On May 3, 2017, the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (“Farmer Mac”) issued a press release to announce the date and time of the conference call that Farmer Mac will hold to discuss its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99. All references to www.farmermac.com in Exhibit 99>are inactive textual references only and the information contained on Farmer Mac’s website is not incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information furnished in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99>(other than the portion of this press release related to dividends), shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor will any of such information or portion of the Exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 3, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Farmer Mac declared a quarterly dividend on each of Farmer Mac’s three classes of common stock – Class A Voting Common Stock, Class B Voting Common Stock, and Class C Non-Voting Common Stock. The quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share of common stock will be payable on June 30, 2017 to holders of record of Farmer Mac’s common stock as of June 15, 2017.

Also on May 3, 2017, the Board declared a dividend on each of Farmer Mac’s three classes of preferred stock – 5.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), 6.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), and 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C (the “Series C Preferred Stock”). The quarterly dividend of $0.3672 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, $0.4297 per share of Series B Preferred Stock, and $0.375 per share of Series C Preferred Stock is for the period from but not including April 17, 2017 to and including July 17, 2017 and will be payable on July 17, 2017 to holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock, and the Series C Preferred Stock, respectively, as of July 3, 2017. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, and Series C Preferred Stock has a par value and liquidation preference of $25.00 per share.

Information about the dividends is also included in the press release attached to this report as Exhibit 99>and the portion of this press release related to the dividends is incorporated by reference herein. All references to www.farmermac.com in Exhibit 99>are inactive textual references only and the information contained on Farmer Mac’s website is not incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99 Press Release, dated May 3, 2017

About FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION> (NYSE:AGM)

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) provides a secondary market for a range of loans made to borrowers in rural America. The Company’s segments include Farm & Ranch, USDA Guarantees, Rural Utilities, Institutional Credit and Corporate. Its secondary market activities are purchasing eligible loans directly from lenders; providing advances against eligible loans by purchasing obligations secured by those loans; securitizing assets and guaranteeing the payment of principal and interest on the resulting securities that represent interests in, or obligations secured by, pools of eligible loans; and issuing long-term standby purchase commitments (LTSPCs) for eligible loans. The loans eligible for the secondary market provided by Farmer Mac include mortgage loans secured by first liens on agricultural real estate, including part-time farms and rural housing (comprising the assets eligible for the Farm & Ranch line of business).

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