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Farm Credit Mid-America review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Farm Credit Mid-America earns a D, weaker than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 15.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 35th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.54 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 18th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

6.4kApplications2025
66.3%Originatedof applications
15.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.00%Median ratenational 6.63%
$1.7BLoan volume27 states

Farm Credit Mid-America at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

12.1%Denial rate (all applications)-5.91 pts vs national
15.0%Denial rate (decided applications)-7.61 pts vs national
66.3%Origination rate+8.23 pts vs national
19.0%Withdrawn by applicant
0.4%Closed for incompleteness
7.00%Median interest rate+0.38 pts vs national
0.54Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.29 pts vs national
$335,000Median loan amount
$7,362Median total loan costs
$159kMedian applicant income
71%Median loan-to-value
2High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

35th15.0% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

18th0.54 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

37th19.4%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

53rd2.20% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20234,8463,26716.5%18.8%7.00%$1.2B
20245,9024,31110.4%12.3%7.13%$1.6B
20256,4024,24212.1%15.0%7.00%$1.7B

What Farm Credit Mid-America lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 5,140 80% · 11.6% denied
Refinance 723 11% · 15.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 1 0% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 331 5% · 13.0% denied
Other / HELOC 207 3% · 11.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 6,402 100% · 12.1% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 227 manufactured homes, 243 investment properties.

Why Farm Credit Mid-America denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 773 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 586 76%
Insufficient cash 71 9%
Other 54 7%
Credit history 33 4%
Collateral 26 3%
Unverifiable information 3 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Farm Credit Mid-America

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1515750.8%
$50k – $100k1,07263323.2%
$100k – $150k1,6531,06416.3%
$150k – $250k2,0511,43311.7%
Over $250k1,3951,0146.8%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2535725714.6%
25–341,6631,10014.2%
35–441,7601,18714.7%
45–541,23881615.8%
55–6492360814.5%
65–7436521119.9%
Over 74623613.5%

Where Farm Credit Mid-America lends

27 states and 1,015 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Tennessee1,13978610.5%7.13%#59
Ohio96270610.2%7.00%#90
Kentucky6874899.0%7.00%#64
Indiana6845186.6%7.00%#92
Texas55131215.4%7.13%#248
Iowa26315019.8%7.13%#83
Kansas24317412.4%7.00%#88
Nebraska21414913.6%7.00%#72
South Dakota1439112.6%7.00%#46
Oklahoma1125917.9%7.00%#171
Colorado1086315.7%7.00%#222
Illinois82594.9%7.00%#379
California663121.2%7.13%#494
Arkansas382615.8%7.00%#226
Minnesota322012.5%6.69%#337
Wyoming281417.9%7.25%#89
New Mexico241612.5%7.13%#189
Missouri181027.8%6.94%#448
North Dakota12100.0%6.63%#120
Nevada10430.0%7.25%#312

Frequently asked questions

Farm Credit Mid-America denied 15.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 35th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Farm Credit Mid-America gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 75.8% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Farm Credit Mid-America originated in 2025 was 7.00%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.54 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 80% of its applications were for home purchases, 11% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 8% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Farm Credit Mid-America. Data sources · Methodology