the U.S. Treasury29
Government Regulation of Farmer Mac30
General30
Office of Secondary Market Oversight30
Capital Standards31
Liquidity Requirements34
Item 1A.Risk Factors35
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments49
Item 1C.Cybersecurity49
Item 2.Properties51
Item 3.Legal Proceedings51
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures51
PART II52
Item 5.Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities52
Item 6.[Reserved]54
Item 7.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations55
Overview55
Critical Accounting Estimates59
Use of Non-GAAP Measures60
Results of Operations62
Outlook80
Balance Sheet Review87
Risk Management88
Liquidity and Capital Resources104
Other Matters107
Supplemental Information108
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk112
Item 8.Financial Statements113
Consolidated Balance Sheets117
Consolidated Statements of Operations118
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income119
Consolidated Statements of Equity120
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows121
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements122
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure190
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures190
Item 9B.Other Information191
Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections191
PART III192
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance192
Item 11.Executive Compensation192
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters192
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence192
Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services192
PART IV192
Item 15.Exhibits192
Signatures195
ContentsView on SEC.gov

The text of this filing, as the company filed it with the SEC, without its images or exhibits. This is not investment advice.