Record Revenue
Revenue reached $410 million in 2025, a 13% increase versus prior year, driven by diversified portfolio growth and higher-yielding assets.
Record Net Effective Spread
Full-year net effective spread was $383 million, up $43.5 million or 13% year-over-year; fourth-quarter net effective spread was a record $101.4 million, a 16% increase versus prior year quarter (122 bps as a percentage).
Strong Core Earnings and Multi-Year Record
Full-year core earnings were $182.9 million, up 6.6% year-over-year, marking Farmer Mac's 10th consecutive year of record annual core earnings.
Outstanding Business Volume Growth
Net new business volume totaled a record $3.8 billion in 2025, bringing total outstanding business volume to $33.4 billion at year-end.
Infrastructure and Ag Finance Expansion
Infrastructure finance outstanding volume rose to $11.8 billion (up over $2.8 billion year-over-year); Power & Utilities grew by over $1 billion, Renewable Energy grew by more than $1 billion, and Broadband Infrastructure grew $700 million (more than double prior year growth). Agricultural finance outstanding volume grew by $1 billion, driven largely by Farm & Ranch.
AgVantage Portfolio Inflection
Farm & Ranch AgVantage securities reversed a runoff trend and grew $500 million in Q4 after closing a new $4.3 billion facility with a large counterparty, with momentum expected to continue in 2026.
Capital Strength and Shareholder Returns
Core capital increased by $204 million to $1.7 billion, exceeding statutory requirement by $678 million (66%). Returned $78 million to shareholders in 2025 through dividends and repurchases; quarterly dividend increased $0.10 to $1.60 (15th consecutive annual increase) and $12.9 million of the $50 million repurchase authorization was completed in Q4 (remaining $37.1 million).
Expanded Liquidity and Risk-Transfer Activity
Completed seventh Farm securitization transaction and highlighted use of credit risk transfer tools to optimize capital and redeploy liquidity into mission-aligned lending.
Tax Credit Optimization
Purchased $61.5 million of renewable energy investment tax credits in 2025, producing a $4.8 million benefit; approximately $80 million of tax credit capacity remains.
Positive Portfolio Diversification and Market Demand
Management cited broad-based growth across newer, higher-spread segments (Renewable Energy, Broadband Infrastructure, Corporate AgFinance) and robust pipelines into 2026, supported by sustained market demand for rural infrastructure and USDA projection of a 5% increase in real estate mortgage transactions in 2026.