FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP (AGM)

Item 2.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The objective of this section of the report is to provide a discussion and analysis, from management’s perspective, of the material information necessary to assess Farmer Mac's financial condition and results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. Financial information included in this report is consolidated to include the accounts of Farmer Mac and its two subsidiaries – Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation and Farmer Mac II LLC. This discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read together with: (1) the interim unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this report; and (2) Farmer Mac's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 as filed with the SEC on February 19, 2026 (the "2025 Annual Report").

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

In this report, the words "Farmer Mac," "we," "our," and "us" refer to the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation and its subsidiaries unless otherwise stated or unless the context otherwise requires.

Some statements made in this report, such as in the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ('MD&A')" section, are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 about management's current expectations for Farmer Mac's future financial results, business prospects, and business developments. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate, or imply future results, performance, or achievements. These statements typically include terms such as "aims," "anticipates," "believes," "continues," "designed," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "likely," "intends," "often," "outlook," "plans," "potential," "project," "target," and similar terms, and future or conditional tense verbs like "could," "may," "might," "should," "will," and "would." This report includes forward-looking statements addressing our:

•prospects for earnings;

•prospects for growth in business volume;

•trends in net interest income and net effective spread;

•trends in portfolio credit quality, delinquencies, substandard assets, credit losses, charge offs, and provisions for expected credit losses;

•assessment of economic and market trends;

•trends in expenses;

•trends in investment securities;

•prospects for asset impairments and allowance for losses;

•changes in capital position;

•future dividend payments; and

•other business and financial matters.

Management's expectations for Farmer Mac's future necessarily involve assumptions, estimates, and the evaluation of risks and uncertainties. Various factors or events, both known and unknown, could cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations as expressed or implied by the forward-looking

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statements, including the factors discussed under "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of Farmer Mac's 2025 Annual Report as well as uncertainties about:

•the availability to Farmer Mac of debt and equity financing and, if available, the reasonableness of rates and terms;

•legislative, regulatory, or current or future political developments that could affect Farmer Mac, its sources of business, or agricultural or infrastructure industries;

•fluctuations in the fair value of assets held by Farmer Mac and its subsidiaries;

•the level of lender interest in Farmer Mac's products and the secondary market provided by Farmer Mac;

•the general rate of growth in agricultural mortgage and infrastructure indebtedness;

•the effect of economic conditions stemming from disruptive global events or otherwise on agricultural mortgage or infrastructure lending, borrower repayment capacity, or collateral values, including inflation, fluctuations in interest rates, changes in U.S. trade policies (including tariffs and trade restrictions), fluctuations in export demand for U.S. agricultural products and foreign currency exchange rates, supply chain disruptions, increases in input costs, labor availability, and volatility in commodity prices;

•the degree to which Farmer Mac is exposed to interest rate risk resulting from fluctuations in Farmer Mac's borrowing costs relative to market indices;

•developments in the financial markets, including possible investor, analyst, and rating agency reactions to events involving government-sponsored enterprises, including Farmer Mac;

•the effects of the Federal Reserve’s efforts to achieve monetary policy normalization to respond to inflation and employment levels; and

•other factors that could hinder agricultural mortgage lending or borrower repayment capacity, including the effects of severe weather, flooding and drought, or fluctuations in agricultural real estate values.

Considering these potential risks and uncertainties, no undue reliance should be placed on any forward-looking statements expressed in this report. We undertake no obligation to release publicly the results of revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or any future events or circumstances, except as otherwise required by applicable law. The information in this report is not necessarily indicative of future results.

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Overview

We are driven by our mission to increase the accessibility of financing to provide vital liquidity for American agriculture and rural infrastructure. Our secondary market provides liquidity to the nation's agricultural and rural infrastructure businesses, supporting a vibrant and strong rural America. We offer a wide range of solutions to help meet financial institutions’ growth, liquidity, risk management, and capital relief needs across diverse markets, including agriculture, agribusiness, broadband infrastructure, power & utilities, and renewable energy. We are uniquely positioned to facilitate competitive access to financing that fuels growth, innovation, and prosperity in America's rural and agricultural communities. We also provide investment opportunities through our debt issuances to entities, such as states, counties, municipalities, pension funds, banks, public trust funds, and credit unions, that may diversify their investment portfolios and provide possibilities to earn a competitive return on their investment dollars.

During second quarter 2026, we:

•provided $4.0 billion in liquidity and lending capacity to lenders serving rural America;

•maintained strong liquidity in our investment portfolio, averaging 282 days of liquidity during 2026, well above the regulatory requirement of a minimum of 90 days of liquidity;

•issued $100 million of 6.875% non-cumulative perpetual Series I preferred stock;

•delivered record net income, contributing to a $41.5 million increase in retained earnings and a capital position $0.7 billion above the minimum regulatory requirement; and

•maintained uninterrupted access to the debt capital markets.

The discussion below of our financial information includes "non-GAAP measures," which are measures of financial performance not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"). For more information about the non-GAAP measures we use, see MD&A—Use of Non-GAAP Measures.

Net Income and Core Earnings

The following table presents our net income attributable to common stockholders and core earnings for the periods presented. Core earnings is a non-GAAP measure that differs from net income attributable to common stockholders by excluding the effects of fair value fluctuations and specified infrequent or unusual transactions.

Table 1

Net income attributable to common stockholders and core earnings each increased $7.0 million from the prior quarter. The increase in net income attributable to common stockholders was primarily driven by a $16.7 million increase in net interest income ("NII"), while the increase in core earnings was primarily driven by a $15.4 million increase in net effective spread ("NES"). These increases were partially offset by

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a $2.8 million increase in operating expenses, a $2.7 million increase in the provision for credit losses, and a $2.6 million increase in income tax expense during the second quarter of 2026.

Net income attributable to common stockholders increased $9.7 million and core earnings increased $11.4 million year-over-year in the second quarter of 2026. The increase in net income attributable to common stockholders was primarily attributable to a $21.3 million increase in NII, while the increase in core earnings was primarily driven by a $23.5 million increase in NES. These increases were partially offset by a $6.7 million increase in operating expenses and a $4.3 million increase in income tax expense.

For more information about net income attributable to common stockholders, the composition of core earnings, and a reconciliation of net income attributable to common stockholders to core earnings, see MD&A—Results of Operations. For more information about our non-GAAP measures, see MD&A—Use of Non-GAAP Measures.

Net Interest Income and Net Effective Spread

The following table shows our NII and NES in both dollars and percentage yield or spread for the periods presented. We use NES, a non-GAAP measure, as an alternative to NII because management believes it is a useful metric that reflects the economics of the net spread between all the assets we own and all related funding, including any associated derivatives, some of which may not be included in NII.

Table 2

The sequential increase of $16.7 million and $15.4 million in NII and NES, respectively, for the second quarter 2026 was primarily attributable to the effects of net volume growth, led by the Farm & Ranch and Renewable Energy portfolios, and collection of $7.4 million of previously unrecognized interest through resolution of a defaulted asset within our Corporate AgFinance segment. The recognition of this income was a nonrecurring event that favorably impacted net interest income during the second quarter 2026.

The year-over-year increase of $21.3 million in NII and $23.5 million in NES were both primarily driven by the effects of net volume growth, led by the Farm & Ranch and Renewable Energy portfolios, and the impact of the $7.4 million collection of default interest recognized in second quarter 2026.

See MD&A—Use of Non-GAAP Measures for more information about our use of NES as a financial measure and Table 9 in MD&A—Results of Operations—Net Interest Income for a reconciliation of NII to NES.

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Business Volume

Our outstanding business volume was $37.2 billion as of June 30, 2026, a net increase of $2.4 billion from March 31, 2026 after taking into account all new business, maturities, sales, and paydowns on existing assets. The net increase was due to new volume during the quarter totaling $4.0 billion, partially offset by scheduled maturities and repayments of $1.6 billion. The net new volume includes increases of $1.8 billion in the Agricultural Finance and $0.6 billion in the Infrastructure Finance lines of business. For more information abou

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Item 7.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This section of the report provides discussion and analysis, from management’s perspective, of the material information necessary to assess our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2025. Financial information included in this report is consolidated to include the accounts of Farmer Mac and our two subsidiaries – Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation and Farmer Mac II LLC. This discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements for each fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023. We have omitted a discussion of the earliest of the three fiscal years presented because that information was previously included in our Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and is not necessary for an understanding of our financial condition, changes in financial condition, or results of operations for 2025. The prior discussion is available in Item 7 of that filing.

Overview

We are driven by our mission to increase the accessibility of financing to provide vital liquidity for American agriculture and rural infrastructure. Our secondary market provides liquidity to the nation's agricultural and rural infrastructure businesses, supporting a vibrant and strong rural America. We offer a wide range of solutions to help meet financial institutions’ growth, liquidity, risk management, and capital relief needs across diverse markets, including agriculture, agribusiness, broadband infrastructure, power and utilities, and renewable energy. We are uniquely positioned to facilitate competitive access to financing that fuels growth, innovation, and prosperity in America's rural and agricultural communities. We also provide investment opportunities to entities, such as states, counties, municipalities, pension funds, banks, public trust funds, and credit unions, that may diversify their investment portfolios and provide possibilities to earn a competitive return on their investment dollars.

During 2025, we:

•exceeded $30 billion in outstanding business volume;

•provided $10.5 billion in liquidity and lending capacity to lenders serving rural America;

•added $100.0 million in equity through the issuance of 4.0 million shares of 6.500% non-cumulative perpetual Series H preferred stock;

•maintained strong liquidity in our investment portfolio, with a monthly average of 301 days of liquidity during 2025, well above the regulatory requirement of a minimum of 90 days of liquidity; and

•maintained our strong capital position, with capital of $0.7 billion in excess of the minimum regulatory capital requirement, and maintained uninterrupted access to the debt capital markets.

The discussion below of our financial information includes "non-GAAP measures," which are measures of financial performance not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"). For more information about the non-GAAP measures we use, see MD&A—Use of Non-GAAP Measures.

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Net Income and Core Earnings

The following table shows our net income attributable to common stockholders and core earnings for the periods presented. Core earnings is a non-GAAP measure that differs from net income attributable to common stockholders by excluding the effects of fair value fluctuations and specified infrequent or unusual transactions.

Table 1

The year-over-year increase of $2.1 million in net income attributable to common stockholders for 2025 was primarily attributable to a $36.9 million increase in net interest income ("NII"), partially offset by a $21.3 million increase in the provision for credit losses and a $14.4 million increase in operating expenses.

The $11.3 million year-over-year increase in core earnings for 2025 was primarily attributable to a $43.5 million increase in net effective spread ("NES") and a $3.5 million increase in guarantee and commitment fees. These impacts were partially offset by a $21.3 million increase in the provision for credit losses and a $14.4 million increase in operating expenses.

For more information about net income attributable to common stockholders, the composition of core earnings, and a reconciliation of net income attributable to common stockholders to core earnings, see MD&A—Results of Operations. For more information about our non-GAAP measures, see MD&A—Use of Non-GAAP Measures.

Net Interest Income and Net Effective Spread

The following table shows our NII and NES in both dollars and percentage yield or spread for the periods presented. We use NES, a non-GAAP measure, as an alternative to NII because management believes it is a useful metric that reflects the economics of the net spread between all the assets we own and all related funding, including any associated derivatives, some of which may not be included in NII.

Table 2

The year-over-year increase of $36.9 million in NII and $43.5 million in NES for 2025 were primarily attributable to the same drivers, which include a $34.3 million increase related to net new business volume and a $7.0 million increase due to an increase in our use of non-interest-bearing funding to support our

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volume growth. The year-over-year increase in NII was further offset by a $4.8 million decrease in the fair value of designated financial derivatives, the impact of which is excluded from NES.

See MD&A—Use of Non-GAAP Measures for more information about our use of NES as a financial measure and Table 9 in MD&A—Results of Operations—Net Interest Income for a reconciliation of NII to NES.

Business Volume

Our outstanding business volume was $33.4 billion as of December 31, 2025, a net increase of $3.8 billion from December 31, 2024 after taking into account all new business, maturities, sales, and paydowns on existing assets. The net increase was primarily attributable to a net increase of $2.8 billion in the Infrastructure Finance line of business. For more information about our business volume, see MD&A—Results of Operations—Business Volume.

Throughout this MD&A, references to “Agricultural Finance Mortgage Loans” include on‑balance sheet agricultural mortgage loans as well as off‑balance sheet exposures, consisting of LTSPCs, unfunded commitments, and Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and references to "Infrastructure Finance Loans" include on-balance sheet infrastructure finance loans as well as off-balance sheet LTSPCs and unfunded commitments.

Credit Quality

Our allowance for losses increased $14.3 million from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2025, primarily due to $32.9 million in net provision expense offset by $20.9 million in charge-offs. The $32.9 million in net provision expense is primarily comprised of $19.6 million attributable to certain individually significant credit deteriorations in our Corporate AgFinance and Broadband Infrastructure segments and $9.6 million attributable to new loan volume, particularly in the Infrastructure Finance line of business. The individually significant credit deteriorations that contributed to the provision expense are concentrated in segments that also generate higher yields, which are designed to compensate for the increased credit risk inherent in these segments. These higher-yielding segments have contributed to the growth that we have seen in both NII and NES. During the fourth quarter, we determined that portions of these individually significant exposures in Corporate AgFinance and Broadband Infrastructure were uncollectible and charged off those portions. Those charge-offs comprised the majority of the total charge-offs during the year. The remaining net provision expense recorded during 2025 was primarily related to volume growth. For more information about our provision, see MD&A—Results of Operations. For more details on credit risk management and credit quality indicators, see MD&A—Risk Management—Credit Risk—Loans and Guarantees.

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The following table presents Agricultural Finance mortgage loans and Infrastructure Finance loans classified as substandard, in dollars and as a percentage of the respective portfolio as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:

Table 3

Although total substandard assets increased year-over-year by $129.0 million during 2025, the amount of substandard assets as a percentage of the portfolio increased by a proportionately smaller amount across the two lines of business given growth in outstanding business volume.

The following table presents 90-day delinquency rates for our Agricultural Finance mortgage loans and Infrastructure Finance loans, in dollars and as a percentage of total outstanding business volume as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:

Table 4

Across all of our lines of business, 90-day delinquency rates remained relatively flat as a percentage of total outstanding business volume.

For more information about our credit metrics, see MD&A—Risk Management—Credit Risk—Loans and Guarantees.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and related notes for the periods presented. We consider an accounting estimate made in accordance with GAAP to be critical when it involves a significant level of estimation uncertainty and it has had or is likely to have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

We consider the estimation of the fair value of AgVantage securities ("AgVantage") to be a critical accounting estimate in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.We consider the fair value of AgVantage securities that are classified as available-for-sale ("AFS") to be a critical estimate due to the significance of the periodic measurement of mark-to-market adjustments relative to our total assets,

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comprehensive income, and equity. We consider the fair value of AgVantage securities that are classified as held-to-maturity ("HTM") to be a critical estimate because of their impact on our fair value disclosures in Note 4—Investment Securities and Note 11—Fair Value Disclosures to the consolidated financial statements. We also consider the fair value of AgVantage to be a critical accounting estimate because we apply a discount rate in calculating the net present value of future expected cash flows that is both significant to the estimate of their fair value and unobservable in the market. We rely upon this significant unobservable input to estimate the fair value of AgVantage because there are no observable transactions in these securities in the market.

Our AgVantage AFS fair value was $6.7 billion and $5.5 billion as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The fair value of AgVantage AFS had accumulated net unrealized losses in the amount of $186.2 million and $321.2 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. See Note 4—Investment Securities to the consolidated financial statements for more information.

Our AgVantage HTM amortized cost was $1.5 billion and $2.7 billion as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The fair value of AgVantage HTM had net unrealized gain in the amount of $12.7 million and a net unrealized loss of $15.6 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. See Note 4—Investment Securities to the consolidated financial statements for more information.

We apply discount rates that are commensurate with the risks involved to estimate the fair value measurement of both AgVantage AFS and HTM. As of December 31, 2025, we applied discount rates that ranged from 4.3% to 4.9% (with a weighted average of 4.5%) for AgVantage AFS and 4.3% to 5.4% (with a weighted average of 4.7%) for AgVantage HTM. As of December 31, 2024, we applied discount rates that ranged from 5.0% to 5.5% (with a weighted average of 5.1%) for AgVantage AFS and 5.0% to 6.8% (with a weighted average of 5.3%) for AgVantage HTM.

Use of different discount rates than those we select may result in materially different estimates of fair value for AgVantage AFS and HTM. We select the discount rate for each AgVantage AFS and HTM security by analyzing credit default swap levels and the long-term credit outlook of our major counterparties and estimating an appropriate credit spread relative to U.S. Treasury yields. The periodic measurement of fair value and underlying discount rate methodology is subject to our internal controls and review by management. As of December 31, 2025, a 0.50% increase in the discount rates used to determine the fair value of AgVantage AFS and HTM would decrease the reported carrying value by approximately 1.8% and 1.9%, respectively. See Note 11—Fair Value Disclosures to the consolidated financial statements for more information.

For a description of our accounting policy for fair value measurements, see Note 2(m)—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Fair Value Measurements to the consolidated financial statements.

Use of Non-GAAP Measures

We use "non-GAAP measures" in our analysis of financial information. Non-GAAP measures represent measures of financial performance that are not presented in accordance with GAAP. Specifically, we use the following non-GAAP measures: 1) "core earnings," 2) "core earnings per common share," and 3) "net effective spread," in both dollars and percentage yield. In our view, these non-GAAP measures are useful alternative measures in understanding our economic performance, transaction economics, and business trends.

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Our non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly labeled non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by other companies. Our disclosure of non-GAAP measures is intended to be supplemental in nature and is not meant to be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or as more important than, the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Core Earnings and Core Earnings Per Common Share

The main difference between core earnings and core earnings per common share ("Core EPS"), which are non-GAAP measures, and net income attributable to common stockholders and earnings per common share ("EPS"), which are GAAP measures, is that those non-GAAP measures exclude the effects of fair value fluctuations. These fluctuations are not expected to have a cumulative net impact on our financial condition or results of operations reported in accordance with GAAP if the related financial instruments are held to maturity, as is expected. Additionally, these two non-GAAP measures exclude specified infrequent or unusual transactions that we believe are not indicative of future operating results and that may not reflect the trends and economic financial performance of our core business. For example, in third quarter 2024, we excluded the loss on the retirement of the Series C Preferred Stock from core earnings and Core EPS, which is consistent with our historical treatment of any losses on the retirement of preferred stock. For a reconciliation of our net income attributable to common stockholders to core earnings and of EPS to Core EPS, see MD&A—Results of Operations.

Net Effective Spread

We use NES to measure the net spread earned between interest-earning assets and the related net funding costs, including any associated derivatives, whether or not they are designated in a hedge accounting relationship.

NES excludes the following:

•Interest income and interest expense associated with single-class consolidated trusts with beneficial interests owned by third parties and for which we guarantees all classes of securities issued ("single-class consolidated trusts") and reclassifies that activity to guarantee and commitment fees in determining our core earnings. This reclassification reflects our view that the net interest income earned on single-class consolidated trusts is effectively a guarantee fee.

•Fair value changes of financial derivatives and corresponding financial assets or liabilities designated in fair value hedge accounting relationships because they are not expected to have an economic effect on our financial performance, as we expect to hold the financial derivatives and corresponding hedged items to maturity.

•The amortization of premiums and discounts on assets consolidated at fair value.

NES includes the following:

•Income and expense related to the contractual amounts due on financial derivatives that are not designated in hedge accounting relationships ("undesignated financial derivatives"). For undesignated financial derivatives, we record the income or expense related to the accrual of the contractual amounts due in "(Losses)/gains on financial derivatives" on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

•The net effects of terminations or net settlements on undesignated financial derivatives, which consist of: (1) the net effects of cash settlements on agency forward contracts on the debt of other GSEs and U.S. Treasury security futures that we use as short-term economic hedges on the issuance of debt; and (2) the net effects of initial cash payments that we receive upon the inception

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of certain swaps. For GAAP purposes, realized gains or losses on settlements of these contracts are reported in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in the period in which they occur. For NES, these realized gains or losses are deferred and amortized as net yield adjustments over the term of the related debt, which generally ranges from 3 to 15 years.

For a reconciliation of NII to NES, see Table 9 in MD&A—Results of Operations—Net Interest Income.

Results of Operations

Reconciliations of net income attributable to common stockholders and EPS to core earnings and Core EPS are presented in the following tables along with information about the composition of core earnings:

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Table 5

(1)Reflects the amortization recorded during the reporting period on those assets for which the premium, discount, or deferred gain was a result of consolidation accounting rather than a cash transaction.

(2)NES is a non-GAAP measure. See MD&A—Use of Non-GAAP Measures—Net Effective Spread for more information and Table 9 for a reconciliation of NII to NES.

(3)Includes NII of $4.1 million and $4.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, related to consolidated trusts owned by third parties reclassified from net interest income to guarantee and commitment fees.

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(4)Reflects reconciling adjustments for the reclassification to exclude expenses related to undesignated financial derivatives and terminations or net settlements on financial derivatives, and reconciling adjustments to exclude fair value adjustments on financial derivatives and trading assets and the recognition of deferred gains over the estimated lives of certain Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and USDA Securities.

(5)Includes the tax impact of non-GAAP reconciling items between net income attributable to common stockholders and core earnings.

Table 6

The following sections provide more detail about specific components of our results of operations.

Net Interest Income. The following tables provide information about interest-earning assets and funding, composition of changes in NII due to rate and volume, and a reconciliation of NII to NES for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. See MD&A—Use of Non-GAAP Measures—Net Effective Spread for more information about the differences between NII and NES. Our interest-earning assets include:

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•"Liquidity investments", which are defined as cash, cash equivalents (including U.S. Treasury securities, operational deposits, and other short-term money market instruments), and other investment securities (including securities guaranteed by the U.S. Government and its agencies or by GSEs and asset backed securities) that can be drawn upon for liquidity needs. For additional details regarding our liquidity investments, see MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources.

•"Program Assets" are those assets that fulfill our mission to increase the accessibility of financing to provide vital liquidity for American agriculture and rural infrastructure, and include Eligible Loans, Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and USDA Securities.

Table 7

Table 8

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Table 9

The year-over-year increase of $36.9 million in NII and $43.5 million in NES for 2025 were primarily attributable to the same drivers, which include a $34.3 million increase related to net new business volume and a $7.0 million increase due to a net increase of $182.3 million in non-interest-bearing funding primarily attributable to strong growth in retained earnings during 2025. The year-over-year increase in NII was further offset by a $4.8 million decrease in the fair value of designated financial derivatives, the impact of which is excluded from NES. The increase in yield attributable to net new business volume was comprised of $23.9 million due to growth in the Infrastructure Finance loans and $16.8 million due to growth in the Agricultural Finance loans, partially offset by a decrease of $6.4 million due to a net decrease in AgVantage securities.

See Note 12—Business Segment Reporting to the consolidated financial statements for more information about NII and NES from our business segments. See MD&A—Supplemental Information for quarterly NES by line of business.

Provision for and Release of Allowance for Losses. The following table summarizes the components of our total allowance for losses for the two-year period ended December 31, 2025:

Table 10

Our allowance for loan loss increased $14.3 million from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2025, primarily due to $32.9 million in provision expense offset by $20.9 million in charge-offs. The provision expense is attributable to some individually significant credit deteriorations in our Corporate AgFinance and Broadband Infrastructure portfolios and year-over-year volume growth.

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For additional information, see Note 7—Loans to the consolidated financial statements and MD&A—Risk Management—Credit Risk—Loans and Guarantees.

(Losses)/gains on financial derivatives. The components of gains and losses on financial derivatives for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 are summarized in the following table:

Table 11

These changes in fair value are primarily the result of fluctuations in interest rates. Payments or receipts to terminate undesignated derivative positions or net cash settled forward sales contracts on the debt of other GSEs and undesignated U.S. Treasury security futures and initial cash payments received upon the inception of certain undesignated swaps are included in "(Losses)/gains due to terminations or net settlements" in the table above. See Note 5—Financial Derivatives to the consolidated financial statements for more information about our financial derivatives.

Operating Expenses. The following table summarizes components of operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:

Table 12

The year-over-year increase in compensation and employee benefits expenses for the year ended December 31, 2025 was largely due to increased headcount and increased bonus accruals associated with strong financial performance compared to targets in 2025.

The year-over-year increase in general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2025 was primarily attributable to an increase in information technology infrastructure costs, transactional legal fees, and hiring expenses.

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Income Tax Expense. The following table presents income tax expense and the effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:

Table 13

The year-over-year decrease in income tax expense and the effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2025 is primarily attributable to increased purchases of renewable energy investment tax credits, which totaled $61.5 million during 2025 compared to $29.2 million in 2024. The purchases of the 2025 tax credits were at prices that range from approximately $0.91 to $0.94 per $1.00 of credit, resulting in a benefit of $4.8 million, whereas the 2024 purchases, were priced at $0.91 per $1.00 of credit, resulting in a $2.6 million benefit.

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Business Volume. The following table presents our outstanding volume in each line of business as of the dates indicated:

Table 14

(1)The securities issued by these trusts are referred to as Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities.

(2)These categories are referred to as Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities.

(3)Other categories of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities that were sold by us to third parties.

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The following table presents the net growth or decrease in our lines of business for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:

Table 15

(1)The securities issued by these trusts are referred to as Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities.

(2)These categories are referred to as Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities.

(3)Other categories of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities that were sold by us to third parties.

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Our outstanding business volume was $33.4 billion as of December 31, 2025, a net increase of $3.8 billion from December 31, 2024 which was primarily attributable to increases in the Infrastructure Finance portfolio after taking into account all new business, maturities, sales, and paydowns on existing assets.

The increase in outstanding business volume during 2025 was attributable to a $2.8 billion increase in outstanding business volume in the Infrastructure Finance portfolio and a $1.0 billion increase in the Agricultural Finance portfolio.

The increase in the Infrastructure Finance portfolio consisted of a $1.1 billion increase in Power & Utilities, a $0.7 billion increase in Broadband Infrastructure, and a $1.0 billion increase in Renewable Energy. These increases in volume were primarily driven by $4.7 billion in new purchases, partially offset by $1.9 billion in scheduled maturities and repayments during the year.

The increase in the Agricultural Finance portfolio during 2025 primarily consisted of a $1.0 billion increase in Farm & Ranch, resulting from net growth of $1.6 billion in loans, loans held in consolidated trusts and LTSPCs and unfunded loan commitments, which was partially offset by a net decrease in Farm & Ranch AgVantage Securities of $0.5 billion. Total Corporate AgFinance volume remained relatively flat when comparing December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2024, as net growth in loans was substantially offset by maturities of AgVantage securities that counterparties did not re-issue.

The level and composition of our outstanding business volume is based on the relationship between new business, loan sales, scheduled maturities, and repayments on existing assets from period to period. This relationship in turn depends on a variety of external and internal factors. The external factors include general market forces, competition, and our counterparties’ liquidity needs, access to alternative funding, desired products, and assessment of strategic factors. The internal factors include our assessment of profitability, mission fulfillment, credit risk, and customer relationships. For more information about potential growth opportunities in our lines of business, see MD&A—Outlook in this report.

The following table summarizes by maturity date the scheduled principal amortization of loans held, loans underlying off-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities (excluding AgVantage securities) and LTSPCs, USDA Securities, and Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities as of December 31, 2025:

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Of the $33.4 billion outstanding business volume as of December 31, 2025, $8.4 billion were AgVantage securities included in the Agricultural Finance and Infrastructure Finance lines of business. Unlike

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business volume from our other products, most AgVantage securities do not require periodic payments of principal based on amortization schedules and instead have fixed maturity dates when the secured general obligation is due. Changes in periodic AgVantage securities volume are primarily driven by the larger transaction size typical for that product, scheduled maturity amounts for a particular period, the liquidity needs of our AgVantage counterparties, and changes in the pricing and availability of wholesale funding from other sources. Based on these factors, we expect business volumes in AgVantage securities to continue to fluctuate. The following table summarizes by maturity date the outstanding principal amount of AgVantage securities as of December 31, 2025:

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(1)Includes various maturities ranging from 2031 to 2055.

The weighted-average remaining maturity of the outstanding AgVantage securities shown in the table above was 5.7 years as of December 31, 2025.

Related Party Transactions. As provided by our statutory Charter, only banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions or similar entities may hold our Class A voting common stock, and only institutions of the FCS may hold our Class B voting common stock. Our Charter also provides that holders of Class A voting common stock elect five members of our 15-member board of directors and that holders of Class B voting common stock elect five members of the board of directors. The ownership of our two classes of voting common stock is currently concentrated in a small number of institutions. Approximately 48% of the Class A voting common stock is held by three financial institutions, with 31% held by one institution. Approximately 97% of the Class B voting common stock is held by five FCS institutions (two of which are related to each other through a parent-subsidiary relationship).

Unlike some other GSEs, specifically other FCS institutions and the Federal Home Loan Banks, we are not structured as a cooperative owned exclusively by member institutions and established to provide services exclusively to its members. As a stockholder-owned, publicly-traded corporation, we seek to fulfill our mission of serving the financing needs of rural America in a way that is consistent with providing a return on the investment of our stockholders, including those who do not directly participate in our secondary market activities. We generally require most financial institutions that participate in our Agricultural Finance line of business to own a requisite amount of common stock, based on the size and type of institution. As a result of this requirement, coupled with the ability of holders of Class A and Class B voting common stock to elect two-thirds of our board of directors, we regularly conduct business with institutions affiliated with members of Farmer Mac's board of directors and institutions that own large amounts of our voting common stock. We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and other related corporate policies that govern any conflicts of interest that may arise in these transactions, and our

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policy is to require that any transactions with related parties be conducted in the ordinary course of business, with terms and conditions comparable to those available to any other unrelated counterparty.

The following table summarizes our material relationships with related parties. These related parties consist of all holders of more than ten percent of our total voting common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

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For more information about related party transactions, see Note 3—Related Party Transactions to the consolidated financial statements.

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Outlook

Business Outlook

Products and Portfolio

We play a vital role in serving rural America by offering liquidity, capital, and risk management tools as a secondary market to help increase the accessibility of financing to provide vital liquidity for American agriculture and rural infrastructure. Our growth trajectory is closely tied to the capital and liquidity needs of the lending institutions that serve agriculture and infrastructure businesses and the overall financial health of borrowers in these sectors.

Several factors continue to influence our business volume growth dynamics. Because the Farm & Ranch portfolio contains a significant share of legacy low‑rate loans, refinance incentives remain muted, keeping prepayment rates below historical norms. Also, a tightening agricultural economy is creating the need for more liquidity and working capital for borrowers managing through this agricultural cycle. The net effect of these forces contributed to strong Farm & Ranch loan purchase portfolio growth throughout 2025, and industry conditions look to maintain these trends into 2026. We experienced an increase in wholesale finance volume during fourth quarter 2025, driven by financings drawn from an AgVantage facility put in place earlier in the year. Future wholesale finance growth will likely be influenced by market interest rates and credit spreads, overall economic conditions and loan growth opportunities, and the relative value of our product versus the broader market. Continued strong interest in data centers, broadband expansion, and constructing and completing renewable energy projects before the sunset of tax credits, along with the overall need for energy generation and transmission capacity for rural America, provided significant opportunities for Infrastructure Finance throughout 2025. We expect these opportunities to persist into future years.

Opportunities for profitable future business volume growth include our potential role in alleviating liquidity, capital, and return-on-equity challenges faced by agricultural and infrastructure lenders. Our suite of offerings includes loan and loan portfolio purchases, participations, guarantees, LTSPCs, wholesale funding, and risk-transfer financial securities. Ongoing business and product development efforts continue to attract private lenders, institutional investors, and non-traditional originators, resulting in the diversification of our customer base and product set, which could potentially generate increased product demand from new sources. Our expanded loan servicing capabilities enhance our loan portfolio purchase value proposition, adding new product offerings to an increasingly diverse customer base.

Growing relationships with larger agriculture lenders, industry consolidation, interest rates, and market volatility, as well as financial institutions' focus on capital efficiency and liquidity, are expected to continue to provide increased opportunities for our loan purchase, risk management, and wholesale funding solutions. The financing needs arising from mergers, acquisitions, consolidation, and vertical integration in the agricultural and infrastructure industries present further opportunities for our loan purchase products and other financing solutions. Investments supporting consumer and food supply demand may increase financing needs in the food and agriculture supply chain, potentially requiring incremental capital support through the secondary market. Deepening relationships with eligible infrastructure counterparties are expected to continue to create opportunities to support fiber and broadband-related transactions, including significant market activity and investments in wholesale data centers and renewable energy projects.

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Operations

We anticipate ongoing increases in operating expenses over the next several years, aligned with our planned expansion of investments in technology, business infrastructure, and human capital. These investments are designed to enhance capacity and efficiency in support of market growth opportunities and long-term strategic objectives. By investing in infrastructure and business platforms, we aim to scale more efficiently in tandem with future portfolio and earnings growth. These initiatives are expected to improve product delivery, business operations, and scalability to better position us to capitalize on future market growth opportunities.

Another focus of our planned infrastructure investments is a continued effort to expand our servicing capabilities and to enhance the efficiency of processes associated with loan onboarding and servicing. We expect to continue to leverage technology enhancements and servicing standardization efforts to drive scalability and consistency. We plan to implement technology enhancements and process re-engineering over the next several years to continue to incorporate all of our loan portfolios onto our servicing platform and to provide flexibility in accessing loan portfolio information, increase standardization of data and processing, and streamline operational workflows.

Agricultural Finance Industry Outlook

Farm Incomes

The farm profitability outlook remains varied for 2026. Total net cash farm income rebounded slightly in 2025, rising 8% relative to 2024 according to the USDA. In 2026, the USDA’s initial forecast shows farm incomes rising another 3% relative to 2025. However, that expected overall improvement obscures a bifurcation across agricultural sectors. Namely, crop producers face headwinds from tepid commodity prices and elevated input costs that have compressed margins, while livestock producers are expected to benefit again in 2026 from robust consumer and export demand and falling feed costs. Shifts in the outlook for trade could have a meaningful impact on commodity prices and farm incomes. The current USDA forecast shows U.S. agricultural exports dropping modestly in 2026.

Lower prices for several agricultural commodities could have multiple competing effects on loan performance and agricultural credit demand. Constraints on cash flow and additional market volatility could cause loan delinquencies to rise above historical averages, most likely in commodities experiencing negative market conditions such as some grains and permanent crops. Cash flow constraints and heightened uncertainty can also increase demand for debt capital to reorganize balance sheets and replace lost incomes. We believe that our portfolio and market strategy is sufficiently diversified by borrower, industry, and region to maintain robust portfolio performance through the current cycle to be positioned to support any expansion of the farm mortgage market that may arise in the coming quarters.

Land Values

Farmland value growth rates continued to moderate in 2025 following successive years of strong appreciation. Land value survey data from the USDA shows a 4.3% increase in average farm real estate values from June 2024 to June 2025. Annual farm real estate value gains were highest in the Southern Plains (5.9%) and the Lake states (5.7%) and still strong but slowing in the Northern Plains (4.9%), the Southeast (4.7%), and the Corn Belt (4.0%).

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Farmland transaction data, like the USDA survey results, show weaker farmland sales prices in 2025. The Farmer Mac Farmland Price Index Powered by AcreValue® decreased 6% in third quarter 2025 relative to the same period in 2024. Basing this index on actual farmland transactions can lead to greater volatility, as many economic factors affecting land markets are highly localized and some markets may experience greater volatility in farmland values than state or national averages indicate. Based on our robust collateral underwriting standards, we believe that our loan collateral is well-positioned to endure reasonably foreseeable volatility in farmland values that could result from external factors.

Markets and Weather

Exogenous factors facing farm and food producers can create uncertainty and market instability within the sector. Some of the external market conditions that have affected, and could continue to adversely affect, the farm and food sectors in 2026 include foreign trade and trade policy, supply chain disruptions, and weather and environmental conditions. Water availability is a perennial concern for many agricultural producers. Drought conditions increased modestly in intensity and prevalence in fourth quarter 2025, largely across several southern and southeastern states. At the same time, drought conditions improved across several western states, including California.

The ongoing implementation of groundwater management regulation, especially in California, continues to influence land values in many regions of the state. We work closely with water consultants and collateral valuation professionals to identify properties influenced by changing water availability. For loans in areas that commonly experience exceptional drought (primarily in California), our underwriting standards include an assessment of anticipated long-term water availability for the related property and how water availability impacts the collateral value and the borrower's liquidity position to mitigate that risk.

Agricultural Processing and Food Supply Chain

The production of food, feed, fiber, and biofuels has generally been economically viable during the past few years, but economic factors continue to evolve into 2026. Biofuels have gained demand due to low-carbon regulations in several states and incremental tax benefits for the production of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. A large number of planned biofuel projects and new facilities for 2026 and 2027 could provide support for raw materials such as corn and soybeans, but markets for these fuels are nascent and could evolve or erode rapidly in the coming quarters. Trade policy uncertainty, labor availability, changes to consumer demand due to health policy and pharmaceuticals, and a high risk of global economic stress could pose challenges for these sectors into 2026. Still, consumer spending held steady throughout 2024 and 2025, providing stable conditions for value-added food, feed, fiber, and biofuel consumption. Consumer demand, particularly for animal protein products, are expected to provide a good tailwind for many food processors and agribusinesses in 2026. Credit demand in these sectors could grow in the next few quarters if interest rate policy maintains course or loosens, inflation rises again, mergers and acquisitions activity increases, or economic and trade policy uncertainty clears up.

Infrastructure Finance Industry Outlook

Power & Utilities

Economic conditions affecting rural power and electricity markets typically follow those in the general economy. According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, sales and the revenue from

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the sale of electricity to customers advanced in 2025, with an annual increase in sales of 2.2% and an increase in revenue of 7.6%, respectively, in the last 12 months through November 2025 compared to November 2024. This increase was the result of higher residential and commercial electricity sales combined with a sizable increase in average prices paid for electricity relative to 2024. Electricity demand was consistently strong in 2025, and power producers are continuing to invest in more capacity to meet the rising demand from consumers and data centers. Continued geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East and Eastern Europe could increase energy price volatility, but power producers are generally able to pass higher input costs through to retail electricity prices, as evidenced by higher retail electricity prices in 2022, 2023, and 2025. Credit demand for electric cooperatives will likely be tied to ongoing normal-course capital expenditures related to maintaining and upgrading utility infrastructure. These growth opportunities may be affected by the demand for electric power in rural areas, increased power demand from regional data centers, capital expenditures by electric cooperatives driven by regulatory or technological changes, the changing interest rate environment, increased policy initiatives to support rural connectivity, and competitive dynamics within the rural utilities cooperative finance industry. Generally, these investments are expected to continue at or above historical levels based on the replacement and modernization of existing and new infrastructure, as well as increasing demand for electricity across the spectrum of residential, commercial, and industrial customers.

Renewable Energy

Investment in renewable energy generation and deployment of energy storage technologies in the last five years deepened our relationships with existing customers through new business opportunities. According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, renewable energy net generation grew by 38% in the last five years, compared to a non-renewable electricity net generation increase of 4%. The volatile cost of fossil fuel-based inputs, combined with policy initiatives and the falling costs of renewable power generation, influenced this change in generation capacity. In response to this expansion, we have hired industry-specialized staff and deployed new financing products tailored to the renewable energy sector, which represents a rapidly developing market opportunity for Farmer Mac.

Recent changes to tax policy may alter the trajectory and velocity of investments in U.S. renewable energy. H.R. 1, commonly referred to as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" signed into law on July 4, 2025, phases out tax credits that have been routinely used to support renewable power project investments. As these tax credits phase out, new power projects are still likely to be financed, but the marginal costs of electricity generation may be higher without subsidies. Increased political and policy uncertainty and higher cost structures could decrease the overall renewable power investment market growth velocity over the next five years. However, due to the substantial increase in demand for electricity and need for new power generation, we expect to continue to participate in renewable energy power project finance transactions for both new projects and refinancing opportunities of existing projects.

As of December 31, 2025, we have calculated approximately $80 million of remaining capacity to use renewable energy tax credits to apply against our 2025 federal corporate income tax liability and to carry back to the prior three years. Through December 31, 2025, we have purchased approximately $91.0 million in renewable energy investment tax credits at prices that range from approximately $0.91 to $0.94 per $1.00 of credit. All of the tax credits we have purchased are on projects that have been placed in service. We are focused on purchasing renewable energy tax credits for projects in rural areas or associated with agriculture, such as renewable gas generation from dairy waste. Under H.R. 1's phase-outs of future renewable energy investment tax credits, projects eligible for renewable energy investment tax

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credits generally must be placed in service by December 31, 2027 unless construction begins by July 4, 2026.

Broadband Infrastructure

Rural telecommunication and data connectivity has proven to be of vital economic importance in the last decade, as more households and agricultural enterprises require more data and connectivity to thrive. The expected continued rapid growth in digital technologies, including the ongoing interest and investment in artificial intelligence, advancements in cloud computing, and wireless network densification, will require significantly more computing and storage capabilities and investment in more fiber network capacity. In addition to capital projects spurred by government-backed support programs, we could see an increase in financing opportunities for other telecommunications providers in rural areas. For example, fiber line expansion, wireless broadband deployment, industry consolidation and efficiency through mergers and acquisitions, and data processing center buildouts are all increasingly important to rural economic opportunity, and the food and agriculture industries require constant connectivity. However, some types of "leapfrog" technology advances in the broadband infrastructure sector, such as low orbit satellite communication systems, could put pressure on the profitability of the providers of older digital technologies.

Changes in tax policy, trade, and immigration laws, as well as energy cost and availability, could result in significant challenges and opportunities to infrastructure borrowers. These changes could lead to delays in completing current projects and slow future investments in renewable energy and battery storage projects as well as the deployment of fiber and broadband infrastructure in rural areas. Any lack of availability or increased costs of components or technology that results from tariffs or trade restrictions also could lead to delays in completion or slow future investments in infrastructure projects. The infrastructure sector may experience varying degrees of disruption and adaptation in response to these evolving policies, and these changes could increase the volatility of sector profitability in the near-term. The potential for disruption in these sectors due to policy changes may be somewhat mitigated by the historically strong market demand for connectivity, the ongoing diversification of infrastructure providers, and continued strong investments in data centers and fiber infrastructure. New data center infrastructure requires significant demand for power, so delays in grid hookups or electricity capacity could delay some capital or infrastructure deployment.

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Balance Sheet Review

The following table summarizes our balance sheet as of the periods indicated:

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Assets. The increase in total assets was primarily attributable to new loan volume and a larger investment portfolio.

Liabilities. The increase in total liabilities was primarily due to an increase in total notes payable to fund the acquisition of loan volume. During 2025, we executed two structured securitization transactions backed by Farm & Ranch loans for which $613.6 million of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities were issued. During 2025 and 2024, there were no realized gains or losses from the issuance of Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities. We consolidate trusts and present the assets of the trust in "Loans held for investment in consolidated trusts, at amortized cost" and the liabilities of the trust in "Debt securities of consolidated trusts held by third parties" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Equity. The increase in total equity was primarily due to an increase of $96.8 million related to the issuance of 4.0 million shares of 6.500% non-cumulative perpetual Series H preferred stock in addition to an increase in retained earnings.

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Risk Management

Credit Risk – Loans and Guarantees.

We are exposed to both direct and indirect credit risk. We have direct credit exposure to our Agricultural Finance mortgage loans, Infrastructure Finance loans, and loans underlying off-balance sheet Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and LTSPCs. We have indirect credit exposure to the Agricultural Finance mortgage loans and Infrastructure Finance loans that secure AgVantage securities because, in the event of a default on an AgVantage security, we have recourse to the pledged collateral and have rights to the ongoing borrower payments of principal and interest.

Agricultural Finance - Direct Credit Exposure

Our direct credit exposure to Agricultural Finance mortgage loans as of December 31, 2025 was $14.0 billion across 48 states. We apply credit underwriting standards and methodologies to help assess exposures to loan purchases, which may include collateral valuation, financial metrics, and other appropriate borrower financial and credit information. We rely on the combined expertise of experienced internal agricultural credit underwriters and loan servicers, along with external agricultural loan servicing and collateral valuation contractors, to perform the necessary underwriting, servicing, and collateral valuation functions on Agricultural Finance mortgage loans. For Corporate AgFinance loans, which are often larger loan exposures (generally loan sizes more than $10 million) to agriculture production and agribusinesses that support agriculture production, food and fiber processing, and other supply chain production, and which may have risk profiles that differ from smaller agricultural mortgage loans, we have implemented methodologies and parameters that help assess credit risk based on the appropriate sector, borrower construct, and transaction complexity.

Corporate AgFinance loans often have a different credit risk profile than Farm & Ranch loans, therefore, we have implemented methodologies and parameters to help assess credit risk and have established specific underwriting criteria for these portfolio loans based on the sector, borrower construct, and transaction complexity. We thoroughly analyze each prospective Corporate AgFinance loan, including assessing the borrower's leverage, cash flows, liquidity, revenue and margin trends, as well as evaluating the borrower's suppliers, customers, market share, and competition. Any underlying weaknesses are assessed and analyzed in conjunction with any compensating strengths. Corporate AgFinance loans typically require ongoing monitoring of reporting requirements and financial and non-financial covenants. We rely on internal underwriters with the expertise to analyze large, complex farming operations and agribusiness loans, along with collateral valuation contractors, and legal counsel to perform the necessary diligence to assess the overall credit risk and loan structures of these transactions. We have developed

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business operating processes and skill sets to source, underwrite, close, and service Corporate AgFinance loans. Those processes and skill sets are different than those required for Farm & Ranch loans and, accordingly, have a higher operating expense profile than for Farm & Ranch loans.

When analyzing the credit quality of our Agricultural Finance mortgage loans, we also consider the level of internally-rated "substandard" assets, both in dollars and as a percentage of the outstanding portfolio. Assets categorized as "substandard" have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses, and there is a distinct possibility that some loss will be sustained if deficiencies are not corrected.

The following table disaggregates the Agricultural Finance mortgage loans by portfolio segment and by internally assigned risk ratings.

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Agricultural Finance mortgage loans classified as substandard increased $95.9 million to $494.2 million, or 3.5% of the portfolio, as of December 31, 2025 from $398.3 million, or 3.2% of the portfolio, as of December 31, 2024. Substandard assets are primarily concentrated within permanent planting commodity types. Credit performance within the crops and livestock commodities remains near historical averages with a divergence in sector economics causing an improvement in livestock sector performance and a slight degradation in grain and oilseed sector performance. Strong government support program payments have helped to mitigate degradation in the grain and oilseed loan portfolio performance.

The percentage of Agricultural Finance mortgage loans substandard assets within the portfolio of 3.5% as of December 31, 2025 is in line with the 15-year historical average of approximately 3.3% and is less than the highest observed substandard asset rate during that period of approximately 5.3%. If the rate of substandard assets increases from current levels on a sustained basis, our provision to the allowance for loan losses and the reserve for losses would also likely increase.

Our 90-day delinquency measure includes loans 90 days or more past due, as well as loans in foreclosure and non-performing loans where the borrower is in bankruptcy. As of December 31, 2025, 90-day delinquencies on Agricultural Finance mortgage loans with direct credit exposure were $132.6 million, 0.94% of the portfolio, up slightly from $108.9 million, or 0.88% of the portfolio as of December 31, 2024. The top ten borrower exposures over 90 days delinquent represent approximately half of the 90-day delinquencies as of December 31, 2025. We believe that we remain adequately collateralized on our delinquent loans.

Our 90-day delinquency rate of 0.94% as of December 31, 2025 was above our historical average of approximately 0.72%, which is based on the average 90-day delinquency rate as a percentage of the Agricultural Finance mortgage loan portfolio over the last 15 years. We continue to monitor delinquency rates for trends that may result from more than expected cyclical trends such as changes in the general economy or unforeseen events like adverse weather or regulatory changes in water management.

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The following table presents historical information about our contractural 90-day delinquencies in the Agricultural Finance mortgage loan portfolio compared to the unpaid principal balance of all Agricultural Finance mortgage loans to which we have direct credit exposure:

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For Farm & Ranch loans, we consider a loan's original LTV ratio as one of many factors in evaluating loss severity. LTV depends on the market value of a property, as determined in accordance with our collateral valuation standards. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the average unpaid principal balances for Farm & Ranch loans outstanding and to which we have direct credit exposure was $836,000 and $817,000, respectively. We calculate the "original LTV" ratio of a loan by dividing the original loan principal balance by the original appraised property value. This calculation does not reflect any amortization of the original loan balance or any adjustment to the original appraised value to provide a current market value. The original LTV ratio of any cross-collateralized loans is calculated on a combined basis rather than on a loan-by-loan basis. The weighted-average original LTV ratio for Farm & Ranch mortgage loans purchased during 2025 was 51%, compared to 49% for loans purchased during 2024. The weighted-average original LTV ratio for exposure related to on- and off-balance sheet Farm & Ranch mortgage loans was 52% as of both December 31, 2025 and 2024. The weighted-average original LTV ratio for 90-day delinquencies for Farm & Ranch loans was 54% and 53% as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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Analysis of portfolio performance indicates that commodity type is the primary determinant of our exposure to loss on a given loan. Although some credit losses are inherent to the business of agricultural lending, we believe that losses associated with the current agricultural credit cycle will be moderated by the strength and diversity of our Agricultural Finance portfolio, which we believe is adequately collateralized. The following tables present concentrations of Agricultural Finance mortgage loans by commodity type within geographic region and cumulative credit losses by origination year and commodity type:

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(1)Geographic regions:  Northwest (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY); Southwest (AZ, CA, CO, HI, NM, NV, UT); Mid-North (IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, NE, ND, SD, WI); Mid-South (AR, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX); Northeast (CT, DE, KY, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV); Southeast (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN).

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For more information about the credit quality of our Agricultural Finance mortgage loans and the associated allowance for losses please refer to Note 7—Loans to the consolidated financial statements. Activity affecting the allowance for loan losses is discussed in MD&A—Results of Operations—Provision for and Release of Allowance for Loan Losses.

Infrastructure Finance - Direct Credit Exposure

Our direct credit exposure to Infrastructure Finance loans held and loans underlying LTSPCs as of December 31, 2025 was $7.9 billion across 45 states. Our Charter does not specify minimum underwriting criteria for eligible Infrastructure Finance loans. To manage our credit risk, to mitigate the risk of loss from borrower defaults, and to provide guidance for the management, administration, and conduct of underwriting to participants in the Infrastructure Finance line of business, we have adopted credit underwriting standards that vary by loan product and by loan type. These standards are based on industry practices for similar Power & Utilities, Broadband Infrastructure, or Renewable Energy loans and are designed to assess the risk we assume on the loan and creditworthiness of the borrower. Underwriting standards for loans within each segment of the Infrastructure Finance line of business are detailed below:

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Broadband Infrastructure loans tend to be larger operations focused on providing communication and data services to rural areas, including fiber, cable/broadband, tower, wireless, local exchange carrier, and data centers. Due to the larger loan sizes and different credit risk profiles, we thoroughly analyze each prospective Broadband Infrastructure loan, including assessing the borrower's leverage, cash flows, liquidity, revenue, and margin trends, as well as evaluating the borrower's capital expenditures, customer/subscriber growth, market share, and competition. Any underlying weaknesses are assessed and analyzed in conjunction with any compensating strengths. These loans also typically require ongoing monitoring of reporting requirements and financial and non-financial covenants. We rely on the experience of internal underwriters with the expertise to analyze the loans and engage legal counsel to perform the necessary diligence to assess the overall credit risk and loan structures of these transactions.

We have developed business operating processes and skill sets to source, underwrite and close Broadband Infrastructure and Renewable Energy loans. Those processes and skill sets are different than those required for Power & Utility loans and, accordingly, have a higher operating expense profile than for Power & Utility loans.

We do not directly service loans held in our portfolio for the Infrastructure Finance line of business. Typically, these loans are serviced by the lender or other organization which has experience in servicing loans to borrowers in these segments.

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As of December 31, 2025, there were no delinquencies in our Infrastructure Finance line of business. Substandard assets within the Infrastructure Finance portfolio increased to $75.5 million as of December 31, 2025 compared to $42.5 million as of December 31, 2024, however, the amount of substandard assets as a percentage of the total outstanding balance has remained relatively flat.

The following table disaggregates the Infrastructure Finance loans by portfolio segment and by internally assigned risk ratings.

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For more information about the credit quality of our Infrastructure Finance line of business and the associated allowance for losses please refer to Notes 7—Loans to the consolidated financial statements.

Other Considerations Regarding Credit Risk Related to Loans and Guarantees

The credit exposure on USDA Securities, including those underlying Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities, is guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Therefore, we believe there is little or no credit risk exposure to the USDA Securities in the Agricultural Finance line of business. As of December 31, 2025, we had not experienced any credit losses on any USDA Securities or Farmer Mac Guaranteed USDA Securities and do not expect to incur any such losses in the future. Because we do not expect credit losses on this portfolio, we do not provide an allowance for losses on the USDA portfolio. The lender on each USDA-guaranteed loan is required by regulation to retain the unguaranteed portion of the loan, to service the entire underlying guaranteed loan, and to remain mortgagee and/or secured party of record, as applicable. The USDA-guaranteed portion and the unguaranteed portion of the loan are to be secured by the same collateral with equal lien priority. The USDA-guaranteed portion of a loan cannot be paid later than, or in any way be subordinated to, the related unguaranteed portion.

We require many lenders to make representations and warranties about the conformity of Agricultural Finance mortgage loans to our standards, the accuracy of provided loan data, and other requirements related to the loans. Sellers who make these representations and warranties are responsible for breaches of those representations and warranties. In the event of a breach of a representation or warranty material to our decision to purchase a loan or that directly or indirectly causes a default or potential loss on a loan sold or transferred to us by the seller, we can require a seller to cure, replace, or repurchase the loan. During the previous three years ended December 31, 2025, there have been no breaches of representations and warranties by sellers requiring a seller to cure, replace, or repurchase a loan. For more information about Farmer Mac's loan eligibility requirements, see "Business—Farmer Mac's Lines of Business—Agricultural Finance—Loan Eligibility."

We service a sizable portion of our Agricultural Finance mortgage loan and USDA Securities portfolios, as well as a smaller portfolio of eligible agricultural mortgage loans that are held by an unrelated third

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party. We also continue to contract with other institutions to undertake most of the servicing responsibilities for the remaining portion of our Agricultural Finance mortgage loans in accordance with our specified servicing requirements or accepted servicing standards established by the servicing institution. When the originating lender does not retain servicing for Farm & Ranch loans, they often retain "field servicing" in which they maintain certain responsibilities related to direct borrower contact. Field servicers may enter into contracts with our servicers that specify their field servicing responsibilities. We do not directly service loans held in our portfolio for the Infrastructure Finance line of business. Typically, these loans are serviced by the lender or other approved servicers in accordance with contractual requirements and in consideration for servicing fees.

In the event of a breach of the terms of its servicing agreement with Farmer Mac, such as failing to forward payments received or releasing collateral without our consent, or insolvency or bankruptcy, the servicer is responsible for any corresponding damages. In most cases, we have the right to terminate the servicing relationship for a particular loan or the entire portfolio serviced by the servicer. We may also proceed against the servicer in arbitration or exercise any remedies available to us under law. In September 2024, we notified a field servicer of a breach of its servicing duties and the termination of the servicing relationship for two large borrower relationships effective October 1, 2024. In April 2025, we terminated the entire seller/servicer relationship with that field servicer and assumed field servicing duties on all loans we acquired from that entity. We did not incur any credit losses as a result of this breach and these actions against this single field servicer were the only formal remedies taken against any servicers during the previous three years ended December 31, 2025.

Credit Risk – Counterparty Risk. We are exposed to credit risk arising from our business relationships with other institutions, which include:

•issuers of AgVantage securities;

•approved lenders and servicers; and

•interest rate swap counterparties.

We approve AgVantage counterparties and manage institutional credit risk related to those AgVantage counterparties by requiring them to meet our standards for creditworthiness for the particular counterparty type and transaction. All AgVantage securities must be secured by Eligible Loans or eligible securities in an amount at least equal to the outstanding principal amount of the issuer's AgVantage securities. The required collateralization level is established when the AgVantage facility is entered into with the counterparty and does not change during the life of the AgVantage securities issued under the facility without our consent. Loans pledged under AgVantage securities are serviced by the issuers of the securities (or their affiliated servicing institutions) in accordance with these institutions' servicing procedures. We review these servicing procedures before purchasing AgVantage securities from the issuer. In AgVantage transactions, the issuer is typically required to remove from the pool of pledged collateral loans that become and remain (within specified parameters) delinquent in the payment of principal or interest and to substitute Eligible Loans that are current in payment or pay down the AgVantage securities to maintain the minimum required collateralization level.

For AgVantage securities secured by loans eligible for our Agricultural Finance line of business, we require the general obligation to be over-collateralized, either by Eligible Loans or any of the following: cash; securities issued by the U.S. Treasury or guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the United States, other highly-rated securities; or other approved instruments. We require collateralized loans to meet the minimum standards set forth in the Charter for Agricultural Finance mortgage loans with a

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maximum limit of $75.0 million in cumulative loan exposure to any one borrower or related borrowers on pledged collateral.

AgVantage securities in our Infrastructure Finance line of business are issued by lenders organized as cooperatives and secured by pools of Power & Utilities loans. We require the issuing counterparty to have an investment grade credit rating from a NRSRO or to demonstrate comparable creditworthiness. Although we have only indirect credit exposure on the Power & Utilities loans pledged to secure AgVantage securities, we apply the same underwriting standards as those used for direct credit exposure to Power & Utilities borrowers. Our Charter does not prescribe a maximum loan size or a total borrower exposure for an eligible Power & Utilities loan, but our current limit for AgVantage transactions is $75.0 million for cumulative loan exposure to any one borrower or related borrowers.

In the event of a default on an AgVantage security, we have recourse to the pledged collateral and rights to the ongoing borrower payments of principal and interest. As a result, we have indirect credit exposure to the Agricultural Finance mortgage loans and Infrastructure loans that secure AgVantage securities. For AgVantage counterparties that are institutional real estate investors or financial funds and other similar entities, we also typically require that the counterparty (1) maintain a higher collateralization level, through either a higher overcollateralization percentage or lower LTV ratio thresholds and (2) comply with specified financial covenants for the life of the related AgVantage security to avoid default. As of December 31, 2025, we have had no credit losses on AgVantage securities over the life of the program.

The following table provides information about the issuers of AgVantage securities and the required collateralization levels for those transactions as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:

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(1)Consists of AgVantage securities issued by 9 different issuers as of both December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

We manage institutional credit risk related to lenders and servicers by requiring those institutions to meet our standards for creditworthiness. We monitor the financial condition of those institutions by evaluating financial statements and credit rating agency reports. For more information about lender eligibility requirements, see Business—Farmer Mac's Lines of Business—Agricultural Finance—Lenders.

We manage institutional credit risk related to interest rate swap counterparties through collateralization provisions contained in each of our swap agreements that vary based on the market value of our swap portfolio with each counterparty. For cleared swap transactions and non-cleared swap transactions entered into after March 1, 2017, we and our interest rate swap counterparties are required to fully collateralize their derivatives positions without any minimum threshold. We enter into interest rate swaps with multiple counterparties to reduce counterparty credit exposure concentration. Our use of cleared derivatives has increased over time which reduces our exposure to individual counterparties with the central

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clearinghouse acting to settle the change in value of contracts on a daily basis. Credit risk related to interest rate swap contracts is discussed in MD&A—Risk Management—Interest Rate Risk and Note 5—Financial Derivatives to the consolidated financial statements.

Credit Risk – Other Investments. The management of the credit risk inherent in these investments is governed by our internal policies as well as the Liquidity and Investment Regulations. In addition to establishing a portfolio of highly liquid investments as an available source of cash, the goals of our investment policies are designed to minimize exposure to financial market volatility, preserve capital, and support access to the debt markets.

The Liquidity and Investment Regulations and our internal policies require that investments held in our investment portfolio meet the following creditworthiness standards: (1) at a minimum, at least one obligor of the investment must have a very strong capacity to meet financial commitments for the life of the investment, even under severely adverse or stressful conditions, and generally present a very low risk of default; (2) if the obligor whose capacity to meet financial commitments is being relied upon to meet the standard set forth in subparagraph (1) is located outside of the United States, the investment must also be fully guaranteed by a U.S. government agency; and (3) the investment must exhibit low credit risk and other risk characteristics consistent with the purpose or purposes for which it is held.

The Liquidity and Investment Regulations and our internal policies also establish concentration limits, which are intended to limit exposure to any single entity, issuer, or obligor. While the Liquidity and Investment Regulations limit our total credit exposure to any single entity, issuer, or obligor of securities to 10% of our regulatory capital ($174.5 million as of December 31, 2025), our current policy limit is 5% of our regulatory capital ($87.3 million as of December 31, 2025). These exposure limits do not apply to obligations of U.S. government agencies or GSEs, although our current policy restricts investing more than 100% of regulatory capital in the senior non-convertible debt securities of any one GSE.

Although the Liquidity and Investments Regulations do not establish limits on the maximum amount, expressed as a percentage of our investment portfolio, that can be invested in each eligible asset class, our internal policies set forth asset class limits as part of our overall risk management framework.

Interest Rate Risk. We are subject to interest rate risk on all interest-earning assets on our balance sheet due to timing differences in the cash flows related to maturity, paydown, or repricing of the assets and debt together with financial derivatives. Cash flow mismatches due to changing interest rates can reduce our earnings if assets prepay sooner than expected and the resulting cash flows must be reinvested in lower-yielding investments when our funding costs cannot be correspondingly reduced. Alternatively, we could realize a decline in income if assets repay more slowly than originally forecasted and the associated maturing debt must be replaced by debt issuances at higher interest rates. Changes in interest rates may also affect the returns generated on assets funded with equity capital, as equity proceeds are deployed alongside debt funding to support interest-earning assets and liquidity.

Interest Rate Risk Management

The goal of our interest rate risk management is to manage the balance sheet in a manner that generates stable earnings and value across a variety of interest rate environments. Recognizing that interest rate sensitivities may change with the passage of time and as interest rates change, we regularly assess this exposure and, if necessary, adjust our portfolio of interest-earning assets, debt, and financial derivatives.

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We seek to maintain exposure to interest rate risk within appropriate limits, as approved by our board of directors. Our management-level Asset and Liability Committee ("ALCO") provides oversight, establishes guidelines, and approves strategies to maintain interest rate risk within the board-established limits.

Equity capital is positioned to support asset growth, regulatory capital requirements, and liquidity and is allocated in a manner that complements our overall funding and interest rate risk management strategy. We consider the deployment of equity proceeds when assessing balance sheet duration, earnings sensitivity, and value across interest rate environment.

Our primary strategy for managing interest rate risk is to fund asset purchases with debt that together with financial derivatives have similar duration and convexity characteristics and help mitigate impacts from interest rate changes across the yield curve. As part of this strategy, we seek to issue debt securities across a variety of maturities that, together with financial derivatives, closely align the forecasted debt and financial derivative cash flows with forecasted asset cash flows.

We issue discount notes and both callable and non-callable medium-term notes across a spectrum of maturities to execute our debt issuance strategy. A portion of our callable debt is issued to mitigate prepayment risk associated with certain interest-earning assets held on balance sheet. In general, as interest rates decline, asset prepayments typically increase, and we may be able to economically extinguish certain callable debt issuances. We also enter into financial derivatives, primarily interest rate swaps, to better match the durations of our assets and liabilities, thereby reducing overall sensitivity to changing interest rates.

We incorporate behavioral models when projecting and valuing cash flows related to our interest-earning assets, taking into consideration the associated prepayment provisions and the default probabilities. We periodically evaluate the effectiveness of these models compared to actual prepayment experience because borrowers' behavior may change over time depending on the interest rate environment. We adjust and refine our models as necessary to improve the precision of future prepayment forecasts.

Interest rate changes may affect the timing of prepayments which may, in turn, impact duration and asset value. Declining interest rates generally result in increased prepayments, which shortens asset duration while rising interest rates generally result in lower prepayments, thereby extending asset duration.

We are subject to interest rate risk on loans and securities we have committed to acquire but not yet purchased (other than delinquent loans purchased through LTSPCs or loans designated for securitization under a forward purchase agreement). When we commit to purchase these assets, we are exposed to interest rate risk between the time we commit to purchase the loan and the time we issue debt to fund the loan purchase. We manage interest rate risk exposure related to these loans by entering into exchange-traded futures contracts involving U.S. Treasury securities and other financial derivatives. Similarly, when we commit to sell certain assets, the associated interest rate exposure is primarily managed with exchange-traded futures contracts involving U.S. Treasury securities and other financial derivatives.

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Interest Rate Risk Metrics

We regularly evaluate and conduct interest rate shock simulations on our portfolio of financial assets, debt, and financial derivatives and examine a variety of metrics to quantify and manage our exposure to interest rate risk. These metrics include sensitivity to interest rate movements on the market value of equity ("MVE") and forecasted NES as well as a duration gap analysis.

MVE represents our estimate of the present value of all future cash flows from our current portfolio of on- and off-balance sheet assets, liabilities, and financial derivatives, discounted at current interest rates and appropriate spreads. However, MVE is not indicative of our market value as a going concern as these market values are theoretical and do not reflect future business activities. The MVE sensitivity analysis measures the degree to which the market values of our assets, liabilities, and financial derivatives are estimated to change for a given change in interest rates.

Our NES simulation represents the difference between projected income over the next twelve months from the current portfolio of interest-earning assets and interest expense produced by the related funding, including associated financial derivatives. The NES simulation may be impacted by changes in market interest rates resulting from timing differences between maturities and re-pricing characteristics of funded assets and debt together with the associated financial derivatives. The direction and magnitude of any such effect depends on the direction and magnitude of the change in interest rates across the yield curve as well as the composition of our portfolio. The NES simulation represents an estimate of NES that our current portfolio is expected to produce over a twelve-month horizon. As a result, the NES simulation sensitivity statistics provide a short-term view of our NES sensitivity to interest rate shocks.

Duration is a measure of a financial instrument's fair value sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Duration gap is calculated using the net estimated durations of our interest-earning assets, debt, and financial derivatives. Duration gap quantifies the extent to which estimated fair value sensitivities are matched for interest-earning assets, debt and financial derivatives. Duration gap provides a relatively concise measure of the interest rate risk inherent in our outstanding portfolio.

A positive duration gap denotes that the duration of our interest-earning assets is greater than the duration of our debt and financial derivatives. A positive duration gap indicates that with small changes in interest rate movements the fair value change of our interest-earning assets is more sensitive than the fair value change of our debt and financial derivatives. Conversely, a negative duration gap indicates that with small changes in interest rate movements the fair value change of our interest-earning assets are less sensitive than the fair value change of our debt and financial derivatives. A duration gap of zero indicates that with small changes in interest rate movements the fair value change of our interest-earning assets is effectively offset by the fair value change of our debt and financial derivatives.

Each of the interest rate risk metrics is quantified using asset/liability models and derived based on our best estimates of factors such as implied forward interest rates across the yield curve, interest rate volatility, and timing of asset prepayments and callable debt redemptions. Accordingly, these metrics are estimates rather than precise measurements. Actual results may differ to the extent there are material changes to our financial asset portfolio or changes in funding or hedging strategies undertaken to mitigate unfavorable sensitivities to interest rate changes.

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The following schedule summarizes our MVE and NES sensitivity analysis as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 to an immediate and instantaneous uniform or "parallel" shift in the yield curve:

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As of December 31, 2025, we reported a positive effective duration gap of 3.7 months, reflecting no material change from the effective duration gap reported as of December 31, 2024. Since the end of 2024, the yield curve has steepened, with the yields on the 2‑year and 10‑year U.S. Treasury Notes falling by approximately 77 and 40 basis points, respectively. The change in interest rates resulted in correspondingly similar changes in the duration profiles of our funded assets, liabilities, and financial derivatives.

Financial Derivatives Transactions

The economic effects of financial derivatives are included in our MVE, NES, and duration gap analyses. We typically enter into the following types of financial derivative transactions principally to protect against risk from the effects of market price or interest rate movements on the value of interest-earning assets, future cash flows, and debt issuance, and not for trading or speculative purposes:

•"pay-fixed" interest rate swaps, in which we pay fixed rates of interest to, and receive floating rates of interest from, counterparties;

•"receive-fixed" interest rate swaps, in which we receive fixed rates of interest from, and pay floating rates of interest to, counterparties;

•"basis swaps," in which we pay floating rates of interest based on one index to, and receive floating rates of interest based on a different index from, counterparties; and

•exchange-traded futures contracts involving U.S. Treasury securities.

As of December 31, 2025, we had $25.5 billion combined notional amount of interest rate swaps, with terms ranging from less than one year to approximately thirty years, of which $11.3 billion were pay-fixed interest rate swaps, $13.8 billion were receive-fixed interest rate swaps, and $0.4 billion were basis swaps.

We enter into interest rate swaps to more closely match the cash flow and duration characteristics of our interest-earning assets with those of our debt. For example, we enter into pay-fixed interest rate swaps and issue floating rate debt to effectively create fixed rate funding that approximately matches the duration of the corresponding fixed rate assets being funded. We evaluate the overall cost of using interest rate swaps in conjunction with debt issuance as a funding alternative to duration-matched debt and enters into interest rate swaps to manage interest rate risks across the balance sheet.

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Certain financial derivatives are designated as fair value hedges of fixed rate assets classified as AFS or liabilities to protect against fair value changes in the assets or liabilities related to a benchmark interest rate (e.g. SOFR). Also, certain financial derivatives are designated as cash flow hedges to mitigate the volatility of future interest rate payments on floating rate debt. All of our interest rate swap transactions are conducted under standard collateralized agreements that limit our potential credit exposure to any counterparty. As of both December 31, 2025 and 2024, we had no uncollateralized net exposures based on the mark-to-market value of the portfolio of interest rate swaps.

Re-funding and repricing risk

We are subject to re-funding and repricing risk on any floating rate assets that are not funded to contractual maturity. Re-funding and repricing risk arises from potential changes in funding costs resulting from a funding strategy whereby we issue floating rate debt across a variety of maturities to fund floating rate or synthetically floating rate assets that, on average, may have longer maturities. Changes in our funding costs relative to the asset's benchmark market index rate can cause changes to NII when debt matures and is reissued at then-current interest rates to continue funding those assets.

We are subject to re-funding and repricing risk on certain fixed rate assets due to pay-fixed, receive-floating interest rate swaps, effectively converting these assets to floating rate which then require floating rate funding.

We can meet floating rate funding needs in several ways, including:

•issuing fixed rate discount notes with maturities that match the reset period of the assets;

•issuing floating rate medium-term notes with maturities and reset frequencies that match the assets being funded;

•issuing non-maturity matched, floating rate medium-term notes with reset frequencies that match the assets being funded; or

•issuing non-maturity matched, fixed rate discount notes or medium-term notes swapped to floating rate to match the interest rate reset dates of the assets.

To meet certain floating rate funding needs, we frequently issue shorter-term floating-rate medium-term notes or fixed rate medium-term notes paired with a received-fixed interest rate swap because these funding alternatives generally provide a lower cost of funding while generating an effective interest rate match. As funding for these floating rate assets matures, we seek to refinance the debt associated with these assets in a similar fashion to achieve an appropriate interest rate match in the context of our overall debt issuance and liquidity management strategies. However, if the funding cost of our discount notes or medium-term notes increased relative to the benchmark market index of the associated assets during the time between when these floating rate assets were first funded and when we refinanced the associated debt, we would be exposed to a commensurate reduction of NES. Conversely, if the funding cost on our discount notes or medium-term notes decreased relative to the benchmark market index during that time, we would benefit from a commensurate increase to NES.

Our debt issuance strategy targets balancing liquidity risk and re-funding and repricing risk while maintaining an appropriate liability management profile that is consistent with our risk tolerance. We regularly adjust our funding strategies to mitigate the effects of interest rate variability and seek to maintain an effective mixture of funding structures in the context of our overall liability and liquidity management strategies.

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As of December 31, 2025, we held $8.5 billion of floating rate assets in our lines of business and our investment portfolio that reset based on floating rate market indices, such as SOFR. As of December 31, 2025, we had $11.3 billion of pay-fixed interest rate swaps outstanding.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We primarily use the proceeds of our debt issuances, guarantee and commitment fees, net effective spread, loan repayments, and repayments of AgVantage and investment securities to meet our liquidity and funding needs. We regularly access the debt capital markets for funding, and we maintained steady access to the debt capital markets throughout 2025. We fund our purchases of Eligible Loan assets, USDA Securities, Farmer Mac Guaranteed Securities and investment assets and finance our operations primarily by issuing debt obligations of various maturities in the debt capital markets. As of December 31, 2025, we had outstanding discount notes of $2.6 billion, medium-term notes that mature within one year of $8.7 billion, and medium-term notes that mature after one year of $19.5 billion.

Assuming continued access to the debt capital markets, we believe we have sufficient liquidity and capital resources to support our operations for the next 12 months and for the foreseeable future. We have a contingency funding plan to manage unanticipated disruptions in our access to the debt capital markets, which requires us to maintain a minimum of 90 days of liquidity under the Liquidity and Investment Regulations. In accordance with the methodology for calculating available days of liquidity under those regulations, we maintained a monthly average of 301 days of liquidity throughout 2025 and had 277 days of liquidity as of December 31, 2025.

We maintain cash, cash equivalents (including U.S. Treasury securities, operational deposits, and other short-term money market instruments), and other investment securities that can be drawn upon for liquidity needs. Our liquidity investments must comply with policies adopted by our board of directors and with FCA's Liquidity and Investment Regulations, which establish limitations on asset class, dollar amount, issuer concentration, and credit quality. The following table presents these assets as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:

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The objectives of the investment portfolio as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 are to provide a level of liquidity that mitigates enterprise risk, provides a reliable source of short-term and long-term liquidity and to support program asset growth.

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Capital Requirements. We are subject to the following statutory capital requirements – minimum, critical, and risk-based. We must comply with the higher of the minimum capital requirement and the risk-based capital requirement. As of December 31, 2025, we were in compliance with our statutory capital requirements and were classified within "level 1" (the highest compliance level).

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The capital in excess of the minimum capital level required increased from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2025 primarily as a result of the issuance of the Series H preferred stock noted above and an increase in retained earnings, partially offset by the capital impact due to growth in total assets.

In accordance with the FCA's rule on capital planning, our board of directors has adopted a policy for maintaining a sufficient level of "Tier 1" capital (consisting of retained earnings, paid-in capital, common stock, and qualifying preferred stock). That policy restricts Tier 1-eligible dividends and any discretionary bonus payments if Tier 1 capital falls below specified thresholds. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, our Tier 1 capital ratio was 13.3% and 14.2%, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, we were in compliance with the capital adequacy policy. We do not expect ongoing compliance with FCA's rule on capital planning, including our policy on Tier 1 capital, to materially affect our operations or financial condition.

For more information about our capital requirements, our capital adequacy policy, and the FCA's rule on capital planning, see Business—Government Regulation of Farmer Mac—Capital Standards. See Note 8—Equity to the consolidated financial statements for more information about our capital position.

Discount and Medium-term Notes. The following table presents the amount and timing of our known, fixed, and determinable discount and medium-term note obligations by payment date as of December 31, 2025. Payment amounts represent amounts due to investors (including return of discount and interest on debt) and do not include unamortized premiums or discounts or other similar carrying value adjustments.

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(1)Future events, including additional issuance and refinancing of notes, could cause actual payments to differ significantly from these amounts. For more information about discount notes and medium-term notes, see Note 6—Notes Payable to the consolidated financial statements.

(2)Interest payments on callable medium-term notes are calculated based on maturity. Future calls could cause actual interest payments to differ significantly from the amounts presented.

(3)Calculated using the effective interest rates as of December 31, 2025. As a result, these amounts do not reflect the effects of changes in the interest rates effective on future interest rate reset dates.

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We enter into financial derivatives contracts under which we receive cash from or we are required to pay cash to counterparties, depending on changes in interest rates. Financial derivatives are carried on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value, representing the net present value of expected future cash payments or receipts based on market interest rates as of the balance sheet date adjusted for our credit risk and that of our counterparties. The fair values of the contracts change daily as market interest rates change. Because the financial derivative liabilities recorded on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025 do not represent the amounts that may ultimately be paid under the financial derivative contracts, those liabilities are not included in the table presented above. See Note 2(f)—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Financial Derivatives and Note 5—Financial Derivatives to the consolidated financial statements for more information.

Contingent Liabilities and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. In conducting our loan purchase activities, we enter into mandatory delivery commitments to purchase agricultural mortgage loans and USDA Securities. In conducting our LTSPC activities, we commit, subject to the applicable LTSPC agreement, to a future purchase of one or more loans from identified pools of Eligible Loans that meet our standards at inception of the transaction and when we assumed the credit risk on the loans. The following table presents these commitments:

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Our off-balance sheet arrangements primarily include unconsolidated structured securitization trusts, LTSPCs, and unfunded purchase commitments. The outstanding balance of these off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, totaled $5.4 billion and $4.5 billion, respectively. See MD&A—Results of Operations—Business Volume for more details on outstanding balances by product type. See MD&A—Risk Management—Credit Risk – Loans and Guarantees and Notes 2(l)—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Guarantees and Note 10—Guarantees and Commitments to the consolidated financial statements for more information.

Other Matters

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Supplemental Information

The following tables present quarterly and annual information about new business volume, repayments, and outstanding business volume:

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