Farm Loan Interest Rates are Driven from Farm Credit Bonds and U.S. Treasuries
Most agricultural lender's rates are based off spreads over Treasuries, Prime Rate, Libor, etc., these are useful for farmers and agricultural professionals to see where interest rate trends have been.
Indicative Interest Rates
Inflation Expectations
Agricultural Loan Data
Agricultural Funding Farm Credit Bonds
Data citation: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate [DGS10], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DGS10, May 4, 2016.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), 5-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate [DGS5], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DGS5, May 4, 2016.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Bank Prime Loan Rate [DPRIME], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DPRIME, May 4, 2016.
ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA), 3-Month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), based on U.S. Dollar© [USD3MTD156N], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/USD3MTD156N, May 4, 2016.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), 20-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate [DGS20], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DGS20, May 4, 2016.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), 30-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate [DGS30], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DGS30, May 4, 2016.
Purdue University and CME Agricultural Survey
This interesting study where Purdue and CME conduct, on a monthly basis, a survey of 400 U.S. agricultural producers to discern their attitudes and sentiments regarding the status of the U.S. farm economy. Basically 100 is same as the last year, above 100 means expectations are that the agricultural environment is better and under 100 that expectations are that farming will be worse.
