10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021

or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                   to

Commission File Number: 001-36405

FARMLAND PARTNERS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland	46-3769850
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
4600 South Syracuse Street, Suite 1450 Denver, Colorado	80237-2766
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(720) 452-3100

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock	FPI	New York Stock Exchange
6.00% Series B Participating Preferred Stock	FPI.PRB	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   ☒  Yes   ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit  such files).   ☒  Yes   ☐  No

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   ☐  Yes   ☒  No

As of August 3, 2021, 32,819,948 shares of the Registrant’s common stock (34,300,035 on a fully diluted basis, including 1,480,087 Common Units of limited partnership interests in the registrant’s operating partnership) held by non-affiliates of the registrant were outstanding.

Farmland Partners Inc.

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED

June 30, 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION		Page
Item 1.	Financial Statements
	Consolidated Financial Statements
	Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2021 (unaudited) and December 31, 2020	3
	Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)	4
	Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)	5
	Statements of Changes in Equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)	6
	Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)	8
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	9
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	33
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	50
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	50
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION		51
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	51
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	51
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	51
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	51
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	52
Item 5.	Other Information	52
Item 6.	Exhibits	52

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Farmland Partners Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

As of June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2020

(in thousands except par value and share data)

	June 30,		December 31,
	2021		2020
ASSETS
Land, at cost	$	930,665	$	924,952
Grain facilities		11,283		12,091
Groundwater		10,214		10,214
Irrigation improvements		52,335		53,887
Drainage improvements		12,606		12,805
Permanent plantings		53,519		54,374
Other		6,890		8,167
Construction in progress		10,228		9,284
Real estate, at cost		1,087,740		1,085,774
Less accumulated depreciation		(35,230)		(32,654)
Total real estate, net		1,052,510		1,053,120
Deposits		65		—
Cash		40,159		27,217
Assets held for sale		530		—
Notes and interest receivable, net		2,440		2,348
Convertible notes receivable		2,428		—
Right of use asset		178		93
Deferred offering costs		75		—
Deferred financing fees, net		44		87
Accounts receivable, net		3,520		4,120
Inventory		742		1,117
Prepaid and other assets		1,628		2,889
TOTAL ASSETS	$	1,104,319	$	1,090,991
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Mortgage notes and bonds payable, net	$	500,705	$	506,625
Lease liability		178		93
Dividends payable		1,715		1,612
Derivative liability		1,738		2,899
Accrued interest		3,373		3,446
Accrued property taxes		1,752		1,817
Deferred revenue		2,420		37
Accrued expenses		11,132		8,272
Total liabilities		523,013		524,801
Commitments and contingencies (See Note 8)
Series B Participating Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 6,037,500 shares authorized; 5,806,797 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021, and 5,831,870 at December 31, 2020		139,116		139,766
Redeemable non-controlling interest in operating partnership, Series A preferred units		118,755		120,510
EQUITY
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized; 32,810,518 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021, and 30,571,271 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020		317		297
Additional paid in capital		373,299		345,870
Retained earnings		(5,457)		1,037
Cumulative dividends		(57,932)		(54,751)
Other comprehensive income		(908)		(2,380)
Non-controlling interests in operating partnership		14,116		15,841
Total equity		323,435		305,914
TOTAL LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS IN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AND EQUITY	$	1,104,319	$	1,090,991

See accompanying notes.

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Farmland Partners Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

(Unaudited)

(in thousands except per share amounts)

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
OPERATING REVENUES:
Rental income	$	8,291	$	9,141	$	18,551	$	19,215
Tenant reimbursements		839		883		1,777		1,744
Crop sales		237		362		453		697
Other revenue		646		131		808		512
Total operating revenues		10,013		10,517		21,589		22,168
OPERATING EXPENSES
Depreciation, depletion and amortization		1,885		2,003		3,820		4,003
Property operating expenses		1,708		1,818		3,639		3,679
Cost of goods sold		667		745		917		1,311
Acquisition and due diligence costs		—		11		—		11
General and administrative expenses		1,897		1,402		3,514		2,854
Legal and accounting		2,901		848		5,643		1,330
Other operating expenses		—		1		2		1
Total operating expenses		9,058		6,828		17,535		13,189
OPERATING INCOME		955		3,689		4,054		8,979
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
Other (income) expense		(8)		(33)		(52)		88
(Gain) on disposition of assets		(74)		(917)		(3,467)		(831)
Interest expense		3,902		4,467		7,961		9,130
Total other expense		3,820		3,517		4,442		8,387
Net income (loss) before income tax expense		(2,865)		172		(388)		592
Income tax expense		—		—		—		—
NET INCOME (LOSS)		(2,865)		172		(388)		592
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests in operating partnership		130		(10)		13		(36)
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company		(2,735)		162		(375)		556
Nonforfeitable distributions allocated to unvested restricted shares		(14)		(16)		(28)		(32)
Distributions on Series A Preferred Units and Series B Preferred Stock		(3,055)		(3,088)		(6,120)		(6,203)
Net loss available to common stockholders of Farmland Partners Inc.	$	(5,804)	$	(2,942)	$	(6,523)	$	(5,679)
Basic and diluted per common share data:
Basic net (loss) available to common stockholders	$	(0.19)	$	(0.10)	$	(0.21)	$	(0.19)
Diluted net (loss) available to common stockholders	$	(0.19)	$	(0.10)	$	(0.21)	$	(0.19)
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding		31,072		29,433		30,747		29,485
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding		31,072		29,433		30,747		29,485
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.05	$	0.05	$	0.10	$	0.10

See accompanying notes.

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Farmland Partners Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net Income (loss)	$	(2,865)	$	172	$	(388)	$	592
Amortization of OCI		236		247		530		247
Net change associated with current period hedging activities		(266)		(400)		942		(1,983)
Comprehensive Income (Loss)		(2,895)		19		1,084		(1,144)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests		130		(10)		13		(36)
Net income (loss) attributable to Farmland Partners Inc.	$	(2,765)	$	9	$	1,097	$	(1,180)

See accompanying notes.

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Farmland Partners Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity and Other Comprehensive Income

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

	Stockholders’ Equity
	Common Stock											Non-controlling
				Additional							Other	Interests in
				Paid in		Retained		Cumulative		Comprehensive		Operating		Total
	Shares	Par Value		Capital		Earnings		Dividends		Income		Partnership		Equity
Balance at December 31, 2020	30,571	$	297	$	345,870	$	1,037	$	(54,751)	$	(2,380)	$	15,841	$	305,914
Net income	—		—		—		2,360		—		—		117		2,477
Grant of unvested restricted stock	113		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Forfeiture of unvested restricted stock	(3)		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Stock-based compensation	—		—		251		—		—		—		—		251
Dividends accrued or paid	—		—		—		(3,065)		(1,540)		—		(74)		(4,679)
Conversion of common units to shares of common stock	159		1		1,697		—		—		—		(1,698)		—
Net change associated with current period hedging transactions	—		—		—		—		—		1,501		—		1,501
Adjustments to non-controlling interests resulting from changes in ownership of operating partnership	—		—		38		—		—		—		(38)		—
Balance at March 31, 2021	30,840	$	298	$	347,856	$	332	$	(56,291)	$	(879)	$	14,148	$	305,464
Net loss	—		—		—		(2,735)		—		—		(130)		(2,865)
Issuance of stock	1,955		19		25,281		—		—		—		—		25,300
Grant of unvested restricted stock	16		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Stock-based compensation	—		—		334		—		—		—		—		334
Dividends accrued or paid	—		—		—		(3,054)		(1,641)		—		(74)		(4,769)
Net change associated with current period hedging transactions	—		—		—		—		—		(29)		—		(29)
Adjustments to non-controlling interests resulting from changes in ownership of operating partnership	—		—		(172)		—		—		—		172		—
Balance at June 30, 2021	32,811	$	317	$	373,299	$	(5,457)	$	(57,932)	$	(908)	$	14,116	$	323,435

See accompanying notes.

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Farmland Partners Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity and Other Comprehensive Income

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

	Stockholders’ Equity
	Common Stock											Non-controlling
				Additional							Other	Interests in
				Paid in		Retained		Cumulative		Comprehensive		Operating		Total
	Shares	Par Value		Capital		Earnings		Dividends		Income		Partnership		Equity
Balance at December 31, 2019	29,952	$	292	$	338,387	$	6,251	$	(48,784)	$	(1,644)	$	19,044	$	313,546
Net income	—		—		—		394		—		—		25		419
Grant of unvested restricted stock	139		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Stock-based compensation	—		—		242		—		—		—		—		242
Dividends accrued or paid	—		—		—		(3,115)		(1,498)		—		(95)		(4,708)
Net change associated with current period hedging transactions											(1,583)				(1,583)
Repurchase and cancellation of shares	(225)		(3)		(1,396)		—		—		—		—		(1,399)
Adjustments to non-controlling interests resulting from changes in ownership of operating partnership	—		—		224		—		—		—		(224)		—
Balance at March 31, 2020	29,866	$	289	$	337,457	$	3,530	$	(50,282)	$	(3,227)	$	18,750	$	306,517
Net income	—		—		—		162		—		—		11		173
Stock-based compensation	—		—		275		—		—		—		—		275
Dividends accrued or paid	—		—		—		(3,088)		(1,488)		—		(96)		(4,672)
Net change associated with current period hedging transactions											(153)				(153)
Repurchase and cancellation of shares	(270)		(2)		(1,795)		—		—		—		—		(1,797)
Adjustments to non-controlling interests resulting from changes in ownership of operating partnership	—		—		121		—		—		—		(121)		—
Balance at June 30, 2020	29,596	$	287	$	336,058	$	604	$	(51,770)	$	(3,380)	$	18,544	$	300,343

See accompanying notes.

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Farmland Partners Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2021		2020
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income (loss)	$	(388)	$	592
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, depletion and amortization		3,820		4,003
Amortization of deferred financing fees and discounts/premiums on debt		172		147
Stock-based compensation		585		517
(Gain) on disposition of assets		(3,467)		(831)
Proceeds from litigation settlement		550		—
Bad debt expense		—		46
Amortization of dedesignated interest rate swap		530		247
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Increase (Decrease) in accounts receivable		326		2,372
Increase (Decrease) in interest receivable		(47)		(29)
Increase (Decrease) in other assets		1,081		1,565
Increase (Decrease) in inventory		375		(582)
(Decrease) Increase in accrued interest		(219)		347
(Decrease) Increase in accrued expenses		2,588		(781)
(Decrease) Increase in deferred revenue		2,337		2,205
(Decrease) Increase in accrued property taxes		(26)		164
Net cash provided by operating activities		8,217		9,982
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Real estate acquisitions		(30,003)		(884)
Real estate and other improvements		(1,353)		(1,689)
Principal receipts on notes receivable		6		1,762
Issuance of note receivable		—		(8)
Proceeds from sale of property		28,649		7,526
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(2,701)		6,707
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Borrowings from mortgage notes payable		14,000		—
Repayments on mortgage notes payable		(19,976)		(85)
Proceeds from ATM offering		25,301		—
Participating preferred stock repurchased		(650)		(3,095)
Common stock repurchased		—		(3,196)
Payment of debt issuance costs		(73)		(130)
Payment of swap fees		(73)		—
Dividends on common stock		(3,072)		(2,996)
Distribution on Series A preferred units		(3,510)		(3,510)
Distribution on Series B participating preferred stock		(4,365)		(4,450)
Distributions to non-controlling interests in operating partnership, common		(156)		(190)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		7,426		(17,652)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH		12,942		(963)
CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD		27,217		12,561
CASH, END OF PERIOD	$	40,159	$	11,598
Cash paid during period for interest	$	7,217	$	8,334
Cash paid during period for taxes	$	—	$	—
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING TRANSACTIONS:
Dividend payable, common stock	$	1,641	$	1,488
Dividend payable, common units	$	74	$	95
Distributions payable, Series A preferred units	$	1,755	$	1,755
Convertible notes receivable	$	2,417	$	—
Additions to real estate improvements included in accrued expenses	$	238	$	—
Settlement of outstanding notes receivable with property acquisitions	$	—	$	487
Swap fees payable included in accrued interest	$	146	$	109
Deferred offering costs amortized through equity in the period	$	79	$	—
Right of Use Asset	$	178	$	163
Lease Liability	$	178	$	163

See accompanying notes.

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Farmland Partners, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements as of June 30, 2021

Note 1—Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

Farmland Partners Inc., collectively with its subsidiaries (the “Company”), is an internally managed real estate company that owns and seeks to acquire high-quality farmland located in agricultural markets throughout North America. The Company was incorporated in Maryland on September 27, 2013. The Company is the sole member of the general partner of Farmland Partners Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”), which was formed in Delaware on September 27, 2013. As of June 30, 2021, the Company owned a portfolio of approximately 157,000 acres which are consolidated in these financial statements.  In addition, the Company serves as property manager over approximately 3,800 acres (see “Note 4—Related Party Transactions”). All of the Company’s assets are held by, and its operations are primarily conducted through, the Operating Partnership and the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership. As of June 30, 2021, the Company owned a 95.4% interest in the Operating Partnership (see “Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity and Non-controlling Interests” for additional discussion regarding Class A Common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Common units”), Series A preferred units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Series A preferred units”) and Series B participating preferred units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Series B participating preferred units”)). Unlike holders of the Company’s common stock, holders of Common units and Series A preferred units generally do not have voting rights or the power to direct our affairs. On August 17, 2017, the Company issued 6,037,500 shares of its newly designated 6.00% Series B Participating Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series B Participating Preferred Stock”) in an underwritten public offering.  Shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock, which represent equity interests in the Company, generally have no voting rights and rank senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation (See “Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity—Series B Participating Preferred Stock” for more information on the Series B Participating Preferred Stock).

The Company elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), commencing with its short taxable year ended December 31, 2014.

On March 16, 2015, the Company formed FPI Agribusiness Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary (the “TRS” or “FPI Agribusiness”), as a taxable REIT subsidiary.  The TRS was formed to provide volume purchasing services to the Company’s tenants and also to operate a small-scale custom farming business. As of June 30, 2021, the TRS performed these custom farming operations on 1,232 acres of farmland owned by the Company located in California and Michigan.

All references to numbers and percent of acres within this report are unaudited.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements for the periods ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 are presented on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Interim Financial Information

The information in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 is unaudited.  The accompanying financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 include adjustments based on management’s estimates (consisting of normal and recurring accruals), which the Company considers necessary for a fair statement of the results for the periods. The financial information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which the Company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)

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on March 19, 2021. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of actual operating results for the entire year ending December 31, 2021.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial statements.  Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates, including the impacts of the ongoing coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and its effects on the domestic and global economies. We are unable to quantify the ultimate impact of the pandemic on our business.

Real Estate Acquisitions

When the Company acquires farmland where substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or, group of similar identifiable assets, it is not considered a business. As such, the Company accounts for these types of acquisitions as asset acquisitions. When substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is not concentrated in a single identifiable asset, or a group of similar assets, and contains acquired inputs and processes which have the ability to contribute to the creation of outputs, these acquisitions are accounted for as business combinations.

The Company considers single identifiable assets as tangible assets that are attached to and cannot be physically removed and used separately from another tangible asset without incurring significant cost or significant diminution in utility or fair value. The Company considers similar assets as assets that have a similar nature and risk characteristics.

Whether the Company’s acquisitions are treated as an asset acquisition under ASC 360 or a business combination under ASC 805, the fair value of the purchase price is allocated among the assets acquired and any liabilities assumed by valuing the property as if it was vacant.  The “as-if-vacant” value is allocated to land, buildings, improvements, permanent plantings and any liabilities, based on management’s determination of the relative fair values of such assets and liabilities as of the date of acquisition.

Upon acquisition of real estate, the Company allocates the purchase price of the real estate based upon the fair value of the assets and liabilities acquired, which historically have consisted of land, drainage improvements, irrigation improvements, groundwater, permanent plantings (bushes, shrubs, vines and perennial crops) and grain facilities, and may also consist of intangible assets including in-place leases, above market and below market leases and tenant relationships. The Company allocates the purchase price to the fair value of the tangible assets by valuing the land as if it were unimproved. The Company values improvements, including permanent plantings and grain facilities, at replacement cost, adjusted for depreciation. 

Management’s estimates of land value are made using a comparable sales analysis. Factors considered by management in its analysis of land value include soil types and water availability and the sales prices of comparable farms. Management’s estimates of groundwater value are made using historical information obtained regarding the applicable aquifer.  Factors considered by management in its analysis of groundwater value are related to the location of the aquifer and whether or not the aquifer is a depletable resource or a replenishing resource.  If the aquifer is a replenishing resource, no value is allocated to the groundwater.  The Company includes an estimate of property taxes in the purchase price allocation of acquisitions to account for the expected liability that was assumed. 

When above or below market leases are acquired, the Company values the intangible assets based on the present value of the difference between prevailing market rates and the in-place rates measured over a period equal to the remaining term of the lease for above market leases and the initial term plus the term of any below market fixed rate renewal options

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for below market leases that are considered bargain renewal options. The above market lease values are amortized as a reduction of rental income over the remaining term of the respective leases. The fair value of acquired below market leases, included in deferred revenue on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, is amortized as an increase to rental income on a straight-line basis over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases, plus the terms of any below market fixed rate renewal options that are considered bargain renewal options of the respective leases.

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $1.3 million in tenant relationship intangibles, gross of accumulated amortization of $1.3 million, which results in a zero net value on our balance sheet. The purchase price is allocated to in-place lease values and tenant relationships, if they are acquired, based on the Company’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease, availability of replacement tenants, probability of lease renewal, estimated down time and its overall relationship with the tenant. The value of in-place lease intangibles and tenant relationships are included as an intangible asset and have been amortized over the remaining lease term (including expected renewal periods of the respective leases for tenant relationships) as amortization expense. If a tenant terminates its lease prior to its stated expiration, any unamortized amounts relating to that lease, including (i) above and below market leases, (ii) in-place lease values, and (iii) tenant relationships, would be recorded to revenue or expense as appropriate.

The Company capitalizes acquisition costs and due diligence costs if the asset is expected to qualify as an asset acquisition. If the asset acquisition is abandoned, the capitalized asset acquisition costs are expensed to acquisition and due diligence costs in the period of abandonment. Costs associated with a business combination are expensed to acquisition and due diligence costs as incurred. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the company incurred an immaterial amount of costs related to acquisition and due diligence.

Total consideration for acquisitions may include a combination of cash and equity securities.  When equity securities are issued, the Company determines the fair value of the equity securities issued based on the number of shares of common stock and Common units issued multiplied by the price per share of the Company’s common stock on the date of closing in the case of common stock and Common units and by liquidation preference in the case of preferred stock and preferred units.

Using information available at the time of business combination, the Company allocates the total consideration to tangible assets and liabilities and identified intangible assets and liabilities.  During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company may adjust the preliminary purchase price allocations after obtaining more information about assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition. 

Real Estate Sales

The Company recognizes gains from the sales of real estate assets, generally at the time the title is transferred, consideration is received and the Company no longer has substantial continuing involvement with the real estate sold.

Assets Held For Sale

The Company generally considers assets to be held for sale when the following criteria are met: (i) management commits to a plan to sell the property, (ii) the property is available for sale immediately, (iii) the property is actively being marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value, (iv) the sale of the property within one year is considered probable and (v) significant changes to the plan to sell are not expected. As of June 30, 2021, the Company has classified certain of its agriculture equipment as held for sale. The equipment is reported at the lower of its carrying value or its estimated fair value less estimated costs to sell.

Convertible Notes Receivable

On January 20, 2021, the Company entered into property sale and long-term management agreements with Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I, LLC ("OZ Fund"), a private investment fund focused on acquiring and improving farmland in qualified opportunity zones in the United States ("QOZs"), as designated under U.S. tax provisions enacted in 2017. On March 5, 2021, the Company sold 9 farms to the OZ Fund. On March 31, 2021, the Company sold an additional property to the OZ Fund. The Company received approximately $19.1 million in cash and approximately $2.4 million in

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convertible notes receivable (the “OZ Convertible Notes”). The OZ Convertible Notes have an interest rate of 1.35% and an aggregate principal balance of $2.4 million as of June 30, 2021. Unless earlier converted, approximately $2.0 million of the OZ Convertible Notes had a maturity date of March 5, 2031, and approximately $0.4 million had a maturity date of March 31, 2031. At the Company’s option, the OZ Convertible Notes are convertible into membership interests in the OZ Fund at any time on or before December 31, 2021. On July 16, 2021, the Company provided notice to the OZ Fund that it was converting its OZ Convertible Notes, and accrued interest thereon, to membership interest. The value of the conversion was $2.4 million and the Company’s membership interest in the OZ Fund is approximately 7.6%. Refer to “Note 11 – Subsequent Events.”  The OZ Fund has the option to purchase additional properties from the Company.

Liquidity Policy

The Company manages its capital position and liquidity needs by continuously forecasting its expected cash receipts, expenses and capital needs, managing its cash position and monitoring all the sources of capital available to the Company. The business model of the Company, and of real estate investment companies in general, utilizes a combination of debt and equity capital in financing the business. When debt becomes due, it is generally refinanced or repaid with equity capital rather than being repaid using the Company’s cash flow from operations. As of June 30, 2021 the Company had debt maturities within the next twelve months of approximately $126.0 million. Management believes that cash on hand, access to debt and equity capital, and other sources of liquidity, such as sales of farms or formation of joint ventures or other asset management arrangements, are sufficient to meet all its ongoing capital needs, including repayment of its upcoming debt maturities.  The Company has a demonstrated history of refinancing or extending existing debt obligations. In addition, the Company has recently raised $25.6 million of equity capital from its At-The-Market equity program and has utilized such program successfully in the past. The Company also has an effective shelf registration statement with $250.0 million of capacity, pursuant to which it could issue additional equity or debt securities.  Furthermore, the Company also has a deep portfolio of real estate assets which management believes could be readily liquidated if necessary to fund any immediate liquidity needs.  Management believes its capital resources and plans are sufficient to meet all future financing needs, including repayment of debt maturities over the next twelve months.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which changes the method and timing of the recognition of credit losses on financial assets. For trade and other receivables, held-to-maturity debt securities, loans and other instruments, entities are required to use a new forward-looking "expected loss" model that generally will result in the earlier recognition of allowance for losses. This credit loss standard is required to be applied using a modified-retrospective approach and requires a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings be recorded as of the date of adoption. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-19, which clarified that operating lease receivables are outside the scope of the new standard. The Company adopted the new standard on January 1, 2020. The adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations. 

The Company records an allowance for doubtful accounts, reducing the receivables balance to an amount that it estimates is collectible from our customers. Estimates used in determining the allowance for doubtful accounts are based on historical collection experience, current trends, aging of accounts receivable and periodic credit evaluations of the Company’s customers’ financial condition. The Company writes off accounts receivable when it becomes apparent, based upon age or customer circumstances, such that all current expected losses are sufficiently reserved for at each reporting period. The Company considered its current expectations of future economic conditions when estimating its allowance for doubtful accounts. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had an allowance for doubtful accounts of $0.0 million.

Inventory

The costs of growing crops are accumulated until the time of harvest at the lower of cost or net realizable value and are included in inventory in the consolidated balance sheets. Costs are allocated to growing crops based on a percentage of the total costs of production and total operating costs that are attributable to the portion of the crops that remain in inventory at the end of the period. The costs of growing crops incurred by FPI Agribusiness consist primarily of costs

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related to land preparation, cultivation, irrigation and fertilization. Growing crop inventory is charged to cost of products sold when the related crop is harvested and sold. The cost of harvested crop was $0.7 million, $0.9 million, $0.7 million, and $1.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Harvested crop inventory includes costs accumulated both during the growing and harvesting phases and are stated at the lower of those costs or the estimated net realizable value, which is the market price, based upon the nearest market in the geographic region, less any cost of disposition. Cost of disposition includes broker’s commissions, freight and other marketing costs.    

General inventory, such as fertilizer, seeds and pesticides, is valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value.

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, inventory consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	June 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Harvested crop	$	—	$	47
Growing crop		742		1,070
	$	742	$	1,117

Hedge Accounting

ASC 815 requires the Company to recognize all of its derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of a derivative instrument depends on whether it has been designated and qualifies as part of a hedging relationship and, further, on the type of hedging relationship. For those derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, the company must designate the hedging instrument, based upon the exposure being hedged, as a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge or a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation. For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, the gain or loss is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations during the period.

The Company uses derivative instruments to manage certain interest rate risks. More specifically, interest rate swaps are entered into to manage the risk associated with the Company’s floating-rate borrowings when such risk management is deemed appropriate by the Company’s management and a fixed interest rate is not available or not economical, or when it is contractually required by a lender. In accordance with ASC 815, the Company designates interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges of said floating-rate borrowings. The entire change in the fair value of the Company’s designated cash flow hedges is recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of shareholders’ equity in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

The Company terminated its old interest rate swap at the end of March 2020 and entered into a new interest rate swap agreement to manage interest rate risk exposure, effective April 1, 2020. An interest rate swap agreement utilized by the Company effectively modifies the Company’s exposure to interest rate risk by converting the Company’s floating-rate debt to a fixed rate basis for the next six years on 50% of the currently outstanding amount to Rabobank, thus reducing the impact of interest rate changes on future interest expense. This agreement involves the receipt of floating rate amounts in exchange for fixed rate interest payments over the life of the agreement without an exchange of the underlying principal amount.

As of June 30, 2021, the total notional amount of the Company’s receive-variable/pay-fixed interest rate swap was $33.2 million. For a summary of the fair value and related disclosures in relation to hedge accounting, please refer to “Note 10 – Hedge Accounting.” 

New or Revised Accounting Standards

Recently adopted

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848), that provided practical expedients to address existing guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting due to the expected market transition from the London Inter-bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and other interbank offered rates (together “IBORs”) to alternative

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reference rates, such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate. In July 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority announced it intended to stop compelling banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR after 2021. We refer to this transition as “reference rate reform.”

The first practical expedient allows companies to elect to not apply certain modification accounting requirements to debt, derivative and lease contracts affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. These criteria include the following: (i) the contract referenced an IBOR rate that is expected to be discontinued; (ii) the modified terms directly replace or have the potential to replace the IBOR rate that is expected to be discontinued; and (iii) any contemporaneous changes to other terms that change or have the potential to change the amount and timing of contractual cash flows must be related to the replacement of the IBOR rate. If the contract meets all three criteria, there is no requirement for remeasurement of the contract at the modification date or reassessment of the previous hedging relationship accounting determination.

The second practical expedient allows companies to change the reference rate and other critical terms related to the reference rate reform in derivative hedge documentation without having to de-designate the hedging relationship. This allows for companies to continue applying hedge accounting to existing cash flow and net investment hedges.

The ASU was effective upon issuance on a prospective basis beginning January 1, 2020 and may be elected over time as reference rate reform activities occur. During the first quarter of 2020, the Company elected to apply the hedge accounting practical expedient to its cash flow hedge. The Company will continue to evaluate its debt, derivative and lease contracts that are eligible for modification relief and expects to apply those elections as needed.

Note 2—Revenue Recognition

For the majority of its leases, the Company receives at least 50% of the annual lease payment from tenants either during the first quarter of the year or at the time of acquisition of the related farm, with the remaining 50% of the lease payment due in the second half of the year.  Rental income is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The lease term generally includes periods when a tenant: (1) may not terminate its lease obligation early; (2) may terminate its lease obligation early in exchange for a fee or penalty that the Company considers material enough such that termination would not be probable; (3) possesses renewal rights and the tenant’s failure to exercise such rights imposes a penalty on the tenant material enough such that renewal appears reasonably assured; or (4) possesses bargain renewal options for such periods.  Payments received in advance are included in deferred revenue until they are earned.

Certain of the Company’s leases provide for a rent payment determined as a percentage of the gross farm proceeds (contingent rent). Revenue under leases providing for a payment equal to a percentage of the gross farm proceeds may be recorded at the guaranteed crop insurance minimums and recognized ratably over the lease term during the crop year. Upon notification from the grain or packing facility that a future contract for delivery of the harvest has been finalized or when the tenant has notified the Company of the total amount of gross farm proceeds, revenue is recognized for the excess of the actual gross farm proceeds and the previously recognized minimum guaranteed insurance.

Certain of the Company’s leases provide for minimum cash rent plus a bonus based on gross farm proceeds. Revenue under this type of lease is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term based on the minimum cash rent. Bonus rent is recognized upon notification from the tenant of the gross farm proceeds for the year.

Most of the Company’s farming leases range from two to three years for row crops and one to seven years for permanent crops. Leases in place as of June 30, 2021 have terms ranging from one to forty years. Payments received in advance are included in deferred revenue until they are earned. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $2.4 million and $0.0 million, respectively, in deferred revenue.

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The following sets forth a summary of rental income recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:

	Rental income recognized
	For the three months ended				For the six months ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(in thousands)	2021		2020		2021			2020
Leases in effect at the beginning of the year	$	7,263	$	8,338	$	16,734	$	17,679
Leases entered into during the year		1,028		803		1,817		1,536
	$	8,291	$	9,141	$	18,551	$	19,215

Future minimum lease payments from tenants under all non-cancelable leases in place as of June 30, 2021, including lease advances when contractually due, but excluding crop share and tenant reimbursement of expenses, for the remainder of 2021 and each of the next four years and thereafter as of June 30, 2021 are as follows:

(in thousands)	Future rental
Year Ending December 31,	payments
2021 (remaining six months)	$	15,438
2022		20,202
2023		11,790
2024		4,211
2025		2,759
Thereafter		23,493
	$	77,893

Since lease renewal periods are exercisable at the option of the lessee, the preceding table presents future minimum lease payments due during the initial lease term only.

The Company records revenue from the sale of harvested crops when the harvested crop has been contracted to be delivered to a grain or packing facility and title has transferred. Revenues from the sale of harvested crops totaling $0.2 million, $0.5 million, $0.4 million, and $0.7 million were recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Harvested crops delivered under marketing contracts are recorded using the fixed price of the marketing contract at the time of delivery to a grain or packing facility. Harvested crops delivered without a marketing contract are recorded using the market price at the date the harvested crop is delivered to the grain or packing facility and title has transferred.

Note 3—Concentration Risk

Credit Risk

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company had no significant tenants representing a tenant concentration of 10% or greater of period revenue. Historically, and in the future, if a significant tenant fails to make rental payments to the Company or elects to terminate its leases, and the land cannot be re-leased on satisfactory terms, there could be a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial performance and the Company’s ability to continue operations.

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Geographic Risk

The following table summarizes the percentage of approximate total acres owned as of June 30, 2021 and 2020 and the percentage of rental income recorded by the Company for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 by region:

	Approximate %				Rental Income (1)
	of total acres				For the three months ended				For the six months ended
	As of June 30,				June 30,				June 30,
Location of Farm (2)	2021		2020		2021		2020		2021		2020
Corn Belt	27.3	%	28.1	%	39.5	%	35.4	%	36.8	%	33.7	%
Delta and South	20.4	%	17.8	%	9.5	%	11.3	%	10.6	%	10.7	%
High Plains	18.8	%	18.9	%	10.0	%	6.1	%	8.0	%	7.0	%
Southeast	26.1	%	27.8	%	25.7	%	25.9	%	27.3	%	24.6	%
West Coast	7.4	%	7.4	%	15.3	%	21.3	%	17.3	%	24.0	%
	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%

(1) Due to regional disparities in the use of leases with crop share components and seasonal variations in the recognition of crop share revenue, regional comparisons by rental income are not fully representative of each region’s income-producing capacity until a full year is taken into account.

(2) Corn Belt includes farms located in Illinois, Michigan and eastern Nebraska. Delta and South includes farms located in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. High Plains includes farms located in Colorado, Kansas, western Nebraska, and South Dakota. Southeast includes farms located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. West Coast includes farms located in California.

Note 4—Related Party Transactions

On July 21, 2015, the Company entered into a lease agreement with American Agriculture Aviation LLC (“American Ag Aviation”) for the use of a private plane. American Ag Aviation is a Colorado limited liability company that is owned 100% by Mr. Pittman.  The private plane is generally utilized when commercial air travel is not readily available or practical to and from a particular location. The Company paid costs of $0.05 million, $0.09 million, $0.04 million and $0.05 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, to American Ag Aviation for use of the aircraft in accordance with the lease agreement. These costs were recognized based on the nature of the associated use of the aircraft, as follows: (i) general and administrative - expensed as general and administrative expenses within the Company’s consolidated statements of operations; (ii) land acquisition (accounted for as an asset acquisition) - allocated to the acquired real estate assets within the Company’s consolidated balance sheets; and (iii) land acquisition (accounted for as a business combination) - expensed as acquisition and due diligence costs within the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

On January 20, 2021, the Company entered into property sale and long-term management agreements with the OZ Fund.  The OZ Fund is a Delaware limited liability company whose manager is controlled by the brother of one of the Company's independent directors. That independent director has an indirect investment in the OZ Fund. In addition, as partial consideration in certain transactions with the OZ Fund, the Company received the OZ Convertible Notes, which on July 16, 2021, were converted into a 7.6% equity interest in the OZ Fund. Under the terms of the long-term management agreement, the Company earns a quarterly management fee equal to (i) 0.85% times gross book value per annum if the gross book value is less than $50 million or (ii) 0.80% times gross book value per annum if the gross book value is $50 million or more.  The Company earned management fees of $0.05 million and $0.6 million, respectively, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.

Note 5—Real Estate

The Company completed four acquisitions, consisting of four properties, in the Corn Belt and Delta and South regions during the six months ended June 30, 2021. Aggregate consideration for these acquisitions totaled $15.9 million in cash and $14.0 million of notes payable. No intangible assets were acquired through these acquisitions.

The Company completed two acquisitions, consisting of four properties, in the Corn Belt region during the six months ended June 30, 2020. Aggregate consideration for these acquisitions totaled $1.4 million and was comprised of $0.9 million in cash, and $0.5 million reduction in notes receivable and related interest to the seller through the acquisition of collateralized property. No intangible assets were acquired through these acquisitions.

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During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company completed seven dispositions consisting of fifteen properties in the Corn Belt, Southeast, and Delta and South regions. The Company received cash consideration for these dispositions totaling $28.6 million and $2.4 million of convertible notes receivable, and recognized an aggregate gain on sale of $3.5 million.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company completed three dispositions consisting of four properties, in the Corn Belt and High Plains regions for aggregate consideration of $7.5 million and an aggregate gain on sale of $0.8 million.

Note 6—Notes Receivable

The Company offers an agricultural lending product focused on farmers as a complement to the Company’s business of acquiring and owning farmland and leasing it to farmers (the “FPI Loan Program”).  Under the FPI Loan Program, the Company makes loans to third-party farmers (both tenant and non-tenant) to provide financing for working capital requirements and operational farming activities, farming infrastructure projects and for other farming and agricultural real estate related projects. The Company seeks to make loans that are collateralized by farm real estate or growing crops and in principal amounts of $0.1 million or more at fixed interest rates with maturities of up to six years. The Company expects the borrower to repay the loans in accordance with the loan agreements based on farming operations and access to other forms of capital, as permitted.  

In addition to loans made under the FPI Loan Program, the Company, on certain occasions, makes short-term loans to tenants secured by collateral other than real estate, such as growing crops, equipment or inventory, when the Company believes such loans will ensure the orderly completion of farming operations on a property owned by the Company for a given crop year and other credit is not available to the borrower.

Notes receivable are stated at their unpaid principal balance and include unamortized direct origination costs and accrued interest through the reporting date, less any allowance for losses and unearned borrower paid points. The Company monitors its receivables based upon historical collection experience, collateral values and current trends. Accrued interest write-offs are recognized as credit loss expense. The Company’s estimate of expected credit losses on its notes receivable principal balance is $0.0 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The Company recorded $0.00 million, $0.00 million, $0.05 million and $0.05 million of credit loss expense related to interest receivables during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had the following notes receivable:

($ in thousands)		Principal Outstanding as of				Maturity
Loan	Payment Terms	June 30, 2021		December 31, 2020		Date
Mortgage Note (1)	Principal & interest due at maturity	$	223	$	229	12/7/2028
Mortgage Note (1)	Principal due at maturity & interest due monthly		2,135		2,135	3/16/2022
Total outstanding principal			2,358		2,364
Interest receivable (net prepaid interest)			314		277
Provision for interest receivable			(232)		(293)
Total notes and interest receivable		$	2,440	$	2,348

(1) The original note was renegotiated and a second note was entered into simultaneously with the borrower during the three months ended March 31, 2017. The notes include mortgages on two additional properties in Colorado that include repurchase options for the properties at a fixed price that are exercisable by the buyer between the third and fifth anniversary of the issuance of the notes.

The collateral for the mortgage notes receivable consists of real estate, personal property and improvements present on such real estate.

In March 2021, the Company received approximately $2.4 million in  OZ Convertible Notes. Please refer to  “Note 1—Organization and Significant Accounting Policies” for more detail.

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Fair Value

FASB ASC 820-10 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. The three levels are defined as follows:

● Level 1—Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

● Level 2—Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets and inputs that are observable or can be substantially corroborated for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.

● Level 3—Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable, supported by little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value measurement.

The fair value of notes receivable is valued using Level 3 inputs under the hierarchy established by GAAP and is calculated based on a discounted cash flow analysis, using interest rates based on management’s estimates of market interest rates on mortgage notes receivable with comparable terms whenever the interest rates on the notes receivable are deemed not to be at market rates. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair value of the notes receivable was $2.4 million and $2.4 million.

Note 7—Mortgage Notes, Lines of Credit and Bonds Payable

 As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had the following indebtedness outstanding:‌ 

									Book
			Annual						Value of
($ in thousands)			Interest	Principal					Collateral
			Rate as of	Outstanding as of					as of
			June 30,	June 30,		December 31,		Maturity	June 30,
Loan	Payment Terms	Interest Rate Terms	2021	2021		2020		Date	2021
Farmer Mac Bond #6	Semi-annual interest only	3.69%	3.69%	$	13,827	$	13,827	April 2025	$	21,438
Farmer Mac Bond #7	Semi-annual interest only	3.68%	3.68%		11,160		11,160	April 2025		18,570
MetLife Term Loan #1 (1)	Semi-annual interest only	3.30% adjusted every three years	3.30%		83,205		85,188	March 2026		186,805
MetLife Term Loan #2	Semi-annual interest only	4.27% adjusted every three years	4.27%		16,000		16,000	March 2026		32,323
MetLife Term Loan #3	Semi-annual interest only	4.27% adjusted every three years	4.27%		16,800		21,000	March 2026		26,141
MetLife Term Loan #4 (1)	Semi-annual interest only	3.30% adjusted every three years	3.30%		13,016		15,685	June 2026		25,689
MetLife Term Loan #5	Semi-annual interest only	3.50% adjusted every three years	3.50%		6,779		8,379	January 2027		10,021
MetLife Term Loan #6	Semi-annual interest only	3.45% adjusted every three years	3.45%		27,158		27,158	February 2027		58,087
MetLife Term Loan #7	Semi-annual interest only	3.20% adjusted every three years	3.20%		16,198		17,153	June 2027		36,391
MetLife Term Loan #8	Semi-annual interest only	4.12% fixed until 2027	4.12%		44,000		44,000	December 2042		110,042
MetLife Term Loan #9	Semi-annual interest only	3.20% adjusted every three years	3.20%		16,800		21,000	May 2028		39,005
MetLife Term Loan #10	Semi-annual interest only	3.00% adjusted every three years	3.00%		51,808		53,277	October 2030		109,208
Rabobank	Semi-annual interest only	LIBOR + 1.70% adjustable every three years	1.81%		59,459		62,358	March 2028		29,857
Rutledge Note Payable #1 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		17,000		17,000	April 2022		40,538
Rutledge Note Payable #2 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		25,000		25,000	April 2022		48,164
Rutledge Note Payable #3 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		25,000		25,000	April 2022		29,302
Rutledge Note Payable #4 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		15,000		15,000	April 2022		83,809
Rutledge Note Payable #5 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		30,000		30,000	April 2022		128,892
Jefferson Bank Bridge Loan	Interest due at maturity	6.25% (3)	6.25%		14,000		—	September 2021		26,887
Total outstanding principal					502,210		508,185		$	1,061,169
Debt issuance costs					(1,505)		(1,560)
Unamortized premium					—		—
Total mortgage notes and bonds payable, net				$	500,705	$	506,625

(1) During the year ended December 31, 2017 the Company converted the interest rate on Metlife Term Loans 1 and 4 from variable to fixed rates for a term of three years. Once the term expires the new rate will be determined based on the loan agreements.

(2) On January 29, 2021 the Rutledge Facility (as defined below) maturity was extended to April 1, 2022.

(3) The loan is collateralized by property acquired May 28, 2021. In accordance with the terms of the applicable real estate purchase agreement, the seller agreed to reimburse the Company for a 3.0% interest rate on a maximum of $13.5 million in loan principal for the first 90 days following the closing.

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Farmer Mac Facility

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Operating Partnership had approximately $25.0 million outstanding under the Farmer Mac facility.  The Farmer Mac facility is subject to the Company’s ongoing compliance with a number of customary affirmative and negative covenants, as well as financial covenants, including: a maximum leverage ratio of not more than 60%; a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.50 to 1.00; and a minimum tangible net worth requirement. The Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants at June 30, 2021.  

MetLife Term Loans

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company and the Operating Partnership had $291.8 million and $308.8 million outstanding, respectively (the “Metlife loans”), under the loan agreements between certain of the Operating Partnership’s subsidiaries and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) (together, the “MetLife loan agreements”). Each of the MetLife loan agreements contains a number of customary affirmative and negative covenants, including the requirement to maintain a loan to value ratio of no greater than 60%.

In connection with each of the MetLife loan agreements, the Company and the Operating Partnership each entered into separate guarantees whereby the Company and the Operating Partnership jointly and severally agree to unconditionally guarantee the obligations under the Metlife loan agreements (the “MetLife guarantees”). The MetLife guarantees contain a number of customary affirmative and negative covenants. 

The Company was in compliance with all covenants under the MetLife loan agreements and MetLife guarantees as of June 30, 2021.

Each of the MetLife loan agreements includes certain customary events of default, including a cross-default provision related to other outstanding indebtedness of the borrowers, the Company and the Operating Partnership, the occurrence of which, after any applicable cure period, would permit MetLife, among other things, to accelerate payment of all amounts outstanding under the MetLife loans and to exercise its remedies with respect to the pledged collateral, including foreclosure and sale of the Company’s properties that collateralize the MetLife loans.

Farm Credit of Central Florida Mortgage Note

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $0.0 million outstanding and approximately $5.1 million had been drawn down under the Farm Credit of Central Florida mortgage note facility. Proceeds from the Farm Credit mortgage note were used for the development of additional properties.

On October 29, 2020, the proceeds of a refinancing with MetLife were used to repay all outstanding principal and interest on this note.

Rutledge Credit Facility

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company and the Operating Partnership had $112.0 million and $112.0 million, respectively, outstanding under the credit facility with Rutledge Investment Company (the “Rutledge Facility”). As of June 30, 2021, $0.0 remains available under this facility and the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the loan agreements relating to the Rutledge Facility.

In connection with each of the loan agreements relating to the Rutledge Facility, the Company and the Operating Partnership each entered into separate guarantees whereby the Company and the Operating Partnership jointly and severally agreed to unconditionally guarantee the obligations under the loan agreements related to the Rutledge Facility (the “Rutledge guarantees”). The Rutledge guarantees contain a number of customary affirmative and negative covenants.

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Rabobank Mortgage Note

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company and the Operating Partnership had $59.5 million and $62.4 million outstanding, respectively, under the Rabobank mortgage note. The Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Rabobank mortgage note as of June 30, 2021.

Jefferson Bank Bridge Loan

On May 28, 2021, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Jefferson Bank in connection with the acquisition of property. The loan is due September 2021 and is collateralized by the property acquired. In accordance with the terms of the applicable real estate purchase agreement, the seller agreed to reimburse the Company for a 3.0% interest rate on a maximum of $13.5 million in loan principal for the first 90 days following the closing.  As of June 30, 2021, the Company and the Operating Partnership had $14.0 million outstanding under the Jefferson Bank bridge loan.

LIBOR

LIBOR is expected to be phased out or modified by June 2023, and the writing of contracts using LIBOR is expected to stop by the end of 2021. As of June 30, 2021, the Company’s only indebtedness with maturity beyond 2023 that has exposure to LIBOR was the Rababank Mortgage Note. There can be no assurances as to what the alternative base rate will be in the event that LIBOR is discontinued, and the Company can provide no assurances whether that base rate will be more or less favorable than LIBOR. The Company intends to monitor the developments with respect to the phasing out of LIBOR after 2021 and work with its lenders to ensure that any transition away from LIBOR will have minimal impact on its financial condition, but can provide no assurances regarding the impact of LIBOR discontinuation.

Debt Issuance Costs

Costs incurred by the Company in obtaining debt are deducted from the face amount of mortgage notes and bonds payable. Debt issuance costs are amortized using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method, over the respective terms of the related indebtedness. Any unamortized amounts upon early repayment of mortgage notes payable are written off in the period in which repayment occurs. Fully amortized deferred financing fees are removed from the balance sheet upon maturity or repayment of the underlying debt. Accumulated amortization of deferred financing fees was $1.5 million and $1.3 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Aggregate Maturities

As of June 30, 2021, aggregate maturities of long-term debt for the succeeding years are as follows:

($ in thousands)
Year Ending December 31,	Future Maturities
2021 (remaining six months)	$	14,000
2022		112,000
2023		—
2024		2,100
2025		27,087
Thereafter		347,023
	$	502,210

Fair Value

The fair value of the mortgage notes payable is valued using Level 3 inputs under the hierarchy established by GAAP and is calculated based on a discounted cash flow analysis, using interest rates based on management’s estimates of market interest rates on long-term debt with comparable terms whenever the interest rates on the mortgage notes payable are deemed not to be at market rates. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair value of the mortgage notes payable was $517.9 million and $535.1 million, respectively.

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Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is not currently subject to any known material contingencies arising from its business operations, nor to any material known or threatened litigation other than as discussed below.

In April 2015, the Company entered into a lease agreement for office space which the Company extended in March 2020 through July 31, 2021 and in May 2021 through September 2022. The lease commenced June 1, 2015 and had an initial monthly payment of $10,032, which increased to $10,200 in June 2016, $10,366 in June 2017, $10,534 in June 2018, $10,701 in June 2020, $12,373 in August 2020 and $13,042 in October 2021. Beginning in 2020, the Company recognized right of use assets and related lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company estimated the value of the lease liabilities using a discount rate equivalent to the rate we would pay on a secured borrowing with similar terms to the lease. Options to extend the lease are excluded in our minimum lease terms unless the option is reasonably certain to be exercised. Our total lease cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $0.04 million, $0.08 million, $0.03 million and $0.06 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2021, the lease has a remaining term of fifteen months and a discount rate of 3.35%. Minimum annual rental payments under these operating leases, reconciled to the lease liability included in accrued liabilities and other in our consolidated balance sheets, are as follows (in thousands):

($ in thousands)	Future rental
Year Ending December 31,	payments
2021 (remaining six months)	$	64
2022		117
2023		—
2024		—
2025		—
Thereafter		—
	$	181

Litigation

On July 11, 2018, a purported class action lawsuit, captioned Kachmar v. Farmland Partners Inc. (the “Kachmar Action”), was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against the Company and certain of our officers by a purported Company stockholder. The complaint alleges, among other things, that our disclosure related to the FPI Loan Program was materially false and misleading in violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On August 17, 2018, a second purported class action, captioned Mariconda v. Farmland Partners Inc. was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (the “Borop Action”).  As discussed below, the current named plaintiff in that action is a purported FPI shareholder named Don Brokop.   The complaint filed in the Brokop Action alleged substantially identical claims to those alleged in the Kachmar Action.  

Several purported shareholders moved to consolidate the Kachmar Action and the Brokop Action and for appointment as lead plaintiff.  On November 13, 2018, the plaintiff in the Kachmar Action voluntarily dismissed the Kachmar Action.  On December 3, 2018, the court appointed two purported stockholders of the Company, the Turner Insurance Agency, Inc. and Cecilia Turner (the “Turners”), as lead plaintiffs in the Brokop Action. On March 11, 2019, the Turners and additional plaintiff Obelisk Capital Management filed an amended complaint in the Brokop Action.  On June 18, 2019, the court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended complaint in the Brokop Action. The defendants answered the amended complaint on July 2, 2019. On December 6, 2019, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed Obelisk Capital Management from the case. In connection with Obelisk Capital Management’s dismissal from the case, defendants filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings on December 10, 2019, which automatically stayed discovery in the action pending the court’s determination of the motion. On December 16, 2019, plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification, seeking to certify the case as a class action on behalf of purchasers of Farmland Partners’ common stock between November 12, 2015 and July 10, 2018 and to have the Turners and purported stockholder Don Brokop appointed as class representatives. On December 27, 2019, plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to file a second amended complaint to add Brokop as an additional plaintiff in place of Obelisk Capital Management. On December 8, 2020, the court granted the Turners’ motion to amend to add Brokop as an additional plaintiff and denied the Company’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. As a result, the automatic discovery stay was lifted and the court entered a schedule for proceedings going forward. The Company, Mr. Pittman, and Mr. Fabbri filed an opposition to plaintiffs’ motion for class certification on February 8, 2021.  On February 17, 2021, plaintiffs filed a motion to withdraw the Turners as lead plaintiffs and to substitute Brokop as lead plaintiff.  On

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June 7, 2021, the court granted the motion to withdraw the Turners and substitute Brokop as lead plaintiff. The parties completed fact discovery on June 29, 2021.  On July 23, 2021, Magistrate Judge Nina Wang issued a Report and Recommendation to the district court recommending that Brokop’s motion for class certification be granted in part and denied in part.  Specifically, the magistrate judge recommended that the district court deny the motion as to purchasers of Farmland Partners common stock between November 12, 2015 and December 14, 2016 and grant the motion as to purchasers between December 14, 2016 and July 11, 2018.  The district court has not yet acted on the magistrate judge’s recommendation.  Expert discovery is ongoing and is scheduled to conclude on October 1, 2021.  At this time, no class has been certified in the Turner Action and we do not know the amount of damages or other remedies being sought by the plaintiffs. The Company can provide no assurances as to the outcome of this litigation or provide an estimate of related expenses at this time.

On December 18, 2018, a purported stockholder of the Company, Jack Winter, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland (the “Winter Action”), purporting to assert breach of fiduciary duty claims derivatively on the Company’s behalf against the Company’s directors and certain of the Company’s officers.  The Winter Action alleges, among other things, that the Company’s directors and certain of the Company’s officers breached their fiduciary duties to the Company by allowing the Company to make allegedly false and misleading disclosures related to the FPI Loan Program, as alleged in the Brokop Action.  On April 26, 2019, Winter voluntarily dismissed his complaint in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County Maryland.  On May 14, 2019, Winter re-filed his complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.  The Winter Action has been stayed pending further proceedings in the Turner Action.

On November 25, 2019, another purported shareholder, Shawn Luger, filed a complaint derivatively on behalf of the Company and against certain of our officers in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland (the “Luger Action”). The Luger Action complaint made similar claims to those in the Brokop and Winter Actions. On February 14, 2020, another purported shareholder, Brent Hustedde, filed a complaint derivatively on behalf of the Company and against certain of our officers in Maryland state court (the “Hustedde Action”).  The Hustedde Action complaint made similar claims to those in the Brokop, Winter, Luger, and Barber Actions. On September 23, 2020, the Court consolidated the Luger and Hustedde action under the caption In re Farmland Partners Inc. Stockholder Litigation (the “Stockholder Litigation”).  Luger and Hustedde (the “Derivative Plaintiffs”), the plaintiffs in the Stockholder Litigation, filed a consolidated amended complaint on October 30, 2020. The Company moved to dismiss the complaint in the Stockholder Litigation on December 15, 2020.  On June 3, 2021, the court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss and dismissed the consolidated amended complaint in the Stockholder Litigation as to all defendants.  On July 7, 2021, the Derivative Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal, appealing the order dismissing their consolidated amended complaint to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

On November 26, 2019, another purported shareholder, Anna Barber, filed a complaint derivatively on behalf of the Company and against certain of our officers in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (the “Barber Action”).  The Barber Action complaint made similar claims to those in the Brokop, Winter, and Luger Actions.  On June 25, 2021, Barber voluntarily dismissed the Barber Action with prejudice.    

On July 24, 2018, we filed a lawsuit in the District Court, Denver County, Colorado, against “Rota Fortunae” (a pseudonym for Quinton Mathews, the individual behind Rota Fortunae) and numerous co-conspirators (collectively, “Wheel of Fortune”) in response to an article posted on Seeking Alpha that makes numerous allegations about the Company that we believe to be false or materially misleading. We believe that as a consequence of Wheel of Fortune’s internet posting, which we alleged was published in connection with a “short and distort” scheme to profit from an artificial decline in our stock price, the trading price of our common stock declined by approximately 40%. The Company does not expect insurance proceeds to cover a substantial portion of the costs related to the lawsuit we filed against Wheel of Fortune. On May 15, 2020, United States District Court for the District of Colorado to which this case was removed issued orders (i) denying Rota Fortunae’s motion to dismiss our claims; and (ii) requiring him to disclose his identity.  On July 28, 2020, the Court granted our motion to amend the complaint to add Quinton Mathews’ name as well as the following alleged co-conspirators: QKM, L.L.C., Sabrepoint Capital Management, LP, Donald Marchiony and George Baxter. On February 26, 2021 the Court granted the motion of Sabrepoint Capital Management, LP, Donald Marchiony, and George Baxter to dismiss them solely on personal jurisdiction grounds.

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On June 20, 2021, Quinton Mathews (a.k.a. “Rota Fortunae”) entered into a settlement agreement with the Company in which he agreed to pay the Company a multiple of the profits he made when the Company’s common stock price fell in connection with the Wheel of Fortune article.  The Company has long believed the Wheel of Fortune article was part of a short and distort attack on the Company.  This was confirmed when Quinton Mathews issued a press release admitting he and his advisory clients shorted the Company in advance of the article and profited from the decline it caused, and further admitted that many of the key statements in that article – which he acknowledged led to the stock’s decline - were false. Following the parties’ settlement, the Court granted a joint stipulated motion to dismiss the case on June 29, 2021.

On July 2, 2021, the Company filed a complaint against First Sabrepoint Capital Management, LP, Sabrepoint Capital Partners, LP, Sabrepoint Capital Participation, LP, George Baxter, and Donald Marchiony (collectively, “Sabrepoint”) in the Civil District Courts of Dallas County, Texas seeking relief for their role, as alleged in the complaint, in the short and distort scheme.

Repurchase Options

For certain of the Company’s acquisitions, the seller retains the option to repurchase the property at a future date for a price, which is calculated based on an appreciation factor over the original purchase price plus the value of improvements on the property, that, at the time of the acquisition, the Company expected would be at or above the property’s fair market value at the exercise date. As of June 30, 2021, the Company has an approximate aggregate net book value of $8.0 million related to assets with unexercised repurchase options, and $15.8 million related to assets with exercised repurchase options. On September 4, 2020, the seller of one such property exercised its right to repurchase approximately 2,860 acres in South Carolina. The Company received a non-refundable initial payment of $2.9 million upon exercise, plus an additional payment of $0.3 million in February 2021. The Company is scheduled to receive a series of non-refundable payments until the closing date, which is currently scheduled to take place on or before January 15, 2025.

Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity and Non-controlling Interests

Non-controlling Interests in Operating Partnership

The Company consolidates its Operating Partnership. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company owned 95.4% and 94.9% of the outstanding interests, respectively, in the Operating Partnership, and the remaining 4.6% and 5.1% interests, respectively, are included in non-controlling interests in Operating Partnership on the consolidated balance sheets.  The non-controlling interests in the Operating Partnership are held in the form of Common units and Series A preferred units.

On or after 12 months of becoming a holder of Common units, unless the terms of an agreement with such Common unitholder dictate otherwise, each limited partner, other than the Company, has the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, as amended (the “Partnership Agreement”), to tender for redemption all or a portion of such Common units in exchange for cash, or in the Company’s sole discretion, for shares of the Company’s common stock on a one-for-one basis.  If cash is paid in satisfaction of a redemption request, the amount will be equal to the number of tendered units multiplied by the fair market value per share of the Company’s common stock on the date of the redemption notice (determined in accordance with, and subject to adjustment under, the terms of the Partnership Agreement).  Any redemption request must be satisfied by the Company on or before the close of business on the tenth business day after the Company receives a notice of redemption. During the six months ended June 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued 158,705 and 265,000, respectively, of shares of common stock upon redemption of 158,705 and 265,000, respectively, of Common units that had been tendered for redemption. There were 1.5 million and 1.6 million outstanding Common units eligible to be tendered for redemption as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

If the Company gives the limited partners notice of its intention to make an extraordinary distribution of cash or property to its stockholders or effect a merger, a sale of all or substantially all of its assets or any other similar extraordinary transaction, each limited partner may exercise its right to tender its Common units for redemption, regardless of the length of time such limited partner has held its Common units.

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Regardless of the rights described above, the Operating Partnership will not have an obligation to issue cash to a unitholder upon a redemption request if the Company elects to redeem Common units for shares of common stock. When a Common unit is redeemed, non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership is reduced, and stockholders’ equity is increased.

The Operating Partnership intends to continue to make distributions on each Common unit in the same amount as those paid on each share of the Company’s common stock, with the distributions on the Common units held by the Company being utilized to pay dividends to the Company’s common stockholders.

Pursuant to the consolidation accounting standard with respect to the accounting and reporting for non-controlling interest changes and changes in ownership interest of a subsidiary, changes in parent’s ownership interest when the parent retains controlling interest in the subsidiary should be accounted for as equity transactions. The carrying amount of the non-controlling interest shall be adjusted to reflect the change in its ownership interest in the subsidiary, with the offset to equity attributable to the parent. As a result of equity issuances including and subsequent to the IPO, changes in the ownership percentages between the Company’s stockholders’ equity and non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership occurred during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.  To reflect these changes, adjustments were made to increase / decrease the non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership by $0.1 million and $0.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 respectively, with the corresponding offsets to additional paid-in capital.

Redeemable Non-controlling Interests in Operating Partnership, Series A Preferred Units

On March 2, 2016, the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Partnership Agreement in order to provide for the issuance, and the designation of the terms and conditions, of the Series A preferred units. Pursuant to the Amendment, among other things, each Series A preferred unit has a $1,000 liquidation preference and is entitled to receive cumulative preferential cash distributions at a rate of 3.00% per annum of the $1,000 liquidation preference, which is payable annually in arrears on January 15 of each year or the next succeeding business day.  The cash distributions are accrued ratably over the year and credited to redeemable non-controlling interest in operating partnership, preferred units on the balance sheet with the offset recorded to retained earnings. On March 2, 2016, 117,000 Series A preferred units were issued as partial consideration in the March 2, 2016 Illinois farm acquisition. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution, the Series A preferred units are entitled to a priority distribution ahead of Common units in an amount equal to the liquidation preference plus an amount equal to all distributions accumulated and unpaid to the date of such cash distribution. Total liquidation value of such preferred units as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $118.8 million and $120.5 million, respectively, including accrued distributions.

On or after February 10, 2026 (the “Conversion Right Date”), holders of the Series A preferred units have the right to convert each Series A preferred unit into a number of Common units equal to (i) the $1,000 liquidation preference plus all accrued and unpaid distributions, divided by (ii) the volume-weighted average price per share of the Company’s common stock for the 20 trading days immediately preceding the applicable conversion date. All Common units received upon conversion may be immediately tendered for redemption for cash or, at the Company’s option, for shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Partnership Agreement. Prior to the Conversion Right Date, the Series A preferred units may not be tendered for redemption by the Holder.

On or after February 10, 2021, the fifth anniversary of the closing of the acquisition mentioned above, but prior to the Conversion Right Date, the Operating Partnership has the right to redeem some or all of the Series A preferred units, at any time and from time to time, for cash in an amount per unit equal to the $1,000 liquidation preference plus all accrued and unpaid distributions.

In the event of a Termination Transaction (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) prior to conversion, holders of the Series A preferred units generally have the right to receive the same consideration as holders of Common units and common stock, on an as-converted basis.

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Holders of the Series A preferred units have no voting rights except with respect to (i) the issuance of partnership units of the Operating Partnership senior to the Series A preferred units as to the right to receive distributions and upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Operating Partnership, (ii) the issuance of additional Series A preferred units and (iii) amendments to the Partnership Agreement that materially and adversely affect the rights or benefits of the holders of the Series A preferred units.

The Series A preferred units are accounted for as mezzanine equity on the consolidated balance sheet as the units are convertible and redeemable for shares at a determinable price and date at the option of the holder upon the occurrence of an event not solely within the control of the Company.

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s redeemable non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:

	Series A Preferred Units
($ in thousands)	Redeemable Preferred units	Redeemable non-controlling interests
Balance at December 31, 2019	117	$	120,510
Distribution paid to non-controlling interest	—		(3,510)
Accrued distributions to non-controlling interest	—		1,755
Balance at June 30, 2020	117	$	118,755
Balance at December 31, 2020	117	$	120,510
Distribution paid to non-controlling interest	—		(3,510)
Accrued distributions to non-controlling interest	—		1,755
Balance at June 30, 2021	117	$	118,755

Series B Participating Preferred Stock

On August 17, 2017, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into an underwriting agreement with Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and Jefferies LLC, as representatives of the underwriters, pursuant to which the Company sold 6,037,500 shares of its newly designated Series B Participating Preferred Stock, at a public offering price of $25.00 per share, which is the Initial Liquidation Preference (as defined below) of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock.

Shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock, which represent equity interests in the Company, generally have no voting rights and rank senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation. Each preferred share of Series B Participating Preferred Stock is entitled to receive cumulative preferential cash dividends at a rate of 6.00% per annum of the $25 liquidation preference, which is payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December (the “Initial Liquidation Preference”). Upon liquidation, before any payment or distribution of the assets of the Company is made to or set apart for the holders of equity securities ranking junior to the Series B Participating Preferred Stock, the holders of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive the sum of:

(i) the Initial Liquidation Preference,

(ii) an amount equal to 50% of the cumulative change in the estimated value of farmland in the states in which the Company owned farmland as of June 30, 2017 (measured by reference to a publicly available report released annually by the National Agricultural Statistics Board, the Agricultural Statistics Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture) (the “FVA Adjustment”), and

(iii) all accrued and unpaid dividends, subject to a 9.0% cap on total return (the “Final Liquidation Preference”).

After September 30, 2021, but prior to September 30, 2024, the Company, at its option, may redeem all, but not less than all, of the then-outstanding shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock at any time, for cash or for shares of common stock at a price equal to the Final Liquidation Preference plus an amount equal to the product of:

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(i) the Final Liquidation Preference, and

(ii) the average change in land values in states in which the Company owned farmland as of June 30, 2017 over the immediately preceding four years and multiplied by a constant percentage of 50% and prorated for the number of days between the most recent release of the publicly available land value report used to calculate the FVA Adjustment  (if such amount is positive) (the “Premium Amount”).

At any time on or after September 30, 2024, the Company, at its option, may redeem or convert to shares of common stock all, but not less than all, of the then-outstanding shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock at the redemption price per share equal to:

(i) the Initial Liquidation Preference, plus

(ii) the FVA Amount, plus

(iii) any accrued and unpaid dividends.

The total rate of return on shares of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock is subject to a cap such that the total rate of return, when considering the Initial Liquidation Preference, the FVA Adjustment and the Premium Amount plus accrued and unpaid dividends, will not exceed 9.0%. Based on the data released by the USDA in August 2020 in their Land Values 2020 Summary, the FVA Amount as of 2020 was determined to be $0.80 per share of Series B Participating Preferred Stock.

In connection with the issuance of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock, the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership entered into Amendment No. 2  to the Partnership Agreement in order to provide for the issuance, and the designation of the terms and conditions, of newly classified 6.00% Series B participating preferred units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Series B participating preferred units”), the economic terms of which are identical to those of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock. The Company contributed the net proceeds from the offering of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock to the Operating Partnership in exchange for 6,037,500 Series B participating preferred units.

The shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock are accounted for as mezzanine equity on the consolidated balance sheet as the Series B Participating Preferred Stock is convertible and redeemable for common shares at a determinable price and date at the option of the Company and upon the occurrence of an event not solely within the control of the Company.

The balance recorded in mezzanine equity relating to the Series B Participating Preferred Stock as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $139.1 million and $139.8 million, respectively.

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Distributions

The Company’s board of directors declared and paid the following distributions to common stockholders and holders of Common units for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020:

Fiscal Year	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Distributions per Common Share/OP unit
2021	February 11, 2021	April 1, 2021	April 15, 2021	$	0.0500
	May 7, 2021	July 1, 2021	July 15, 2021	$	0.0500
				$	0.1000
2020	November 3, 2020	January 1, 2021	January 15, 2021	$	0.0500
	August 4, 2020	October 1, 2020	October 15, 2020	$	0.0500
	May 6, 2020	July 1, 2020	July 15, 2020	$	0.0500
	March 11, 2020	April 1, 2020	April 15, 2020	$	0.0500
				$	0.2000

Additionally, in connection with the 3.00% cumulative preferential distribution on the Series A preferred units, the Company has accrued $1.8 million in distributions payable as of June 30, 2021. The distributions are payable annually in arrears on January 15 of each year.

In general, common stock cash dividends declared by the Company will be considered ordinary income to stockholders for income tax purposes.  From time to time, a portion of the Company’s dividends may be characterized as qualified dividends, capital gains or return of capital.

Share Repurchase Program

On March 15, 2017, the Company’s board of directors approved a program to repurchase up to $25 million in shares of the Company’s common stock. In November 2017, the board of directors approved repurchases of the Company’s Series B Participating Preferred Stock from time to time under the share repurchase program. Subsequently on August 1, 2018, the board of directors increased the authority under the share repurchase program by an aggregate of $30 million. On November 7, 2020, the board of directors increased the authority under the program by an additional $50 million. Repurchases under this program may be made from time to time, in amounts and prices as the Company deems appropriate. Repurchases may be made in open market or privately negotiated transactions in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, trading restrictions under the Company’s insider trading policy and other relevant factors. This share repurchase program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock or Series B Preferred Stock and it may be modified or suspended at any time at the Company’s discretion. The Company funds repurchases under the program using cash on its balance sheet.

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company repurchased no shares of its common stock and 25,073 shares of its Series B preferred stock for $0.7 million at an average price of $25.92 per share. As of June 30, 2021, the Company had approximately $40.5 million in shares that it can repurchase under the stock repurchase plan.

Equity Incentive Plan

On May 7, 2021, the Company’s stockholders approved the Third Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “Plan”), which increased the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan to approximately 1.9 million shares. As of June 30, 2021, there were 0.8 million shares available for future grants under the Plan.

The Company may issue equity-based awards to officers, non-employee directors, employees, independent contractors and other eligible persons under the Plan. The Plan provides for the grant of stock options, share awards (including restricted stock and restricted stock units), stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalent rights, performance awards, annual incentive cash awards and other equity-based awards, including LTIP units, which are convertible on a

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one-for-one basis into Common units.  The terms of each grant are determined by the compensation committee of the board of directors.  

From time to time, the Company may award restricted shares of its common stock under the Plan, as compensation to officers, employees, non-employee directors and non-employee consultants. The shares of restricted stock vest over a period of time as determined by the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors at the date of grant. The Company recognizes compensation expense for awards issued to officers, employees and non-employee directors for restricted shares of common stock on a straight-line basis over the vesting period based upon the fair market value of the shares on the date of issuance, adjusted for forfeitures.  The Company recognizes compensation expense for awards issued to non-employee consultants in the same period and in the same manner as if the Company paid cash for the underlying services.

A summary of the nonvested shares as of June 30, 2021 is as follows:

		Weighted
	Number of	average grant
(shares in thousands)	shares	date fair value
Unvested at December 31, 2020	316	$	6.46
Granted	129		11.73
Vested	(160)		6.68
Forfeited	—		—
Unvested at June 30, 2020	285	$	8.72

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized $0.3 million, $0.6 million, $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock awards. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were $2.1 million and $1.1 million, respectively, of total unrecognized compensation costs related to nonvested stock awards, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years. The change in fair value of the shares issued to non-employees to be issued upon vesting is remeasured at the end of each reporting period and is recorded in general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations. The remaining restricted stock awards issued to non-employees vested during the year ended December 31, 2020, resulting in no change in fair value for the six months ended June 30, 2021.

At-the-Market Offering Program (the “ATM Program”)

On May 14, 2021, the Company entered into equity distribution agreements under which the Company may issue and sell from time to time, through sales agents, shares of its common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $50 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2021 the Company sold 1,954,293 shares generating $25.6 million and $25.3 million in gross and net proceeds, respectively, under the ATM Program.

Deferred Offering Costs

Deferred offering costs include incremental direct costs incurred by the Company in connection with proposed or actual offerings of securities. At the completion of a securities offering, the deferred offering costs are charged ratably as a reduction of the gross proceeds of equity as stock is issued. If an offering is abandoned, the previously deferred offering costs will be charged to operations in the period in which the offering is abandoned. The Company incurred $0.2 and $0.0 in offering costs during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $0.1 and $0.0, respectively, in deferred offering costs related to regulatory, legal, accounting and professional service costs associated with proposed or completed offerings of securities.

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Earnings (Loss) per Share

The computation of basic and diluted loss per share is as follows:

	For the three months ended				For the six months ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)	2021		2020		2021		2020
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to Farmland Partners Inc.	$	(2,735)	$	162	$	(375)	$	556
Less: Nonforfeitable distributions allocated to unvested restricted shares		(14)		(16)		(28)		(32)
Less: Distributions on redeemable non-controlling interests in Operating Partnership, preferred		(3,055)		(3,088)		(6,120)		(6,203)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(5,804)	$	(2,942)	$	(6,523)	$	(5,679)
Denominator:
Weighted-average number of common shares - basic		31,072		29,433		30,747		29,485
Conversion of preferred units(1)		—		—		—		—
Unvested restricted shares(1)		—		—		—		—
Redeemable non-controlling interest(1)		—		—		—		—
Weighted-average number of common shares - diluted		31,072		29,433		30,747		29,485
Loss per share attributable to common stockholders - basic	$	(0.19)	$	(0.10)	$	(0.21)	$	(0.19)

(1) Anti-dilutive for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

Unvested shares of the Company’s restricted common stock are considered participating securities, which requires the use of the two-class method for the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share.

The limited partners’ outstanding Common units (which may be redeemed for shares of common stock) have been excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation as there would be no effect on the amounts since the limited partners’ share of income would also be added back to net income. Any anti-dilutive shares have been excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation. Unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities and shall be included in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. Accordingly, distributed and undistributed earnings attributable to unvested restricted shares (participating securities) have been excluded, as applicable, from net income or loss attributable to common stockholders utilized in the basic and diluted earnings per share calculations. Net income or loss figures are presented net of non-controlling interests in the earnings per share calculations. The weighted average number of Common units held by the non-controlling interest was 1.5 million and 1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The outstanding Series A preferred units are non-participating securities and thus are included in the computation of diluted earnings per share on an as-if converted basis.  Any anti-dilutive shares are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, these shares were not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation as they would be anti-dilutive.

The outstanding shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock are non-participating securities and thus are included in the computation of diluted earnings per share on an as-if converted basis.  Any anti-dilutive shares are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, these shares were not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation as they would be anti-dilutive.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, diluted weighted average common shares do not include the impact of 0.3 million and 0.3 million, respectively, unvested compensation-related shares as they would have been anti-dilutive.

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The following equity awards and units were outstanding as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

	June 30, 2021	December 31, 2020
Shares	32,526	30,255
Common Units	1,480	1,639
Redeemable Common Units	—	—
Unvested Restricted Stock Awards	285	316
	34,291	32,210

Note 10—Hedge Accounting

Cash Flow Hedging Strategy

The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk, by managing the amount, sources, duration and interest rate exposure of its financing sources. The Company may also use interest rate derivative financial instruments, primarily interest rate swaps. As of June 30, 2021, the Company was a party to one interest rate swap, designated as a hedging instrument, to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to adverse interest rate movements.

For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as a cash flow hedge (i.e., hedging the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows that is attributable to a particular risk), the entire change in the fair value of the Company’s designated cash flow hedges is recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of shareholders’ equity in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

On March 26, 2020, the Company terminated its existing swap agreement and entered into a new interest rate swap agreement to obtain a more favorable interest rate and to manage interest rate risk exposure, which was effective April 1, 2020. An interest rate swap agreement utilized by the Company effectively modifies the Company’s exposure to interest rate risk by converting the Company’s floating-rate debt to a fixed rate basis for the next six years on 50% of the currently outstanding amount to Rabobank, thus reducing the impact of interest rate changes on future interest expense. This agreement involves the receipt of floating rate amounts in exchange for fixed rate interest payments over the life of the agreement without an exchange of the underlying principal amount. The fair value of the de-designated swap was $2.6 million on the termination date. The Company is amortizing the de-designated swap over the original term utilizing a forward curve analysis of determining monthly amortization. Amortization for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, is $0.2 million and $0.5 million. The Company’s $2.6 million termination fee was rolled into the new swap and will be paid over the next six years. Termination fees paid during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 were $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively. The amount of frozen Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income on the de-designated old swap is being amortized out of Other Comprehensive Income through the original termination date (March 1, 2023).

The Company determines the hedge effectiveness of its interest rate swaps at inception by applying a quantitative evaluation of effectiveness using regression analysis. On an ongoing basis the Company applies an initial qualitative assessment of on-going effectiveness and reviews hedge effectiveness through assessing the hedge relationship by comparing the current terms of the swap and the associated debt to ensure they continue to coincide through the continued ability of the Counterparty to the swap to honor its obligations under the swap contract. The qualitative assessment may indicate that the hedge relationship is not highly effective, the Company would then perform a quantitative evaluation using regression analysis. The Company concluded the hedge was highly effective at inception and remains highly effective as of June 30, 2021.

As of June 30, 2021, the total notional amount of the Company’s receive-variable/pay-fixed interest rate swap was $33.2 million.

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The fair value of the Company’s derivative instrument on a recurring basis is set out below:

($ in thousands)
Instrument	Balance sheet location	Level 2 Fair Value
Interest rate swap	Derivative liability	$	1,738

The effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated statements of operations for the periods ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 is set out below:

Cash flow hedging relationships	Location of Gain (Loss) reclassified from Accumulated OCI into income
Interest rate contracts	Interest expense

The amount of loss recognized in net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $0.2 million, $0.5 million, $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively. The net change associated with current period hedging transactions was $(0.0) million, $1.5 million, $ (0.2) million and $ (1.7) million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The amortization of frozen Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income was $0.2 million and $0.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.

The fair values of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements are determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts, which is considered a Level 2 measurement under the fair value hierarchy. Level 2 is defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 or 3 during the six months ended June 30, 2021. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves.

The following table outlines the movements in the other comprehensive income account as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

($ in thousands)		June 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Beginning accumulated derivative instrument gain or loss	$	(2,380)	$	(1,644)
Net change associated with current period hedging transactions		942		(1,582)
Amortization of frozen AOCI on de-designated hedge		530		846
Difference between a change in fair value of excluded components		—		—
Closing accumulated derivative instrument gain or loss	$	(908)	$	(2,380)

Note 11—Subsequent Events

Dividends

On August 4, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3750 per share of 6.00% Series B Participating Preferred Stock payable on September 30, 2021 to stockholders of record as of September 15, 2021.

On August 4, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock and Common units payable on October 15, 2021 to stockholders and unitholders of record as of October 1, 2021.

Real Estate Acquisitions

On July 26, 2021, the Company completed one farm acquisition in the Southeast region for $1.0 million in cash consideration.

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Conversion of Notes

On July 16, 2021, the Company provided notice to the OZ Fund that it was converting its OZ Convertible Notes, and accrued interest thereon, to membership interest in the OZ Fund. The value of the conversion was $2.4 million and the Company’s membership interest in the OZ Fund is approximately 7.6% following the conversion.  

ATM Program

Subsequent to June 30, 2021, the Company sold 5,219 shares of common stock generating $0.1 million in net proceeds under the ATM Program.

FPI Loan Program

On July 27, 2021, the Company closed on $1.6 million of loans to a tenant under the FPI Loan Program. For further information on the FPI Loan Program, refer to “Note 6—Notes Receivable”.  

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

The following analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, as well as the information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 19, 2021, which is accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.  References to “we,” .“our,” “us” and “our company” refer to Farmland Partners Inc., a Maryland corporation, together with our consolidated subsidiaries, including Farmland Partners Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), of which we are the sole member of the sole general partner.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

We make statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)). These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements concerning pending acquisitions and dispositions, projections, predictions, expectations, estimates or forecasts as to our business, financial and operational results, future stock repurchases, our dividend policy, future economic performance, crop yields and prices and future rental rates for our properties, ongoing litigation, as well as statements of management’s goals and objectives and other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. When we use the words “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates” or similar expressions or their negatives, as well as statements in future tense, we intend to identify forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, beliefs and expectations, such forward-looking statements are not predictions of future events or guarantees of future performance, and our actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.  Some factors that might cause such a difference include the following: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to reduce its spread on our business and on the economy and capital markets generally, general volatility of the capital markets and the market price of our common stock, changes in our business strategy, availability, terms and deployment of capital, our ability to refinance existing indebtedness at or prior to maturity on favorable terms, or at all, availability of qualified personnel, changes in our industry, interest rates or the general economy, the degree and nature of our competition, the outcomes of ongoing litigation, our ability to identify new acquisitions or dispositions and close on pending acquisitions or dispositions and the other factors described in the risk factors described in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, and in other documents that we file from time to time with the SEC. Given these uncertainties, undue reliance should not be placed on such statements.  We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by law.

Overview and Background

We are an internally managed real estate company that owns and seeks to acquire high-quality farmland located in agricultural markets throughout North America. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we own farms with an aggregate of approximately 157,000 acres in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota and Virginia. In addition, the Company serves as property manager over approximately 3,800 acres (see “Note 4—Related Party Transactions”). As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, approximately 70% of our portfolio (by value) is used to grow primary crops, such as corn, soybeans, wheat, rice and cotton, and approximately 30% is used to produce specialty crops, such as blueberries, vegetables, citrus, nuts and edible beans.  We believe our portfolio gives investors exposure to the increasing global food demand trend in the face of growing scarcity of high-quality farmland and will reflect the approximate breakdown of U.S. agricultural output between primary crops and animal protein (whose production relies principally on primary crops as feed), on one hand, and specialty crops, on the other. 

In addition, under the FPI Loan Program, we make loans to third-party farmers (both tenant and non-tenant) to provide financing for working capital requirements and operational farming activities, farming infrastructure projects and for other farming and agricultural real estate related purposes. 

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We were incorporated in Maryland on September 27, 2013, and we are the sole member of the general partner of the Operating Partnership, which is a Delaware limited partnership that was formed on September 27, 2013. All of our assets are held by, and our operations are primarily conducted through, the Operating Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries. As of June 30, 2021, we owned 95.4% of the Common units and none of the Series A preferred units nor the Series B Participating Preferred Stock. See “Note 9 – Stockholders’ Equity and Non-controlling Interests” within the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information regarding the non-controlling interests.

We have elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commencing with our short taxable year ended December 31, 2014.

The following table sets forth our ownership of acreage by region as of June 30, 2021:

Region (1)	Total Acres
Corn Belt	42,989
Delta and South	32,273
High Plains	29,566
Southeast	41,041
West Coast	11,586
	157,455

(1) Corn Belt includes farms located in Illinois, Michigan and eastern Nebraska. Delta and South includes farms located in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. High Plains includes farms located in Colorado, Kansas, western Nebraska, and South Dakota. Southeast includes farms located in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. West Coast includes farms located in California.

When we are able to access sufficient additional capital, we intend to continue to acquire additional farmland to achieve scale and further diversify our portfolio by geography, crop type and tenants. We also may continue to selectively dispose of assets when we believe a disposition is in the Company’s best interest. We also may acquire, and make loans secured by mortgages on, properties related to farming, such as grain storage facilities, grain elevators, feedlots, processing plants and distribution centers, as well as livestock farms or ranches. In addition, we engage directly in farming through FPI Agribusiness Inc., our taxable REIT subsidiary (the “TRS” or “FPI Agribusiness”). The TRS provides volume purchasing services to our tenants, operates a small-scale custom farming business, and occasionally provides our tenants with small operating loans. As of June 30, 2021, the TRS performs these custom farming operations on 1,232 acres of farmland located in California and Michigan.

Our principal source of revenue is rent from tenants that conduct farming operations on our farmland. The majority of the leases that are in place as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have fixed annual rental payments. Some of our leases have variable rents based on the revenue generated by our farm-operator tenants. We believe that this mix of fixed and variable rents will help insulate us from the variability of farming operations and reduce our credit-risk exposure to farm-operator tenants while making us an attractive landlord in certain regions where variable leases are customary. However, we may be exposed to tenant credit risk and farming operation risks, particularly with respect to leases that do not require advance payment of 100% of the annual rent, leases for which the rent is based on a percentage of a tenant’s farming revenues and leases with terms greater than one year.

In addition, an increasing number of our leases provide for crop share lease payments, through which we only recognize revenue to the amount of the crop insurance minimum. The excess cannot be recognized as revenue until the tenant enters into a contract to sell their crop. Generally, we expect tenants to enter into contracts to sell their crop following the harvest of the crop.

Impact of COVID-19 on Our Business

As the vaccine for the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) becomes widely available across the United States, we are gaining a better understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and the recovery relative to 2020. We expect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to lessen in the 2021 crop marketing cycle, especially for specialty crops that were impacted in 2020 (e.g., citrus). However, we are unable to quantify what the ultimate impact of the pandemic on

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our business will be, as there are still significant uncertainties around the social and economic impact of the pandemic, and the size and timing of additional economic relief measures.  In such trying times, we are proud to support the industry and hardworking farmers that feed the entire country.

Factors That May Influence Future Results of Operations and Farmland Values

The principal factors affecting our operating results and the value of our farmland include global demand for food relative to the global supply of food, farmland fundamentals and economic conditions in the markets in which we own farmland and our ability to increase or maintain rental revenues while controlling expenses. We are currently in an environment of rapidly appreciating land values, driven by  the bull market in commodities and strong outlook for farmer profitability.  Although farmland prices may show a decline from time to time, we believe that any reduction in U.S. farmland values overall is likely to be short-lived as global demand for food and agricultural commodities typically exceeds global supply.

Demand

Notwithstanding any impacts from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we expect that global demand for food, driven primarily by significant increases in the global population and GDP per capita, will continue to be the key driver of farmland values. We further expect that global demand for most crops will continue to grow to keep pace with global population growth, which we anticipate will lead to either higher prices and/or higher yields and, therefore, higher rental rates on our farmland, as well as sustained growth in farmland values over the long term. We also believe that growth in global GDP per capita, particularly in developing nations, will contribute significantly to increasing demand for primary crops. As global GDP per capita increases, the composition of daily caloric intake is expected to shift away from the direct consumption of primary crops toward animal-based proteins, which is expected to result in increased demand for primary crops as feed for livestock. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (“UN FAO”), these factors are expected to require more than one billion additional tons of global annual grain production by 2050, a 43% increase from 2005-2007 levels and more than two times the 446 million tons of grain produced in the United States in 2014.  Furthermore, we believe that, as GDP per capita grows, a significant portion of additional household income is allocated to food and that once individuals increase consumption of, and spending on, higher quality food, they will strongly resist returning to their former dietary habits, resulting in greater inelasticity in the demand for food. As a result, we believe that, as global demand for food increases, rental rates on our farmland and the value of our farmland will increase over the long term. Global demand for corn and soybeans as inputs in the production of biofuels such as ethanol and soy diesel also could impact the prices of corn and soybeans, which, in the long term, could impact our rental revenues and our results of operations. The success of our long-term business strategy is not dependent on growth in demand for biofuels, and we do not believe that demand for corn and soybeans as inputs in the production of biofuels will materially impact our results of operations or the value of our farmland, primarily because we believe that growth in global population and GDP per capita will be more significant drivers of global demand for primary crops over the long term.

Supply

Global supply of agricultural commodities is driven by two primary factors, the number of tillable acres available for crop production and the productivity of the acres being farmed. Although the amount of global cropland in use has gradually increased over time, growth has plateaued over the last 20 years. Cropland area continues to increase in developing countries, but after accounting for expected continuing cropland loss, the UN FAO projects only 173 million acres will be added from 2005-2007 to 2050, an approximate 5% increase. In comparison, world population is expected to grow over the same period to 9.1 billion, a nearly 40% increase. According to the World Bank Group arable land per capita has decreased by approximately 50% from 1961 to 2015. While we expect growth in the global supply of arable land, we also expect that landowners will only put that land into production if increases in commodity prices and the value of farmland cause landowners to benefit economically from using the land for farming rather than alternative uses. We also believe that decreases in the amount of arable land in the United States and globally as a result of increasing urbanization will partially offset the impact of additional supply of farmland. Additionally, we believe that farmland lost to urban development disproportionately impacts higher quality farmland. According to a study published in 2017 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, urban expansion is expected to take place on cropland that is 1.77 times more productive than the global average. The global supply of food is also impacted by the productivity per acre of tillable

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land. Historically, productivity gains (measured by average crop yields) have been driven by advances in seed technology, farm equipment, irrigation techniques, improvements in soil health, and chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Furthermore, we expect the increasing shortage of water in many irrigated growing regions in the United States and other growing regions around the globe, often as a result of new water restrictions imposed by laws or regulations, to lead to decreased productivity growth on many acres and, in some cases, cause yields to decline on those acres.

Conditions in Our Existing Markets

Our portfolio spans numerous farmland markets and crop types, which provides us broad diversification across conditions in these markets. Across all regions, farmland acquisitions continue to be dominated by buyers who are existing farm owners and operators; institutional and investor acquirors remain a small fraction of the industry. We generally see firm demand for high quality properties across all regions and crop types.

Farmland values are typically very stable, often showing modest increases even in years of commodity price weakness. We expect this trend to continue, with modest but consistent annual increases compounding into significant appreciation in the long term.  Under certain market conditions, as we are experiencing in 2021, with strong commodity prices and recovery in the farm economy, there are periods of accelerating appreciation in farmland values.  Leases being renegotiated under the robust market conditions experienced in 2021, the first leasing cycle since the farm economy improved, are showing significant increases.  

With regard to leasing dynamics, we believe quality farmland in the United States has a near-zero vacancy rate as a result of the supply and demand fundamentals discussed above. Our view is that rental rates for farmland are a function of farmland operators’ view of the long-term profitability of farmland, and that many farm operators will compete for farmland even during periods of decreased profitability due to the scarcity of farmland available to rent. In particular, we believe that due to the relatively high fixed costs associated with farming operations (including equipment, labor and knowledge), many farm operators in some circumstances will rent additional acres of farmland when it becomes available in order to allocate their fixed costs over additional acres. Furthermore, because it is generally customary in the industry to provide the existing tenant with the opportunity to re-lease the land at the end of each lease term, we believe that many farm operators will rent additional land that becomes available in order to control the ability to farm that land in future periods. As a result, in our experience, many farm operators will aggressively pursue rental opportunities in their operable geographic area, even when the farmer anticipates lower current returns or short-term losses.

In our primary row crop farmland, we have realized substantial rent increases so far in connection with 2021 lease renewals, and we expect to benefit from rent growth into 2022. This is consistent with robust prices in primary crop markets and tenant demand for leasing high quality farmland. Across specialty crops, operator profitability is recovering after being under pressure partly due to COVID-19, as discussed above. Participating lease structures are common in many specialty crops, and base lease rates are consistent with or somewhat lower than 2020 due to renewals that occurred in 2020.

Lease Expirations

Farm leases are generally three to five years in duration. As of June 30, 2021, our portfolio had the following lease expirations as a percentage of approximate acres leased and annual minimum cash rents:

($ in thousands)
Year Ending December 31,	Approximate Acres	% of Approximate Acres		Annual Rents		% of Annual Cash Rents
2021 (remaining six months)	45,016	28.6	%	$	12,756	39.8	%
2022	37,937	24.1	%		7,660	23.9	%
2023	42,673	27.1	%		7,492	23.4	%
2024	12,485	7.9	%		1,345	4.2	%
2025	10,786	6.9	%		1,042	3.3	%
Thereafter	8,558	5.4	%		1,716	5.4	%
	157,455	100.0	%	$	32,011	100.0	%

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As of June 30, 2021, we had approximately 42,000 acres for which lease payments are at least partially based on a percentage of farming revenues and 1,232 acres that are leased to our TRS. Acres leased to our TRS are not included in the table above.  From time to time, we may enter into recreational leases on our farms.  Since lease renewal periods are exercisable at the option of the lessee, the preceding table presents future lease expirations during the initial lease term only.

Rental Revenues

Our revenues are primarily generated from renting farmland to operators of farming businesses. Our leases have terms ranging from one to forty years, with three years being the most common.  Although the majority of our leases do not provide the tenant with a contractual right to renew the lease upon its expiration, we believe it is customary to provide the existing tenant with the opportunity to renew the lease, subject to any increase in the rental rate that we may establish. If the tenant elects not to renew the lease at the end of the lease term, the land will be offered to a new tenant.

The leases for the majority of the row-crop properties in our portfolio provide that tenants must pay us at least 50% of the annual rent in advance of each spring planting season.  As a result, we collect a significant portion of total annual rents in the first calendar quarter of each year.  We believe our use of leases pursuant to which at least 50% of the annual rent is payable in advance of each spring planting season mitigates the tenant credit risk associated with the variability of farming operations that could be adversely impacted by poor crop yields, weather conditions, mismanagement, undercapitalization or other factors affecting our tenants. Tenant credit risk is further mitigated by usually requiring that our tenants maintain crop insurance and by our claim on a portion of the related proceeds, if any, as well as by our security interest in the growing crop. Prior to acquiring farmland property, we take into consideration the competitiveness of the local farm-operator tenant environment in order to enhance our ability to quickly replace a tenant that is unwilling to renew a lease or is unable to pay a rent payment when it is due.  Some of our leases provide for a reimbursement of the property taxes we pay.

As described above, we are continually assessing the impact, if any, on our ability to collect rent from our tenants as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. At this time, we expect to continue to be able to collect rents in full and on time, but will continue to assess the pandemic’s impact on our tenants on an ongoing basis.

Expenses

Substantially all of our farm leases are structured in such a way that we are responsible for major maintenance, certain insurance and taxes (which are sometimes reimbursed to us by our tenants), while our tenant is responsible for minor maintenance, water usage and all of the additional input costs related to farming operations on the property, such as seed, fertilizer, labor and fuel. We expect that substantially all of the leases for farmland we acquire in the future will continue to be structured in a manner consistent with substantially all of our existing leases. As the owner of the land, we generally only bear costs related to major capital improvements permanently attached to the property, such as irrigation systems, drainage tile, grain storage facilities, permanent plantings or other physical structures customary for farms. In cases where capital expenditures are necessary, we typically seek to offset, over a period of multiple years, the costs of such capital expenditures by increasing rental rates. We also incur the costs associated with maintaining liability and casualty insurance.

We incur costs associated with running a public company, including, among others, costs associated with employing our personnel and compliance costs. We incur costs associated with due diligence and acquisitions, including, among others, travel expenses, consulting fees and legal and accounting fees. We also incur costs associated with managing our farmland. The management of our farmland, generally, is not labor or capital intensive because farmland generally has minimal physical structures that require routine inspection and maintenance, and our leases, generally, are structured to require the tenant to pay many of the costs associated with the property. Furthermore, we believe that our platform is scalable, and we do not expect the expenses associated with managing our portfolio of farmland to increase significantly as the number of farm properties we own increases over time.

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Crop Prices

We believe short-term crop price changes have had little effect historically on farmland values. They also have a limited impact on our rental revenue, as most of our leases provide for a fixed cash rental rate, a common approach in agricultural markets, especially with respect to row crops, for several reasons. This approach simplifies the administrative requirements for the landlord and the tenant significantly. This approach supports the tenants’ desire to maintain access to their leased farms, which are in short supply, a concept expanded upon below, by providing the landlord consistent rents. Crop price exposure is also limited because tenants also benefit from the fundamental revenue hedging that occurs when large crop yields mitigate the effect of lower crop prices. Similarly, lower crop yields have a tendency to trigger higher crop prices and help increase revenue even when confronted by lower crop yields. Such hedging effect also limits the impact of short-term crop price changes on revenues generated by leases with a bonus component based on farm revenues. Further risk mitigation is available to tenants, and indirectly to us, via crop insurance and hedging programs implemented by tenants. Our TRS also takes advantage of these risk mitigation programs and strategies.

The value of a crop is affected by many factors that can differ on a yearly basis. Weather conditions and crop diseases in major crop production regions worldwide create a significant risk of price volatility, which may either increase or decrease the value of the crops that our tenants produce each year. Other material factors adding to the volatility of crop prices are changes in government regulations and policy, fluctuations in global prosperity, fluctuations in foreign trade and export markets and eruptions of military conflicts or civil unrest. In addition, although prices for many crops experienced significant declines in 2014 and 2015, in late 2020 and early 2021 prices rebounded to or near prior highs, driven by increased demand expectations from China and modest adverse weather conditions around the world. We expect that continued long-term growth trends in global population and GDP per capita will result in increased revenue per acre for primary crops over time. Although annual rental payments under the majority of our leases are not based expressly on the quality or profitability of our tenants’ harvests, any of these factors could adversely affect our tenants’ ability to meet their obligations to us and our ability to lease or re-lease properties on favorable terms.

Interest Rates

We expect that future changes in interest rates will impact our overall operating performance by, among other things, affecting our borrowing costs. While we may seek to manage our exposure to future changes in rates through interest rate swap agreements or interest rate caps, portions of our overall outstanding debt will likely remain at floating rates. In addition, a sustained material increase in interest rates may cause farmland prices to decline if the rise in real interest rates (which is defined as nominal interest rates minus the inflation rate) is not accompanied by rises in the general levels of inflation. However, our business model anticipates that over time the value of our farmland will increase, as it has in the past, at a rate that is equal to or greater than the rate of inflation, which may in part offset the impact of rising interest rates on the value of our farmland, but there can be no guarantee that this appreciation will occur to the extent that we anticipate or at all.

International Trade

Following the trade tensions between China and the U.S. that started developing in 2018, the two countries reached a "Phase 1" trade deal in late 2019. At this point, we believe that China and the U.S. will endeavor to largely comply with the Phase 1 trade deal, leading to increased purchases by China of many U.S. agricultural exports. While logistical disruptions introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic slowed China’s compliance with its Phase 1 commitments, U.S. agricultural exports to China have rebounded in recent months.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Except as set forth in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no changes to our critical accounting policies disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

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New or Revised Accounting Standards

For a summary of the new or revised accounting standards, please refer to “Note 1 – Organization and Significant Accounting Policies” within the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the three months ended June 30, 2021 to the three months ended June 30, 2020

	For the three months ended June 30,
($ in thousands)	2021		2020		$ Change		% Change
OPERATING REVENUES:
Rental income	$	8,291	$	9,141	$	(850)	(9.3)	%
Tenant reimbursements		839		883		(44)	(5.0)	%
Crop sales		237		362		(125)	(34.5)	%
Other revenue		646		131		515	NM
Total operating revenues		10,013		10,517		(504)	(4.8)	%
OPERATING EXPENSES
Depreciation, depletion and amortization		1,885		2,003		(118)	(5.9)	%
Property operating expenses		1,708		1,818		(110)	(6.1)	%
Cost of goods sold		667		745		(78)	(10.5)	%
Acquisition and due diligence costs		—		11		(11)	NM
General and administrative expenses		1,897		1,402		495	35.3	%
Legal and accounting		2,901		848		2,053	NM
Other operating expenses		—		1		(1)	(100.0)	%
Total operating expenses		9,058		6,828		2,230	32.7	%
OPERATING INCOME		955		3,689		(2,734)	(74.1)	%
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
Other (income) expense		(8)		(33)		25	(75.8)	%
(Gain) on disposition of assets		(74)		(917)		843	(91.9)	%
Interest expense		3,902		4,467		(565)	(12.6)	%
Total other expense		3,820		3,517		303	8.6	%
Net income (loss) before income tax expense		(2,865)		172		(3,037)	NM
Income tax expense		—		—		—	NM
NET INCOME (LOSS)	$	(2,865)	$	172	$	(3,037)	NM

NM=Not Meaningful

Our rental income for the three months ended June 30, 2021 was impacted partially by two acquisitions and two dispositions during the three months ended June 30, 2021. To highlight the effect of changes due to acquisitions and dispositions, we have separately discussed the rental income for the same-property portfolio, which includes only properties owned and operated for the entirety of both periods presented. The same-property portfolio for the three months ended June 30, 2021 includes approximately 142,000 acres, representing 96% of our current portfolio on an acreage basis. Additionally, upon renewal in 2021, a number of leases transitioned to higher percentages of variable rents relative to fixed rents, which variable rents have yet to be received.

On a same-property basis, total rental income decreased $0.6 million, or 6.6%, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. Management does not believe that same-property rent comparisons for periods shorter than the full year are necessarily indicative of the expected full year comparison because the majority of bonus and crop share rent payments are expected to be received in the fourth quarter.

Rental income decreased $0.9 million, or 9.3%, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020, resulting from asset dispositions, leases renegotiated downward in the summer of 2020 before

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the recovery in the farm economy, and the timing of crop share revenue recognition in connection with certain permanent crops.

Revenues recognized from tenant reimbursement of property taxes remained relatively flat at $0.8 million and $0.9 million during the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Crop sales totaled $0.2 million during the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to $0.4 million in the comparative three-month period ended June 30, 2020. The decrease in crop sales is due to lower citrus sales in Florida.

Other revenues totaled $0.6 million during the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to $0.1 million in the comparative three-month period ended June 30, 2020. The increase primarily relates to revenue related to litigation settlement proceeds totaling $0.6 million recognized in the three months ended June 30, 2021.

Depreciation, depletion and amortization decreased by $0.1 million, or 5.9%, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020.  The decrease is a result of asset dispositions and the decrease of the amortization of in-place leases acquired as part of the AFCO acquisition that were fully amortized in prior periods.

Property operating expenses decreased $0.1 million, or 6.1%, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease is largely due to slightly lower tax expenses and repairs, partially offset by increased insurance expenses.

Cost of goods sold remained relatively flat at $0.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020. The gross loss on sales is attributable to impairment recorded on growing crop inventory.

General and administrative expenses increased $0.5 million, or 35.3%, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was largely driven by higher payroll, travel and consulting expenses.

Legal and accounting expenses increased $2.1 milliion for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020, which was primarily the result legal fees incurred in relation to a “short and distort” attack against the Company conducted by anonymous parties, including Quinton Mathews, under the pseudonym Rota Fortunae, and his co-conspirators, as discussed above under Part I, Item 1 “Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies—Litigation,”.

On June 20, 2021, Quinton Mathews (a.k.a. “Rota Fortunae”) entered into a settlement agreement with the Company in which he agreed to pay the Company a multiple of the profits he made when the Company’s common stock price fell in connection with the Wheel of Fortune article.  The Company has long believed the Wheel of Fortune article was part of a short and distort attack on the Company.  This was confirmed when Quinton Mathews issued a press release admitting he and his advisory clients shorted the Company in advance of the article and profited from the decline it caused, and further admitted that many of the key statements in that article – which he acknowledged led to the stock’s decline - were false. Following the parties’ settlement, the Court granted a joint stipulated motion to dismiss the case on June 29, 2021.

On July 2, 2021, the Company filed a complaint against First Sabrepoint Capital Management, LP, Sabrepoint Capital Partners, LP, Sabrepoint Capital Participation, LP, George Baxter, and Donald Marchiony (collectively, “Sabrepoint”) in the Civil District Courts of Dallas County, Texas seeking relief for their role, as alleged in the complaint, in the short and distort scheme.

The Company continues to defend meritless stockholder class action lawsuits that are related to the claims made by Wheel of Fortune. Amounts incurred to defend the stockholder claims are no longer covered by the Company’s insurance policies because legal and other costs to defend such claims exceeded the Company’s coverage amounts. Accordingly, the Company has not recognized any receivable for insurance recoveries that the Company believes it will be entitled to.

Other operating expenses remained relatively flat at $0.0 million for three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.

Other income remained relatively flat at $0.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.

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Gain on disposition of assets decreased $0.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020 due primarily to the fact that the purchase prices for the farms sold during the three months ended June 30,  2021 were lower than the farms sold during the three months ended June 30, 2020.

Interest expense decreased $0.6 million, or 12.6%, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. This decrease is the result of a decrease in interest rates and the lower outstanding balance of debt.

Comparison of the six months ended June 30, 2021 to the six months ended June 30, 2020

	For the Six Months Ended June 30,
($ in thousands)	2021		2020		$ Change		% Change
OPERATING REVENUES:
Rental income	$	18,551	$	19,215	$	(664)	(3.5)	%
Tenant reimbursements		1,777		1,744		33	1.9	%
Crop sales		453		697		(244)	(35.0)	%
Other revenue		808		512		296	57.8	%
Total operating revenues		21,589		22,168		(579)	(2.6)	%
OPERATING EXPENSES
Depreciation, depletion and amortization		3,820		4,003		(183)	(4.6)	%
Property operating expenses		3,639		3,679		(40)	(1.1)	%
Cost of goods sold		917		1,311		(394)	(30.1)	%
Acquisition and due diligence costs		—		11		(11)	(100.0)	%
General and administrative expenses		3,514		2,854		660	23.1	%
Legal and accounting		5,643		1,330		4,313	NM
Other operating expenses		2		1		1	100.0	%
Total operating expenses		17,535		13,189		4,346	33.0	%
OPERATING INCOME		4,054		8,979		(4,925)	(54.9)	%
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
Other (income) expense		(52)		88		(140)	NM
(Gain) on disposition of assets		(3,467)		(831)		(2,636)	NM
Interest expense		7,961		9,130		(1,169)	(12.8)	%
Total other expense		4,442		8,387		(3,945)	(47.0)	%
Net income (loss) before income tax expense		(388)		592		(980)	NM
Income tax expense		—		—		—	NM
NET INCOME (LOSS)	$	(388)	$	592	$	(980)	NM

NM=Not Meaningful

Our rental income for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was impacted partially by four acquisitions consisting of four farms and seven dispositions consisting of fifteen farms during the six months ended June 30, 2021. To highlight the effect of changes due to acquisitions and dispositions, we have separately discussed the rental income for the same-property portfolio, which includes only properties owned and operated for the entirety of both periods presented. The same-property portfolio for the six months ended June 30, 2021 includes approximately 142,000 acres, representing 96% of our current portfolio on an acreage basis. Additionally, upon renewal in 2021, a number of leases transitioned to higher percentages of variable rents relative to fixed rents, which variable rents have yet to be received.

On a same-property basis, total rental income decreased $0.5 million, or 2.6%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. Management does not believe that same-property rent comparisons for periods shorter than the full year are necessarily indicative of the expected full year comparison because the majority of bonus and crop share rent payments are expected to be received in the fourth quarter.

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Rental income decreased $0.7 million, or 3.5%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, resulting from asset dispositions, leases renegotiated downward in the summer of 2020 before the recovery in the farm economy, and the timing of crop share revenue recognition in connection with certain permanent crops.

Revenues recognized from tenant reimbursement of property taxes remained relatively flat at $1.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.

Crop sales totaled $0.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to $0.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease in crop sales is due to lower citrus sales.

Other revenues totaled $0.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to $0.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase primarily relates to revenue related to litigation settlement proceeds totaling $0.6 million recognized in the six months ended June 30, 2021.

Depreciation, depletion and amortization decreased by $0.2 million, or 4.6%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020.  The decrease is a result of asset dispositions and the decrease of the amortization of in-place leases acquired as part of the AFCO acquisition that were fully amortized in prior periods.

Property operating remained relatively flat at $3.6 million and $3.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Cost of goods sold decreased $0.4 million, or 30.1%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. This was largely due to lower farming costs on a California farm, partly offset by higher farming costs on a farm in Florida. The gross loss on sales is attributable to impairment recorded on growing crop inventory.

General and administrative expenses increased $0.7 million, or 23.1%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was largely driven by higher payroll, travel and consulting expense.

Legal and accounting expenses increased $4.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, which was primarily the result of legal fees incurred in relation to a “short and distort” attack against the Company conducted by anonymous parties, including Quinton Mathews, under the pseudonym Rota Fortunae, and his co-conspirators, as discussed above under Part I, Item 1 “Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies—Litigation,”.  

On June 20, 2021, Quinton Mathews (a.k.a. “Rota Fortunae”) entered into a settlement agreement with the Company in which he agreed to pay the Company a multiple of the profits he made when the Company’s common stock price fell in connection with the Wheel of Fortune article.  The Company has long believed the Wheel of Fortune article was part of a short and distort attack on the Company.  This was confirmed when Quinton Mathews issued a press release admitting he and his advisory clients shorted the Company in advance of the article and profited from the decline it caused, and further admitted that many of the key statements in that article – which he acknowledged led to the stock’s decline - were false. Following the parties’ settlement, the Court granted a joint stipulated motion to dismiss the case on June 29, 2021.

On July 2, 2021, the Company filed a complaint against First Sabrepoint Capital Management, LP, Sabrepoint Capital Partners, LP, Sabrepoint Capital Participation, LP, George Baxter, and Donald Marchiony (collectively, “Sabrepoint”) in the Civil District Courts of Dallas County, Texas seeking relief for their role, as alleged in the complaint, in the short and distort scheme.

The Company continues to defend meritless stockholder class action lawsuits that are related to the claims made by Wheel of Fortune. Amounts incurred to defend the stockholder claims are no longer covered by the Company’s insurance policies because legal and other costs to defend such claims exceeded the Company’s coverage amounts. Accordingly, the Company has not recognized any receivable for insurance recoveries that the Company believes it will be entitled to.

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Other operating expenses remained relatively flat at $0.0 million for six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Other income decreased $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, resulting primarily from losses in commodity futures that occurred in the six months ended June 30, 2020. The Company incurred no such losses during the six months ended June 30, 2021.

Gain on disposition of assets increased $2.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020 due primarily to greater disposition activity in the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020.

Interest expense decreased $1.2 million, or 12.8%, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. This decrease is the result of a decrease in interest rates on floating rate debt and the lower outstanding balance of debt.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

Liquidity is a measure of our ability to meet potential cash requirements, including ongoing commitments to repay any outstanding borrowings, fund and maintain our assets and operations, make distributions to our stockholders and unitholders, and other general business needs.

Our short- and long-term liquidity requirements consist primarily of funds necessary to make principal and interest payments on outstanding borrowings, make distributions on our Series A preferred units and Series B Participating Preferred Stock, make distributions necessary to qualify for taxation as a REIT, fund our operations, and pay legal fees in relation to the Rota Fortunae litigation in excess of the Company’s insurance coverage. In addition, we require liquidity to acquire additional farmland, extend loans under the FPI Loan Program, and make other investments and capital expenditures. We expect to meet our liquidity needs through cash on hand, operating cash flows, borrowings and equity issuances.

Our long-term liquidity needs consist primarily of funds necessary to acquire additional farmland, make other investments and certain long-term capital expenditures, make principal and interest payments on outstanding borrowings, and make distributions necessary to qualify for taxation as a REIT. We expect to meet our long-term liquidity requirements through various sources of capital, including the equity capital markets, net cash provided by operations, long-term mortgage indebtedness and other secured and unsecured borrowings, asset dispositions and, given the recent recovery in our stock price, equity issuances (including issuances of Common units).

We entered into equity distribution agreements on May 14, 2021 in connection with the ATM Program, under which the Company has issued and sold from time to time, through the sales agents, shares of our common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $50 million. Through June 30, 2021, the Company has generated $25.6 million and $25.3 million in gross and net cash proceeds, respectively, under the ATM Program which is intended to provide cost-effective financing alternatives in the capital markets. We intend to use the net proceeds from the ATM Program for future farmland acquisitions in accordance with our investment strategy and for general corporate purposes, which may also include originating loans to farmers under our loan program.  We intend to continue to utilize the ATM Program if the market price of our common stock remains at levels which are deemed appropriate by our board of directors.

Our ability to incur additional debt will depend on a number of factors, including our degree of leverage, the value of our unencumbered assets, compliance with the covenants under our existing debt agreements, borrowing restrictions that may be imposed by lenders and the conditions of debt markets. Our ability to access the equity capital markets will depend on a number of factors as well, including general market conditions for REITs and market perceptions about us.

We manage our capital position and liquidity needs by continuously forecasting our expected cash receipts, expenses and capital needs, managing our cash position and monitoring all the sources of capital available to us. Our business model, and the business model of real estate investment companies in general, utilizes a combination of debt and equity capital in financing the business. When debt becomes due, it is generally refinanced or repaid with equity capital rather than repaid using our cash flow from operations. When material debt repayments are due within the following 12 months, we work with current and new lenders and other potential sources of capital to ensure that all of our obligations are satisfied in a timely manner. We have a history of being able to refinance or extend our debt obligations to manage our debt maturities. In addition, we have recently raised $25.6 million of equity capital from our ATM equity program and have utilized such program successfully in the past. We also have an effective shelf registration statement with $250.0 million of capacity, whereby we could issue additional equity or debt securities. Furthermore, we have a large portfolio of high-quality real estate assets which we believe could be selectively and readily liquidated if necessary to fund our immediate liquidity needs. Our first course of action is to work with our lenders to refinance debt which is coming due on terms acceptable to us. In the event that we are unsuccessful in refinancing our debt on terms acceptable to us, we would look first to issue equity under our ATM Program, and second to sell certain assets to fund our liquidity shortfall. We currently have $14.0 million of indebtedness coming due in 2021 and $112.0 million of indebtedness coming due in 2022. We are currently engaged with lenders to refinance our upcoming 2021 and 2022 maturities.

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During the six months ended June 30, 2021, we used $0.7 million to repurchase an aggregate of 25,073 shares of Series B Participating preferred stock at a weighted average price of $25.92. We currently have authority to repurchase up to an aggregate of $40.5 million in additional shares of our common stock or shares of our Series B participating preferred Stock.

Consolidated Indebtedness

For further details relating to our consolidated indebtedness, refer to “Note 7 – Mortgage Notes, Line of Credit and Bonds Payable” in the financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Sources and Uses of Cash

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:

	For the six months ended June 30,
(in thousands)	2021		2020
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	8,217	$	9,982
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	$	(2,701)	$	6,707
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	$	7,426	$	(17,652)

Comparison of the six months ended June 30, 2021 to the six months ended June 30, 2020

As of June 30, 2021, we had $40.2 million of cash compared to $11.6 million at June 30, 2020.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $1.8 million primarily as a result of the following:

● Receipt of $24.2 million in cash rents for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to receiving $22.1 million in cash rents in the six months ended June 30, 2020;

● A decrease of $0.6 million in cash interest payments as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020;

● An increase in gain on disposition of assets of $2.6 million as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020;

● An increase in deferred revenue of $0.1 million as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020; and

● An increase in accrued expensnes of $3.4 million as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020;

● Proceeds from litigation settlement of $0.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2021.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Net cash provided by investing activities decreased $9.4 million primarily as a result of the following:

● Property dispositions during the six months ended June 30, 2021 for cash consideration of $28.6 million and $2.4 million of convertible notes receivable, as opposed to $7.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020;

● A decrease of $0.3 million in investments in real estate improvements as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020;

● Property acquisition during the six months ended June 30, 2021 for $30.0 million as compared to $0.9 million in property acquisitions during the six months ended June 30, 2020; and

● A $1.8 million decrease in principal repayments on notes receivable received by the Company as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020.

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Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities increased $25.1 million primarily as a result of the following:

● Borrowings on mortgage notes of $14.0 million related to properties acquired during the six months ended June 30, 2021;

● Mortgage note repayments increased $19.9 million as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020;

● Net proceeds from the ATM Program totaling $25.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021;

● A decrease of $2.4 million in participating preferred stock repurchased as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020;

● Common stock repurchases decreased $3.2 million as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020; and

● A decrease of $0.1 million in debt issuance costs as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30, 2021, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Funds from Operations (“FFO”) and Adjusted Funds from Operations (“AFFO”)

We calculate FFO in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or Nareit. Nareit defines FFO as net income (loss) (calculated in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of depreciable operating property, plus real estate related depreciation, depletion and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs), and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. FFO is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure. Management presents FFO as a supplemental performance measure because it believes that FFO is beneficial to investors as a starting point in measuring our operational performance. Specifically, in excluding real estate related depreciation and amortization and gains and losses from sales of depreciable operating properties, which do not relate to or are not indicative of operating performance, FFO provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. We believe that, as a widely recognized measure of the performance of REITs, FFO will be used by investors as a basis to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs. 

However, because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions nor the level of capital expenditures necessary to maintain the operating performance of improvements on our properties, all of which have real economic effects and could materially impact our results from operations, the utility of FFO as a measure of our performance is limited. In addition, other equity REITs may not calculate FFO in accordance with the Nareit definition as we do, and, accordingly, our FFO may not be comparable to such other REITs’ FFO. Accordingly, FFO should be considered only as a supplement to net income as a measure of our performance. FFO should not be used as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends or service indebtedness. FFO also should not be used as a supplement to or substitute for cash flow from operating activities computed in accordance with GAAP.

We do not, however, believe that FFO is the only measure of the sustainability of our operating performance.  Changes in GAAP accounting and reporting rules that were put in effect after the establishment of Nareit’s definition of FFO in 1999 result in the inclusion of a number of items in FFO that do not correlate with the sustainability of our operating performance.  Therefore, in addition to FFO, we present AFFO and AFFO per share, fully diluted, both of which are non-GAAP measures.  Management considers AFFO a useful supplemental performance metric for investors as it is more indicative of the Company’s operational performance than FFO.  AFFO is not intended to represent cash flow or liquidity for the period and is only intended to provide an additional measure of our operating performance.  Even AFFO, however, does not properly capture the timing of cash receipts, especially in connection with full-year rent payments under lease agreements entered into in connection with newly acquired farms.  Management considers AFFO per share, fully diluted to be a supplemental metric to GAAP earnings per share.  AFFO per share, fully diluted provides additional insight into

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how our operating performance could be allocated to potential shares outstanding at a specific point in time.  Management believes that AFFO is a widely recognized measure of the operations of REITs, and presenting AFFO will enable investors to assess our performance in comparison to other REITs.  However, other REITs may use different methodologies for calculating AFFO and AFFO per share, fully diluted, and, accordingly, our AFFO and AFFO per share, fully diluted may not always be comparable to AFFO and AFFO per share amounts calculated by other REITs.  AFFO and AFFO per share, fully diluted should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) or earnings per share (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indication of financial performance or as an alternative to net income (loss) earnings per share (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of our liquidity, nor are they indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make distributions.

AFFO is calculated by adjusting FFO to exclude or include the income and expenses that we believe are not reflective of the sustainability of our ongoing operating performance, as further explained below:

● Real estate related acquisition and due diligence costs.  Acquisition (including audit fees associated with these acquisitions) and due diligence costs are incurred for investment purposes and, therefore, do not correlate with the ongoing operations of our portfolio.  We believe that excluding these costs from AFFO provides useful supplemental information reflective of the realized economic impact of our leases, which is useful in assessing the sustainability of our operating performance. Acquisition and due diligence costs totaled $0.0 million, $0.0 million, $0.0 million and $0.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. We believe that excluding these costs from AFFO provides useful supplemental information reflective of the realized economic impact of our current acquisition strategy, which is useful in assessing the sustainability of our operating performance.  These exclusions also improve the comparability of our results over each reporting period and of our Company with other real estate operators.

● Stock-based compensation.  Stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense and, therefore, does not correlate with the ongoing operations.  We believe that excluding these costs from AFFO improves the comparability of our results over each reporting period and of our Company with other real estate operators.

● Deferred impact of interest rate swap terminations. When an interest rate swap is terminated and the related termination fees are rolled into a new swap, the terminated swap's termination fees are amortized over what would have been the remaining life of the terminated swap, while the related contractual and financial obligations extend over the life of the new swap. As a result, the net impact on interest expense is uneven throughout the life of the swap, which is inconsistent with the purpose of an interest rate swap. We believe that, with this adjustment, AFFO better reflects the actual cash cost of the fixed interest rate we are obligated to pay under the new swap agreement, and results in improved comparability of our results across reporting periods.

● Distributions on Series A preferred units.  Dividends on Series A preferred units, which are convertible into Common units on or after February 10, 2026, have a fixed and certain impact on our cash flow, and therefore are subtracted from FFO.  We believe this improves the comparability of our Company with other real estate operators.

● Dividends on Series B Participating Preferred Stock.  Dividends on Series B Participating Preferred Stock, which may be redeemed for cash or converted into shares of common stock on or after September 30, 2021, have a fixed and certain impact on our cash flow, and therefore are subtracted from FFO.  We believe this improves the comparability of our Company with other real estate operators.

● Common shares fully diluted.  In accordance with GAAP, common shares used to calculate earnings per share are presented on a weighted average basis.  Common shares on a fully diluted basis includes shares of common stock, Common units, and unvested shares of restricted stock outstanding at the end of the period on a share equivalent basis, because all shares are participating securities and thus share in the performance of the Company.  The conversion of Series A preferred units is excluded from the calculation of common shares fully diluted as they are not participating securities, and therefore do not share in the performance of the Company and their impact on shares outstanding is uncertain.

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The following table sets forth a reconciliation of net income (loss) to FFO, AFFO and net (loss) income available to common stockholders per share to AFFO per share, fully diluted, the most directly comparable GAAP equivalents, respectively, for the periods indicated below as previously reported (unaudited):

	For the three months ended June 30,				For the six months ended June 30,
(in thousands except per share amounts)	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net income (loss)	$	(2,865)	$	172	$	(388)	$	592
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets		(74)		(917)		(3,467)		(831)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization		1,885		2,003		3,820		4,003
FFO		(1,054)		1,258		(35)		3,764
Stock-based compensation		334		276		585		517
Deferred impact of interest rate swap terminations		127		137		311		137
Real estate related acquisition and due diligence costs		—		11		—		11
Distributions on Preferred units		(3,055)		(3,088)		(6,120)		(6,203)
AFFO	$	(3,648)	$	(1,406)	$	(5,259)	$	(1,774)
AFFO per diluted weighted average share data:
AFFO weighted average common shares		32,836		31,656		32,527		31,708
Net loss per share available to common stockholders	$	(0.19)	$	(0.10)	$	(0.21)	$	(0.19)
Income available to redeemable non-controlling interest and non-controlling interest in operating partnership		0.10		0.11		0.21		0.21
Depreciation and depletion		0.06		0.06		0.12		0.13
Stock-based compensation		0.01		0.01		0.02		0.02
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets		—		(0.03)		(0.11)		(0.03)
Distributions on Preferred units		(0.09)		(0.10)		(0.19)		(0.20)
AFFO per diluted weighted average share	$	(0.11)	$	(0.04)	$	(0.16)	$	(0.06)

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of AFFO share information to basic weighted average common shares outstanding, the most directly comparable GAAP equivalent, for the periods indicated below (unaudited):

	For the three months ended June 30,		For the six months ended June 30,
(in thousands)	2021	2020	2021	2020
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	31,072	29,433	30,747	29,485
Weighted average OP units on an as-if converted basis	1,479	1,904	1,495	1,904
Weighted average unvested restricted stock	285	319	285	319
AFFO weighted average common shares	32,836	31,656	32,527	31,708

EBITDAre

The Company calculates Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization for real estate (“EBITDAre”) in accordance with the standards established by NAREIT in its September 2017 White Paper. NAREIT defines EBITDAre as net income (calculated in accordance with GAAP) excluding interest expense, income tax, depreciation and amortization, gains or losses on disposition of depreciated property (including gains or losses on change of control), impairment write-downs of depreciated property and of investments in unconsolidated affiliates caused by a decrease in value of depreciated property in the affiliate, and adjustments to reflect the entity’s pro rata share of EBITDAre of unconsolidated affiliates. EBITDAre is a key financial measure used to evaluate the Company’s operating performance but should not be construed as an alternative to operating income, cash flows from operating activities or net income, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP.  The Company believes that EBITDAre is a useful performance measure commonly reported and will be widely used by analysts and investors in the Company’s industry. However, while EBITDAre is a performance measure widely used across the Company’s industry, the Company does not believe that it correctly captures the Company’s business operating performance because it includes non-cash expenses and recurring adjustments that are necessary to better understand the Company’s business operating performance.  Therefore, in addition to EBITDAre, management uses Adjusted EBITDAre, a non-GAAP measure.

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We further adjust EBITDAre for certain additional items such as stock-based compensation, indirect offering costs, real estate acquisition related audit fees and real estate related acquisition and due diligence costs (for a full discussion of these adjustments, see AFFO adjustments discussed above) that we consider necessary to understand our operating performance.  We believe that Adjusted EBITDAre provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding our ongoing operating performance that, when considered with net income and EBITDAre, is beneficial to an investor’s understanding of our operating performance.

EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

● EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre do not reflect our cash expenditures, or future requirements, for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;

● EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;

● EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre do not reflect the interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt;

● Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre do not reflect any cash requirements for these replacements; and

● Other companies in our industry may calculate EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre differently than we do, limiting the usefulness as a comparative measure.

Because of these limitations, EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre should not be considered as a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results of operations and using EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre only as a supplemental measure of our performance.

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of our net income to our EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre for the periods indicated below (unaudited):

	For the three months ended				For the six months ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(in thousands)	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net Income (loss)	$	(2,865)	$	172	$	(388)	$	592
Interest expense		3,902		4,467		7,961		9,130
Income tax expense		—		—		—		—
Depreciation, depletion and amortization		1,885		2,003		3,820		4,003
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets		(74)		(917)		(3,467)		(831)
EBITDAre	$	2,848	$	5,725	$	7,926	$	12,894
Stock-based compensation		334		276		585		517
Indirect equity offering costs		—		—		—		—
Real estate related acquisition and due diligence costs		—		11		—		11
Adjusted EBITDAre	$	3,182	$	6,012	$	8,511	$	13,422

Inflation

Most of our farming leases are two to three years for row crops and one to seven years for permanent crops, pursuant to which each tenant is responsible for substantially all of the operating expenses related to the property, including maintenance, water usage and insurance. As a result, we believe that the effect on us of inflationary increases in operating expenses may be offset in part by the operating expenses that are passed through to our tenants and by contractual rent increases because our leases will be renegotiated every one to five years.  We do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on our historical financial position or results of operations.

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Seasonality

Because the leases for many of the properties in our portfolio require significant payments in advance of the spring planting season (for row crops), we receive a significant portion of our cash rental payments in the first calendar quarter of each year, although we recognize rental revenue from these leases on a pro rata basis over the non-cancellable term of the lease in accordance with GAAP.

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

Market risk includes risks that arise from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices and other market changes that affect market-sensitive instruments. In pursuing our business strategies, the primary market risk to which we are exposed is interest rate risk. Our primary interest rate exposure will be the daily LIBOR. We may use fixed interest rate financing to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. On a limited basis, we also may use derivative financial instruments to manage interest rate risk. We will not use such derivatives for trading or other speculative purposes.

At June 30, 2021, $171.5 million, or 34.1%, of our debt had variable interest rates. Assuming no increase in the level of our variable rate debt, if interest rates increased by 1.0%, or 100 basis points, our cash flow would decrease by approximately $0.8 million per year. At June 30, 2021, 1 month LIBOR was approximately 9 basis points. Assuming no increase in the level of our variable rate debt, if LIBOR were reduced to 0 basis points, our cash flow would increase approximately $0.8 million per year.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We have established disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives.

We have evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosures and procedures were effective at a reasonable level of assurance as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting during the six months ended June 30, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting

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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.Legal Proceedings.

For information regarding legal proceedings as of June 30, 2021, see Note 8 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 1A.Risk Factors.

As of June 30, 2021, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in response to “Part I – Item 1A. ‘Risk Factors’” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on March 19, 2021.

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

None.

Share Repurchase Program

On March 15, 2017, our board of directors approved a program to repurchase up to $25,000,000 in shares of our common stock. Repurchases under this program may be made from time to time, in amounts and prices as we deem appropriate.  Repurchases may be made in open market or privately negotiated transactions in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, trading restrictions under our insider trading policy and other relevant factors. In November 2017, our Board of Directors approved repurchases of our Series B participating preferred stock from time to time under the share repurchase program. This share repurchase program does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of common stock or Series B participating preferred stock, and it may be modified or suspended at any time at our discretion. We expect to fund repurchases under the program using cash on our balance sheet. Our repurchase activity for the three months ended June 30, 2021 under the share repurchase program is presented in the following table. On August 1, 2018, our Board of Directors increased the authority under the share repurchase to $38.5 million. On November 7, 2019, the Board of Directors approved an additional $50 million under the share repurchase program. As of the date of this report, we had $40.5 million of availability under the program.

(in thousands except per share amounts)	Total Number of Common Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share	Total Number of Preferred Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share	Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Share Repurchase Program
April 1, 2021 - April 30, 2021	—	$	—	17	$	25.98	17	$	40,456
May 1, 2021 - May 31, 2021	—		—	—		—	—		40,456
June 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021	—		—	—		—	—		40,456
Total	—	$	—	17	$	25.82	17	$	40,456

Subsequent to June 30, 2021, the Company has repuchased no shares of common stock and no shares of Series B participating preferred stock.

Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

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Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5.Other Information.

None.

Item 6.Exhibits.

The exhibits on the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed, furnished or incorporated by reference (as stated therein) as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibit
31.1*	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File – (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).*

*    Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	Farmland Partners Inc.
Date: August 6, 2021	/s/ Paul A. Pittman
	Paul A. Pittman
	Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: August 6, 2021	/s/ Luca Fabbri
	Luca Fabbri
	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT

TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Paul A. Pittman, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 of Farmland Partners Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 6, 2021	/s/ PAUL A. PITTMAN
	Paul A. Pittman
	Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT

TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Luca Fabbri, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 of Farmland Partners Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 6, 2021	/s/ LUCA FABBRI
	Luca Fabbri
	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

EX-32

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Farmland Partners Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2021 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Paul A. Pittman, the Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and I, Luca Fabbri, the Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company, certify, to our knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 6, 2021	/s/ PAUL A. PITTMAN
	Paul A. Pittman
	Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Date: August 6, 2021	/s/ LUCA FABBRI
	Luca Fabbri
	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
ASSETS
Land, at cost	$ 930,665	$ 924,952
Grain facilities	11,283	12,091
Groundwater	10,214	10,214
Irrigation improvements	52,335	53,887
Drainage improvements	12,606	12,805
Permanent plantings	53,519	54,374
Other	6,890	8,167
Construction in progress	10,228	9,284
Real estate, at cost	1,087,740	1,085,774
Less accumulated depreciation	(35,230)	(32,654)
Total real estate, net	1,052,510	1,053,120
Deposits	65
Cash	40,159	27,217
Assets held for sale	530
Notes and interest receivable, net	2,440	2,348
Convertible notes receivable	2,428
Right of use asset	178	93
Deferred offering costs	75	0
Deferred financing fees, net	44	87
Accounts receivable, net	3,520	4,120
Inventory	742	1,117
Prepaid and other assets	1,628	2,889
TOTAL ASSETS	1,104,319	1,090,991
LIABILITIES
Mortgage notes and bonds payable, net	500,705	506,625
Lease liability	178	93
Dividends payable	1,715	1,612
Derivative liability	1,738	2,899
Accrued interest	3,373	3,446
Accrued property taxes	1,752	1,817
Deferred revenue	2,420	37
Accrued expenses	11,132	8,272
Total liabilities	523,013	524,801
Commitments and contingencies (See Note 8)
Series B Participating Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 6,037,500 shares authorized; 5,806,797 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021, and 5,831,870 at December 31, 2020	139,116	139,766
Redeemable non-controlling interest in operating partnership, Series A preferred units	118,755	120,510
EQUITY
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized; 32,810,518 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021, and 30,571,271 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020	317	297
Additional paid in capital	373,299	345,870
Retained earnings	(5,457)	1,037
Cumulative dividends	(57,932)	(54,751)
Other comprehensive income	(908)	(2,380)
Non-controlling interests in operating partnership	14,116	15,841
Total equity	323,435	305,914
TOTAL LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS IN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AND EQUITY	$ 1,104,319	$ 1,090,991

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Series B Participating Preferred Stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Series B Participating Preferred Stock, shares authorized	6,037,500	6,037,500
Series B Participating Preferred Stock, shares issued	5,806,797	5,831,870
Series B Participating Preferred Stock, shares outstanding	5,806,797	5,831,870
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	500,000,000	500,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	32,810,518	30,571,271
Common stock, shares outstanding	32,810,518	30,571,271

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Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
OPERATING REVENUES:
Rental income	$ 8,291	$ 9,141	$ 18,551	$ 19,215
Total operating revenues	10,013	10,517	21,589	22,168
OPERATING EXPENSES
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	1,885	2,003	3,820	4,003
Property operating expenses	1,708	1,818	3,639	3,679
Cost of goods sold	667	745	917	1,311
Acquisition and due diligence costs		11		11
General and administrative expenses	1,897	1,402	3,514	2,854
Legal and accounting	2,901	848	5,643	1,330
Other operating expenses		1	2	1
Total operating expenses	9,058	6,828	17,535	13,189
OPERATING INCOME	955	3,689	4,054	8,979
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
Other (income) expense	(8)	(33)	(52)	88
(Gain) on disposition of assets	(74)	(917)	(3,467)	(831)
Interest expense	3,902	4,467	7,961	9,130
Total other expense	3,820	3,517	4,442	8,387
Net income (loss) before income tax expense	(2,865)	172	(388)	592
NET INCOME (LOSS)	(2,865)	172	(388)	592
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests in operating partnership	130	(10)	13	(36)
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company	(2,735)	162	(375)	556
Nonforfeitable distributions allocated to unvested restricted shares	(14)	(16)	(28)	(32)
Net loss available to common stockholders of Farmland Partners Inc.	$ (5,804)	$ (2,942)	$ (6,523)	$ (5,679)
Basic and diluted per common share data:
Basic net (loss) available to common stockholders	$ (0.19)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.21)	$ (0.19)
Diluted net (loss) available to common stockholders	$ (0.19)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.21)	$ (0.19)
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	31,072	29,433	30,747	29,485
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	31,072	29,433	30,747	29,485
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.05	$ 0.05	$ 0.1000	$ 0.10
Tenant reimbursements
OPERATING REVENUES:
Revenue	$ 839	$ 883	$ 1,777	$ 1,744
Crop sales
OPERATING REVENUES:
Revenue	237	362	453	697
Other revenue
OPERATING REVENUES:
Revenue	646	131	808	512
Preferred Units
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
Distributions on Series A Preferred Units and Series B Preferred Stock	$ (3,055)	$ (3,088)	$ (6,120)	$ (6,203)

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Net Income (loss)	$ (2,865)	$ 172	$ (388)	$ 592
Amortization of OCI	236	247	530	247
Net change associated with current period hedging activities	(266)	(400)	942	(1,983)
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(2,895)	19	1,084	(1,144)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests	130	(10)	13	(36)
Net income (loss) attributable to Farmland Partners Inc.	$ (2,765)	$ 9	$ 1,097	$ (1,180)

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Consolidated Statements of Equity and Other Comprehensive Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Common stock	Additional Paid in Capital	Retained Earnings	Cumulative Dividends	Other Comprehensive Income.	Non-controlling Interests in Operating Partnership	Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	$ 292	$ 338,387	$ 6,251	$ (48,784)	$ (1,644)	$ 19,044	$ 313,546
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019	29,952
Increase (decrease) in shareholders' equity
Net income (loss)			394			25	419
Grant of unvested restricted stock (in shares)	139
Stock based compensation		242					242
Dividends accrued or paid			(3,115)	(1,498)		(95)	(4,708)
Net change associated with current period hedging transactions					(1,583)		(1,583)
Repurchase and cancellation of shares	$ (3)	(1,396)					(1,399)
Repurchase and cancellation of shares (in shares)	(225)
Adjustment to non-controlling interest resulting from changes in ownership of the operating partnership		224				(224)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2020	$ 289	337,457	3,530	(50,282)	(3,227)	18,750	306,517
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2020	29,866
Increase (decrease) in shareholders' equity
Net income (loss)			162			11	173
Stock based compensation		275					275
Dividends accrued or paid			(3,088)	(1,488)		(96)	(4,672)
Net change associated with current period hedging transactions					(153)		(153)
Repurchase and cancellation of shares	$ (2)	(1,795)					(1,797)
Repurchase and cancellation of shares (in shares)	(270)
Adjustment to non-controlling interest resulting from changes in ownership of the operating partnership		121				(121)
Balance at Jun. 30, 2020	$ 287	336,058	604	(51,770)	(3,380)	18,544	300,343
Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2020	29,596
Balance at Dec. 31, 2020	$ 297	345,870	1,037	(54,751)	(2,380)	15,841	305,914
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2020	30,571
Increase (decrease) in shareholders' equity
Net income (loss)			2,360			117	2,477
Grant of unvested restricted stock (in shares)	113
Forfeiture of unvested restricted stock (in shares)	(3)
Stock based compensation		251					251
Dividends accrued or paid			(3,065)	(1,540)		(74)	(4,679)
Conversion of Common units to shares of common stock	$ 1	1,697				(1,698)
Conversion of Common units to shares of common stock (in shares)	159
Net change associated with current period hedging transactions					1,501		1,501
Adjustment to non-controlling interest resulting from changes in ownership of the operating partnership		38				(38)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2021	$ 298	347,856	332	(56,291)	(879)	14,148	305,464
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2021	30,840
Increase (decrease) in shareholders' equity
Net income (loss)			(2,735)			(130)	(2,865)
Issuance of stock	$ 19	25,281					25,300
Issuance of stock (in shares)	1,955
Grant of unvested restricted stock (in shares)	16
Stock based compensation		334					334
Dividends accrued or paid			(3,054)	(1,641)		(74)	(4,769)
Net change associated with current period hedging transactions					(29)		(29)
Adjustment to non-controlling interest resulting from changes in ownership of the operating partnership		(172)				172
Balance at Jun. 30, 2021	$ 317	$ 373,299	$ (5,457)	$ (57,932)	$ (908)	$ 14,116	$ 323,435
Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2021	32,811

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income (loss)	$ (388)	$ 592
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	3,820	4,003
Amortization of deferred financing fees and discounts/premiums on debt	172	147
Stock-based compensation	585	517
(Gain) on disposition of assets	(3,467)	(831)
Proceeds from litigation settlement	550
Bad debt expense		46
Amortization of dedesignated interest rate swap	530	247
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Increase (Decrease) in accounts receivable	326	2,372
Increase (Decrease) in interest receivable	(47)	(29)
Increase (Decrease) in other assets	1,081	1,565
Increase (Decrease) in inventory	375	(582)
(Decrease) Increase in accrued interest	(219)	347
(Decrease) Increase in accrued expenses	2,588	(781)
(Decrease) Increase in deferred revenue	2,337	2,205
(Decrease) Increase in accrued property taxes	(26)	164
Net cash provided by operating activities	8,217	9,982
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Real estate acquisitions	(30,003)	(884)
Real estate and other improvements	(1,353)	(1,689)
Principal receipts on notes receivable	6	1,762
Issuance of note receivable		(8)
Proceeds from sale of property	28,649	7,526
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(2,701)	6,707
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Borrowings from mortgage notes payable	14,000
Repayments on mortgage notes payable	(19,976)	(85)
Proceeds from ATM offering	25,301
Participating preferred stock repurchased	(650)	(3,095)
Common stock repurchased		(3,196)
Payment of debt issuance costs	(73)	(130)
Payment of swap fees	(73)
Dividends on common stock	(3,072)	(2,996)
Distributions to non-controlling interests in operating partnership, common	(156)	(190)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	7,426	(17,652)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH	12,942	(963)
CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD	27,217	12,561
CASH, END OF PERIOD	40,159	11,598
Cash paid during period for interest	7,217	8,334
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING TRANSACTIONS:
Convertible notes receivable	2,417
Additions to real estate improvements included in accrued expenses	238
Settlement of outstanding notes receivable with property acquisitions		487
Swap fees payable included in accrued interest	146	109
Deferred offering costs amortized through equity in the period	79
Right of Use Asset	178	163
Lease Liability	178	163
Common stock
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING TRANSACTIONS:
Dividend payable, common stock	1,641	1,488
Common Unit Holders
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING TRANSACTIONS:
Dividend payable, common units	74	95
Series A Preferred Units
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Distribution on preferred units/stock	(3,510)	(3,510)
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING TRANSACTIONS:
Dividend payable, common units	1,800
Distributions payable, Series A preferred units	1,755	1,755
Series B Participating Preferred Stock
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Distribution on preferred units/stock	$ (4,365)	$ (4,450)

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Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Note 1—Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

Farmland Partners Inc., collectively with its subsidiaries (the “Company”), is an internally managed real estate company that owns and seeks to acquire high-quality farmland located in agricultural markets throughout North America. The Company was incorporated in Maryland on September 27, 2013. The Company is the sole member of the general partner of Farmland Partners Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”), which was formed in Delaware on September 27, 2013. As of June 30, 2021, the Company owned a portfolio of approximately 157,000 acres which are consolidated in these financial statements.  In addition, the Company serves as property manager over approximately 3,800 acres (see “Note 4—Related Party Transactions”). All of the Company’s assets are held by, and its operations are primarily conducted through, the Operating Partnership and the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership. As of June 30, 2021, the Company owned a 95.4% interest in the Operating Partnership (see “Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity and Non-controlling Interests” for additional discussion regarding Class A Common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Common units”), Series A preferred units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Series A preferred units”) and Series B participating preferred units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Series B participating preferred units”)). Unlike holders of the Company’s common stock, holders of Common units and Series A preferred units generally do not have voting rights or the power to direct our affairs. On August 17, 2017, the Company issued 6,037,500 shares of its newly designated 6.00% Series B Participating Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series B Participating Preferred Stock”) in an underwritten public offering.  Shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock, which represent equity interests in the Company, generally have no voting rights and rank senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation (See “Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity—Series B Participating Preferred Stock” for more information on the Series B Participating Preferred Stock).

The Company elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), commencing with its short taxable year ended December 31, 2014.

On March 16, 2015, the Company formed FPI Agribusiness Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary (the “TRS” or “FPI Agribusiness”), as a taxable REIT subsidiary.  The TRS was formed to provide volume purchasing services to the Company’s tenants and also to operate a small-scale custom farming business. As of June 30, 2021, the TRS performed these custom farming operations on 1,232 acres of farmland owned by the Company located in California and Michigan.

All references to numbers and percent of acres within this report are unaudited.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements for the periods ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 are presented on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Interim Financial Information

The information in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 is unaudited.  The accompanying financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 include adjustments based on management’s estimates (consisting of normal and recurring accruals), which the Company considers necessary for a fair statement of the results for the periods. The financial information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which the Company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)

on March 19, 2021. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of actual operating results for the entire year ending December 31, 2021.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial statements.  Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates, including the impacts of the ongoing coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and its effects on the domestic and global economies. We are unable to quantify the ultimate impact of the pandemic on our business.

Real Estate Acquisitions

When the Company acquires farmland where substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or, group of similar identifiable assets, it is not considered a business. As such, the Company accounts for these types of acquisitions as asset acquisitions. When substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is not concentrated in a single identifiable asset, or a group of similar assets, and contains acquired inputs and processes which have the ability to contribute to the creation of outputs, these acquisitions are accounted for as business combinations.

The Company considers single identifiable assets as tangible assets that are attached to and cannot be physically removed and used separately from another tangible asset without incurring significant cost or significant diminution in utility or fair value. The Company considers similar assets as assets that have a similar nature and risk characteristics.

Whether the Company’s acquisitions are treated as an asset acquisition under ASC 360 or a business combination under ASC 805, the fair value of the purchase price is allocated among the assets acquired and any liabilities assumed by valuing the property as if it was vacant.  The “as-if-vacant” value is allocated to land, buildings, improvements, permanent plantings and any liabilities, based on management’s determination of the relative fair values of such assets and liabilities as of the date of acquisition.

Upon acquisition of real estate, the Company allocates the purchase price of the real estate based upon the fair value of the assets and liabilities acquired, which historically have consisted of land, drainage improvements, irrigation improvements, groundwater, permanent plantings (bushes, shrubs, vines and perennial crops) and grain facilities, and may also consist of intangible assets including in-place leases, above market and below market leases and tenant relationships. The Company allocates the purchase price to the fair value of the tangible assets by valuing the land as if it were unimproved. The Company values improvements, including permanent plantings and grain facilities, at replacement cost, adjusted for depreciation. 

Management’s estimates of land value are made using a comparable sales analysis. Factors considered by management in its analysis of land value include soil types and water availability and the sales prices of comparable farms. Management’s estimates of groundwater value are made using historical information obtained regarding the applicable aquifer.  Factors considered by management in its analysis of groundwater value are related to the location of the aquifer and whether or not the aquifer is a depletable resource or a replenishing resource.  If the aquifer is a replenishing resource, no value is allocated to the groundwater.  The Company includes an estimate of property taxes in the purchase price allocation of acquisitions to account for the expected liability that was assumed. 

When above or below market leases are acquired, the Company values the intangible assets based on the present value of the difference between prevailing market rates and the in-place rates measured over a period equal to the remaining term of the lease for above market leases and the initial term plus the term of any below market fixed rate renewal options

for below market leases that are considered bargain renewal options. The above market lease values are amortized as a reduction of rental income over the remaining term of the respective leases. The fair value of acquired below market leases, included in deferred revenue on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, is amortized as an increase to rental income on a straight-line basis over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases, plus the terms of any below market fixed rate renewal options that are considered bargain renewal options of the respective leases.

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $1.3 million in tenant relationship intangibles, gross of accumulated amortization of $1.3 million, which results in a zero net value on our balance sheet. The purchase price is allocated to in-place lease values and tenant relationships, if they are acquired, based on the Company’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease, availability of replacement tenants, probability of lease renewal, estimated down time and its overall relationship with the tenant. The value of in-place lease intangibles and tenant relationships are included as an intangible asset and have been amortized over the remaining lease term (including expected renewal periods of the respective leases for tenant relationships) as amortization expense. If a tenant terminates its lease prior to its stated expiration, any unamortized amounts relating to that lease, including (i) above and below market leases, (ii) in-place lease values, and (iii) tenant relationships, would be recorded to revenue or expense as appropriate.

The Company capitalizes acquisition costs and due diligence costs if the asset is expected to qualify as an asset acquisition. If the asset acquisition is abandoned, the capitalized asset acquisition costs are expensed to acquisition and due diligence costs in the period of abandonment. Costs associated with a business combination are expensed to acquisition and due diligence costs as incurred. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the company incurred an immaterial amount of costs related to acquisition and due diligence.

Total consideration for acquisitions may include a combination of cash and equity securities.  When equity securities are issued, the Company determines the fair value of the equity securities issued based on the number of shares of common stock and Common units issued multiplied by the price per share of the Company’s common stock on the date of closing in the case of common stock and Common units and by liquidation preference in the case of preferred stock and preferred units.

Using information available at the time of business combination, the Company allocates the total consideration to tangible assets and liabilities and identified intangible assets and liabilities.  During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company may adjust the preliminary purchase price allocations after obtaining more information about assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition. 

Real Estate Sales

The Company recognizes gains from the sales of real estate assets, generally at the time the title is transferred, consideration is received and the Company no longer has substantial continuing involvement with the real estate sold.

Assets Held For Sale

The Company generally considers assets to be held for sale when the following criteria are met: (i) management commits to a plan to sell the property, (ii) the property is available for sale immediately, (iii) the property is actively being marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value, (iv) the sale of the property within one year is considered probable and (v) significant changes to the plan to sell are not expected. As of June 30, 2021, the Company has classified certain of its agriculture equipment as held for sale. The equipment is reported at the lower of its carrying value or its estimated fair value less estimated costs to sell.

Convertible Notes Receivable

On January 20, 2021, the Company entered into property sale and long-term management agreements with Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I, LLC ("OZ Fund"), a private investment fund focused on acquiring and improving farmland in qualified opportunity zones in the United States ("QOZs"), as designated under U.S. tax provisions enacted in 2017. On March 5, 2021, the Company sold 9 farms to the OZ Fund. On March 31, 2021, the Company sold an additional property to the OZ Fund. The Company received approximately $19.1 million in cash and approximately $2.4 million in

convertible notes receivable (the “OZ Convertible Notes”). The OZ Convertible Notes have an interest rate of 1.35% and an aggregate principal balance of $2.4 million as of June 30, 2021. Unless earlier converted, approximately $2.0 million of the OZ Convertible Notes had a maturity date of March 5, 2031, and approximately $0.4 million had a maturity date of March 31, 2031. At the Company’s option, the OZ Convertible Notes are convertible into membership interests in the OZ Fund at any time on or before December 31, 2021. On July 16, 2021, the Company provided notice to the OZ Fund that it was converting its OZ Convertible Notes, and accrued interest thereon, to membership interest. The value of the conversion was $2.4 million and the Company’s membership interest in the OZ Fund is approximately 7.6%. Refer to “Note 11 – Subsequent Events.”  The OZ Fund has the option to purchase additional properties from the Company.

Liquidity Policy

The Company manages its capital position and liquidity needs by continuously forecasting its expected cash receipts, expenses and capital needs, managing its cash position and monitoring all the sources of capital available to the Company. The business model of the Company, and of real estate investment companies in general, utilizes a combination of debt and equity capital in financing the business. When debt becomes due, it is generally refinanced or repaid with equity capital rather than being repaid using the Company’s cash flow from operations. As of June 30, 2021 the Company had debt maturities within the next twelve months of approximately $126.0 million. Management believes that cash on hand, access to debt and equity capital, and other sources of liquidity, such as sales of farms or formation of joint ventures or other asset management arrangements, are sufficient to meet all its ongoing capital needs, including repayment of its upcoming debt maturities.  The Company has a demonstrated history of refinancing or extending existing debt obligations. In addition, the Company has recently raised $25.6 million of equity capital from its At-The-Market equity program and has utilized such program successfully in the past. The Company also has an effective shelf registration statement with $250.0 million of capacity, pursuant to which it could issue additional equity or debt securities.  Furthermore, the Company also has a deep portfolio of real estate assets which management believes could be readily liquidated if necessary to fund any immediate liquidity needs.  Management believes its capital resources and plans are sufficient to meet all future financing needs, including repayment of debt maturities over the next twelve months.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which changes the method and timing of the recognition of credit losses on financial assets. For trade and other receivables, held-to-maturity debt securities, loans and other instruments, entities are required to use a new forward-looking "expected loss" model that generally will result in the earlier recognition of allowance for losses. This credit loss standard is required to be applied using a modified-retrospective approach and requires a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings be recorded as of the date of adoption. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-19, which clarified that operating lease receivables are outside the scope of the new standard. The Company adopted the new standard on January 1, 2020. The adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations. 

The Company records an allowance for doubtful accounts, reducing the receivables balance to an amount that it estimates is collectible from our customers. Estimates used in determining the allowance for doubtful accounts are based on historical collection experience, current trends, aging of accounts receivable and periodic credit evaluations of the Company’s customers’ financial condition. The Company writes off accounts receivable when it becomes apparent, based upon age or customer circumstances, such that all current expected losses are sufficiently reserved for at each reporting period. The Company considered its current expectations of future economic conditions when estimating its allowance for doubtful accounts. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had an allowance for doubtful accounts of $0.0 million.

Inventory

The costs of growing crops are accumulated until the time of harvest at the lower of cost or net realizable value and are included in inventory in the consolidated balance sheets. Costs are allocated to growing crops based on a percentage of the total costs of production and total operating costs that are attributable to the portion of the crops that remain in inventory at the end of the period. The costs of growing crops incurred by FPI Agribusiness consist primarily of costs

related to land preparation, cultivation, irrigation and fertilization. Growing crop inventory is charged to cost of products sold when the related crop is harvested and sold. The cost of harvested crop was $0.7 million, $0.9 million, $0.7 million, and $1.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Harvested crop inventory includes costs accumulated both during the growing and harvesting phases and are stated at the lower of those costs or the estimated net realizable value, which is the market price, based upon the nearest market in the geographic region, less any cost of disposition. Cost of disposition includes broker’s commissions, freight and other marketing costs.    

General inventory, such as fertilizer, seeds and pesticides, is valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value.

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, inventory consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	June 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Harvested crop	$	—	$	47
Growing crop		742		1,070
	$	742	$	1,117

Hedge Accounting

ASC 815 requires the Company to recognize all of its derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of a derivative instrument depends on whether it has been designated and qualifies as part of a hedging relationship and, further, on the type of hedging relationship. For those derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, the company must designate the hedging instrument, based upon the exposure being hedged, as a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge or a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation. For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, the gain or loss is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations during the period.

The Company uses derivative instruments to manage certain interest rate risks. More specifically, interest rate swaps are entered into to manage the risk associated with the Company’s floating-rate borrowings when such risk management is deemed appropriate by the Company’s management and a fixed interest rate is not available or not economical, or when it is contractually required by a lender. In accordance with ASC 815, the Company designates interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges of said floating-rate borrowings. The entire change in the fair value of the Company’s designated cash flow hedges is recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of shareholders’ equity in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

The Company terminated its old interest rate swap at the end of March 2020 and entered into a new interest rate swap agreement to manage interest rate risk exposure, effective April 1, 2020. An interest rate swap agreement utilized by the Company effectively modifies the Company’s exposure to interest rate risk by converting the Company’s floating-rate debt to a fixed rate basis for the next six years on 50% of the currently outstanding amount to Rabobank, thus reducing the impact of interest rate changes on future interest expense. This agreement involves the receipt of floating rate amounts in exchange for fixed rate interest payments over the life of the agreement without an exchange of the underlying principal amount.

As of June 30, 2021, the total notional amount of the Company’s receive-variable/pay-fixed interest rate swap was $33.2 million. For a summary of the fair value and related disclosures in relation to hedge accounting, please refer to “Note 10 – Hedge Accounting.” 

New or Revised Accounting Standards

Recently adopted

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848), that provided practical expedients to address existing guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting due to the expected market transition from the London Inter-bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and other interbank offered rates (together “IBORs”) to alternative

reference rates, such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate. In July 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority announced it intended to stop compelling banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR after 2021. We refer to this transition as “reference rate reform.”

The first practical expedient allows companies to elect to not apply certain modification accounting requirements to debt, derivative and lease contracts affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. These criteria include the following: (i) the contract referenced an IBOR rate that is expected to be discontinued; (ii) the modified terms directly replace or have the potential to replace the IBOR rate that is expected to be discontinued; and (iii) any contemporaneous changes to other terms that change or have the potential to change the amount and timing of contractual cash flows must be related to the replacement of the IBOR rate. If the contract meets all three criteria, there is no requirement for remeasurement of the contract at the modification date or reassessment of the previous hedging relationship accounting determination.

The second practical expedient allows companies to change the reference rate and other critical terms related to the reference rate reform in derivative hedge documentation without having to de-designate the hedging relationship. This allows for companies to continue applying hedge accounting to existing cash flow and net investment hedges.

The ASU was effective upon issuance on a prospective basis beginning January 1, 2020 and may be elected over time as reference rate reform activities occur. During the first quarter of 2020, the Company elected to apply the hedge accounting practical expedient to its cash flow hedge. The Company will continue to evaluate its debt, derivative and lease contracts that are eligible for modification relief and expects to apply those elections as needed.

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Revenue Recognition

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

Note 2—Revenue Recognition

For the majority of its leases, the Company receives at least 50% of the annual lease payment from tenants either during the first quarter of the year or at the time of acquisition of the related farm, with the remaining 50% of the lease payment due in the second half of the year.  Rental income is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The lease term generally includes periods when a tenant: (1) may not terminate its lease obligation early; (2) may terminate its lease obligation early in exchange for a fee or penalty that the Company considers material enough such that termination would not be probable; (3) possesses renewal rights and the tenant’s failure to exercise such rights imposes a penalty on the tenant material enough such that renewal appears reasonably assured; or (4) possesses bargain renewal options for such periods.  Payments received in advance are included in deferred revenue until they are earned.

Certain of the Company’s leases provide for a rent payment determined as a percentage of the gross farm proceeds (contingent rent). Revenue under leases providing for a payment equal to a percentage of the gross farm proceeds may be recorded at the guaranteed crop insurance minimums and recognized ratably over the lease term during the crop year. Upon notification from the grain or packing facility that a future contract for delivery of the harvest has been finalized or when the tenant has notified the Company of the total amount of gross farm proceeds, revenue is recognized for the excess of the actual gross farm proceeds and the previously recognized minimum guaranteed insurance.

Certain of the Company’s leases provide for minimum cash rent plus a bonus based on gross farm proceeds. Revenue under this type of lease is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term based on the minimum cash rent. Bonus rent is recognized upon notification from the tenant of the gross farm proceeds for the year.

Most of the Company’s farming leases range from two to three years for row crops and one to seven years for permanent crops. Leases in place as of June 30, 2021 have terms ranging from one to forty years. Payments received in advance are included in deferred revenue until they are earned. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $2.4 million and $0.0 million, respectively, in deferred revenue.

The following sets forth a summary of rental income recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:

	Rental income recognized
	For the three months ended				For the six months ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(in thousands)	2021		2020		2021			2020
Leases in effect at the beginning of the year	$	7,263	$	8,338	$	16,734	$	17,679
Leases entered into during the year		1,028		803		1,817		1,536
	$	8,291	$	9,141	$	18,551	$	19,215

Future minimum lease payments from tenants under all non-cancelable leases in place as of June 30, 2021, including lease advances when contractually due, but excluding crop share and tenant reimbursement of expenses, for the remainder of 2021 and each of the next four years and thereafter as of June 30, 2021 are as follows:

(in thousands)	Future rental
Year Ending December 31,	payments
2021 (remaining six months)	$	15,438
2022		20,202
2023		11,790
2024		4,211
2025		2,759
Thereafter		23,493
	$	77,893

Since lease renewal periods are exercisable at the option of the lessee, the preceding table presents future minimum lease payments due during the initial lease term only.

The Company records revenue from the sale of harvested crops when the harvested crop has been contracted to be delivered to a grain or packing facility and title has transferred. Revenues from the sale of harvested crops totaling $0.2 million, $0.5 million, $0.4 million, and $0.7 million were recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Harvested crops delivered under marketing contracts are recorded using the fixed price of the marketing contract at the time of delivery to a grain or packing facility. Harvested crops delivered without a marketing contract are recorded using the market price at the date the harvested crop is delivered to the grain or packing facility and title has transferred.

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Concentration Risk

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Concentration Risk

Concentration Risk

Note 3—Concentration Risk

Credit Risk

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company had no significant tenants representing a tenant concentration of 10% or greater of period revenue. Historically, and in the future, if a significant tenant fails to make rental payments to the Company or elects to terminate its leases, and the land cannot be re-leased on satisfactory terms, there could be a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial performance and the Company’s ability to continue operations.

Geographic Risk

The following table summarizes the percentage of approximate total acres owned as of June 30, 2021 and 2020 and the percentage of rental income recorded by the Company for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 by region:

	Approximate %				Rental Income (1)
	of total acres				For the three months ended				For the six months ended
	As of June 30,				June 30,				June 30,
Location of Farm (2)	2021		2020		2021		2020		2021		2020
Corn Belt	27.3	%	28.1	%	39.5	%	35.4	%	36.8	%	33.7	%
Delta and South	20.4	%	17.8	%	9.5	%	11.3	%	10.6	%	10.7	%
High Plains	18.8	%	18.9	%	10.0	%	6.1	%	8.0	%	7.0	%
Southeast	26.1	%	27.8	%	25.7	%	25.9	%	27.3	%	24.6	%
West Coast	7.4	%	7.4	%	15.3	%	21.3	%	17.3	%	24.0	%
	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%

(1) Due to regional disparities in the use of leases with crop share components and seasonal variations in the recognition of crop share revenue, regional comparisons by rental income are not fully representative of each region’s income-producing capacity until a full year is taken into account.

(2) Corn Belt includes farms located in Illinois, Michigan and eastern Nebraska. Delta and South includes farms located in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. High Plains includes farms located in Colorado, Kansas, western Nebraska, and South Dakota. Southeast includes farms located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. West Coast includes farms located in California.

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Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions

Note 4—Related Party Transactions

On July 21, 2015, the Company entered into a lease agreement with American Agriculture Aviation LLC (“American Ag Aviation”) for the use of a private plane. American Ag Aviation is a Colorado limited liability company that is owned 100% by Mr. Pittman.  The private plane is generally utilized when commercial air travel is not readily available or practical to and from a particular location. The Company paid costs of $0.05 million, $0.09 million, $0.04 million and $0.05 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, to American Ag Aviation for use of the aircraft in accordance with the lease agreement. These costs were recognized based on the nature of the associated use of the aircraft, as follows: (i) general and administrative - expensed as general and administrative expenses within the Company’s consolidated statements of operations; (ii) land acquisition (accounted for as an asset acquisition) - allocated to the acquired real estate assets within the Company’s consolidated balance sheets; and (iii) land acquisition (accounted for as a business combination) - expensed as acquisition and due diligence costs within the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

On January 20, 2021, the Company entered into property sale and long-term management agreements with the OZ Fund.  The OZ Fund is a Delaware limited liability company whose manager is controlled by the brother of one of the Company's independent directors. That independent director has an indirect investment in the OZ Fund. In addition, as partial consideration in certain transactions with the OZ Fund, the Company received the OZ Convertible Notes, which on July 16, 2021, were converted into a 7.6% equity interest in the OZ Fund. Under the terms of the long-term management agreement, the Company earns a quarterly management fee equal to (i) 0.85% times gross book value per annum if the gross book value is less than $50 million or (ii) 0.80% times gross book value per annum if the gross book value is $50 million or more.  The Company earned management fees of $0.05 million and $0.6 million, respectively, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.

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Real Estate

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Real Estate

Real Estate

Note 5—Real Estate

The Company completed four acquisitions, consisting of four properties, in the Corn Belt and Delta and South regions during the six months ended June 30, 2021. Aggregate consideration for these acquisitions totaled $15.9 million in cash and $14.0 million of notes payable. No intangible assets were acquired through these acquisitions.

The Company completed two acquisitions, consisting of four properties, in the Corn Belt region during the six months ended June 30, 2020. Aggregate consideration for these acquisitions totaled $1.4 million and was comprised of $0.9 million in cash, and $0.5 million reduction in notes receivable and related interest to the seller through the acquisition of collateralized property. No intangible assets were acquired through these acquisitions.

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company completed seven dispositions consisting of fifteen properties in the Corn Belt, Southeast, and Delta and South regions. The Company received cash consideration for these dispositions totaling $28.6 million and $2.4 million of convertible notes receivable, and recognized an aggregate gain on sale of $3.5 million.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company completed three dispositions consisting of four properties, in the Corn Belt and High Plains regions for aggregate consideration of $7.5 million and an aggregate gain on sale of $0.8 million.

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Notes Receivable

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Notes Receivable

Notes Receivable

Note 6—Notes Receivable

The Company offers an agricultural lending product focused on farmers as a complement to the Company’s business of acquiring and owning farmland and leasing it to farmers (the “FPI Loan Program”).  Under the FPI Loan Program, the Company makes loans to third-party farmers (both tenant and non-tenant) to provide financing for working capital requirements and operational farming activities, farming infrastructure projects and for other farming and agricultural real estate related projects. The Company seeks to make loans that are collateralized by farm real estate or growing crops and in principal amounts of $0.1 million or more at fixed interest rates with maturities of up to six years. The Company expects the borrower to repay the loans in accordance with the loan agreements based on farming operations and access to other forms of capital, as permitted.  

In addition to loans made under the FPI Loan Program, the Company, on certain occasions, makes short-term loans to tenants secured by collateral other than real estate, such as growing crops, equipment or inventory, when the Company believes such loans will ensure the orderly completion of farming operations on a property owned by the Company for a given crop year and other credit is not available to the borrower.

Notes receivable are stated at their unpaid principal balance and include unamortized direct origination costs and accrued interest through the reporting date, less any allowance for losses and unearned borrower paid points. The Company monitors its receivables based upon historical collection experience, collateral values and current trends. Accrued interest write-offs are recognized as credit loss expense. The Company’s estimate of expected credit losses on its notes receivable principal balance is $0.0 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The Company recorded $0.00 million, $0.00 million, $0.05 million and $0.05 million of credit loss expense related to interest receivables during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had the following notes receivable:

($ in thousands)		Principal Outstanding as of				Maturity
Loan	Payment Terms	June 30, 2021		December 31, 2020		Date
Mortgage Note (1)	Principal & interest due at maturity	$	223	$	229	12/7/2028
Mortgage Note (1)	Principal due at maturity & interest due monthly		2,135		2,135	3/16/2022
Total outstanding principal			2,358		2,364
Interest receivable (net prepaid interest)			314		277
Provision for interest receivable			(232)		(293)
Total notes and interest receivable		$	2,440	$	2,348

(1) The original note was renegotiated and a second note was entered into simultaneously with the borrower during the three months ended March 31, 2017. The notes include mortgages on two additional properties in Colorado that include repurchase options for the properties at a fixed price that are exercisable by the buyer between the third and fifth anniversary of the issuance of the notes.

The collateral for the mortgage notes receivable consists of real estate, personal property and improvements present on such real estate.

In March 2021, the Company received approximately $2.4 million in  OZ Convertible Notes. Please refer to  “Note 1—Organization and Significant Accounting Policies” for more detail.

Fair Value

FASB ASC 820-10 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. The three levels are defined as follows:

● Level 1—Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

● Level 2—Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets and inputs that are observable or can be substantially corroborated for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.

● Level 3—Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable, supported by little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value measurement.

The fair value of notes receivable is valued using Level 3 inputs under the hierarchy established by GAAP and is calculated based on a discounted cash flow analysis, using interest rates based on management’s estimates of market interest rates on mortgage notes receivable with comparable terms whenever the interest rates on the notes receivable are deemed not to be at market rates. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair value of the notes receivable was $2.4 million and $2.4 million.

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Mortgage Notes, Lines of Credit and Bonds Payable

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Mortgage Notes, Lines of Credit and Bonds Payable

Mortgage Notes, Lines of Credit and Bonds Payable

Note 7—Mortgage Notes, Lines of Credit and Bonds Payable

 As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had the following indebtedness outstanding:‌ 

									Book
			Annual						Value of
($ in thousands)			Interest	Principal					Collateral
			Rate as of	Outstanding as of					as of
			June 30,	June 30,		December 31,		Maturity	June 30,
Loan	Payment Terms	Interest Rate Terms	2021	2021		2020		Date	2021
Farmer Mac Bond #6	Semi-annual interest only	3.69%	3.69%	$	13,827	$	13,827	April 2025	$	21,438
Farmer Mac Bond #7	Semi-annual interest only	3.68%	3.68%		11,160		11,160	April 2025		18,570
MetLife Term Loan #1 (1)	Semi-annual interest only	3.30% adjusted every three years	3.30%		83,205		85,188	March 2026		186,805
MetLife Term Loan #2	Semi-annual interest only	4.27% adjusted every three years	4.27%		16,000		16,000	March 2026		32,323
MetLife Term Loan #3	Semi-annual interest only	4.27% adjusted every three years	4.27%		16,800		21,000	March 2026		26,141
MetLife Term Loan #4 (1)	Semi-annual interest only	3.30% adjusted every three years	3.30%		13,016		15,685	June 2026		25,689
MetLife Term Loan #5	Semi-annual interest only	3.50% adjusted every three years	3.50%		6,779		8,379	January 2027		10,021
MetLife Term Loan #6	Semi-annual interest only	3.45% adjusted every three years	3.45%		27,158		27,158	February 2027		58,087
MetLife Term Loan #7	Semi-annual interest only	3.20% adjusted every three years	3.20%		16,198		17,153	June 2027		36,391
MetLife Term Loan #8	Semi-annual interest only	4.12% fixed until 2027	4.12%		44,000		44,000	December 2042		110,042
MetLife Term Loan #9	Semi-annual interest only	3.20% adjusted every three years	3.20%		16,800		21,000	May 2028		39,005
MetLife Term Loan #10	Semi-annual interest only	3.00% adjusted every three years	3.00%		51,808		53,277	October 2030		109,208
Rabobank	Semi-annual interest only	LIBOR + 1.70% adjustable every three years	1.81%		59,459		62,358	March 2028		29,857
Rutledge Note Payable #1 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		17,000		17,000	April 2022		40,538
Rutledge Note Payable #2 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		25,000		25,000	April 2022		48,164
Rutledge Note Payable #3 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		25,000		25,000	April 2022		29,302
Rutledge Note Payable #4 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		15,000		15,000	April 2022		83,809
Rutledge Note Payable #5 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		30,000		30,000	April 2022		128,892
Jefferson Bank Bridge Loan	Interest due at maturity	6.25% (3)	6.25%		14,000		—	September 2021		26,887
Total outstanding principal					502,210		508,185		$	1,061,169
Debt issuance costs					(1,505)		(1,560)
Unamortized premium					—		—
Total mortgage notes and bonds payable, net				$	500,705	$	506,625

(1) During the year ended December 31, 2017 the Company converted the interest rate on Metlife Term Loans 1 and 4 from variable to fixed rates for a term of three years. Once the term expires the new rate will be determined based on the loan agreements.

(2) On January 29, 2021 the Rutledge Facility (as defined below) maturity was extended to April 1, 2022.

(3) The loan is collateralized by property acquired May 28, 2021. In accordance with the terms of the applicable real estate purchase agreement, the seller agreed to reimburse the Company for a 3.0% interest rate on a maximum of $13.5 million in loan principal for the first 90 days following the closing.

Farmer Mac Facility

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Operating Partnership had approximately $25.0 million outstanding under the Farmer Mac facility.  The Farmer Mac facility is subject to the Company’s ongoing compliance with a number of customary affirmative and negative covenants, as well as financial covenants, including: a maximum leverage ratio of not more than 60%; a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.50 to 1.00; and a minimum tangible net worth requirement. The Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants at June 30, 2021.  

MetLife Term Loans

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company and the Operating Partnership had $291.8 million and $308.8 million outstanding, respectively (the “Metlife loans”), under the loan agreements between certain of the Operating Partnership’s subsidiaries and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) (together, the “MetLife loan agreements”). Each of the MetLife loan agreements contains a number of customary affirmative and negative covenants, including the requirement to maintain a loan to value ratio of no greater than 60%.

In connection with each of the MetLife loan agreements, the Company and the Operating Partnership each entered into separate guarantees whereby the Company and the Operating Partnership jointly and severally agree to unconditionally guarantee the obligations under the Metlife loan agreements (the “MetLife guarantees”). The MetLife guarantees contain a number of customary affirmative and negative covenants. 

The Company was in compliance with all covenants under the MetLife loan agreements and MetLife guarantees as of June 30, 2021.

Each of the MetLife loan agreements includes certain customary events of default, including a cross-default provision related to other outstanding indebtedness of the borrowers, the Company and the Operating Partnership, the occurrence of which, after any applicable cure period, would permit MetLife, among other things, to accelerate payment of all amounts outstanding under the MetLife loans and to exercise its remedies with respect to the pledged collateral, including foreclosure and sale of the Company’s properties that collateralize the MetLife loans.

Farm Credit of Central Florida Mortgage Note

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $0.0 million outstanding and approximately $5.1 million had been drawn down under the Farm Credit of Central Florida mortgage note facility. Proceeds from the Farm Credit mortgage note were used for the development of additional properties.

On October 29, 2020, the proceeds of a refinancing with MetLife were used to repay all outstanding principal and interest on this note.

Rutledge Credit Facility

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company and the Operating Partnership had $112.0 million and $112.0 million, respectively, outstanding under the credit facility with Rutledge Investment Company (the “Rutledge Facility”). As of June 30, 2021, $0.0 remains available under this facility and the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the loan agreements relating to the Rutledge Facility.

In connection with each of the loan agreements relating to the Rutledge Facility, the Company and the Operating Partnership each entered into separate guarantees whereby the Company and the Operating Partnership jointly and severally agreed to unconditionally guarantee the obligations under the loan agreements related to the Rutledge Facility (the “Rutledge guarantees”). The Rutledge guarantees contain a number of customary affirmative and negative covenants.

Rabobank Mortgage Note

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company and the Operating Partnership had $59.5 million and $62.4 million outstanding, respectively, under the Rabobank mortgage note. The Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Rabobank mortgage note as of June 30, 2021.

Jefferson Bank Bridge Loan

On May 28, 2021, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Jefferson Bank in connection with the acquisition of property. The loan is due September 2021 and is collateralized by the property acquired. In accordance with the terms of the applicable real estate purchase agreement, the seller agreed to reimburse the Company for a 3.0% interest rate on a maximum of $13.5 million in loan principal for the first 90 days following the closing.  As of June 30, 2021, the Company and the Operating Partnership had $14.0 million outstanding under the Jefferson Bank bridge loan.

LIBOR

LIBOR is expected to be phased out or modified by June 2023, and the writing of contracts using LIBOR is expected to stop by the end of 2021. As of June 30, 2021, the Company’s only indebtedness with maturity beyond 2023 that has exposure to LIBOR was the Rababank Mortgage Note. There can be no assurances as to what the alternative base rate will be in the event that LIBOR is discontinued, and the Company can provide no assurances whether that base rate will be more or less favorable than LIBOR. The Company intends to monitor the developments with respect to the phasing out of LIBOR after 2021 and work with its lenders to ensure that any transition away from LIBOR will have minimal impact on its financial condition, but can provide no assurances regarding the impact of LIBOR discontinuation.

Debt Issuance Costs

Costs incurred by the Company in obtaining debt are deducted from the face amount of mortgage notes and bonds payable. Debt issuance costs are amortized using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method, over the respective terms of the related indebtedness. Any unamortized amounts upon early repayment of mortgage notes payable are written off in the period in which repayment occurs. Fully amortized deferred financing fees are removed from the balance sheet upon maturity or repayment of the underlying debt. Accumulated amortization of deferred financing fees was $1.5 million and $1.3 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Aggregate Maturities

As of June 30, 2021, aggregate maturities of long-term debt for the succeeding years are as follows:

($ in thousands)
Year Ending December 31,	Future Maturities
2021 (remaining six months)	$	14,000
2022		112,000
2023		—
2024		2,100
2025		27,087
Thereafter		347,023
	$	502,210

Fair Value

The fair value of the mortgage notes payable is valued using Level 3 inputs under the hierarchy established by GAAP and is calculated based on a discounted cash flow analysis, using interest rates based on management’s estimates of market interest rates on long-term debt with comparable terms whenever the interest rates on the mortgage notes payable are deemed not to be at market rates. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair value of the mortgage notes payable was $517.9 million and $535.1 million, respectively.

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Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies.

Commitments and Contingencies

Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is not currently subject to any known material contingencies arising from its business operations, nor to any material known or threatened litigation other than as discussed below.

In April 2015, the Company entered into a lease agreement for office space which the Company extended in March 2020 through July 31, 2021 and in May 2021 through September 2022. The lease commenced June 1, 2015 and had an initial monthly payment of $10,032, which increased to $10,200 in June 2016, $10,366 in June 2017, $10,534 in June 2018, $10,701 in June 2020, $12,373 in August 2020 and $13,042 in October 2021. Beginning in 2020, the Company recognized right of use assets and related lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company estimated the value of the lease liabilities using a discount rate equivalent to the rate we would pay on a secured borrowing with similar terms to the lease. Options to extend the lease are excluded in our minimum lease terms unless the option is reasonably certain to be exercised. Our total lease cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $0.04 million, $0.08 million, $0.03 million and $0.06 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2021, the lease has a remaining term of fifteen months and a discount rate of 3.35%. Minimum annual rental payments under these operating leases, reconciled to the lease liability included in accrued liabilities and other in our consolidated balance sheets, are as follows (in thousands):

($ in thousands)	Future rental
Year Ending December 31,	payments
2021 (remaining six months)	$	64
2022		117
2023		—
2024		—
2025		—
Thereafter		—
	$	181

Litigation

On July 11, 2018, a purported class action lawsuit, captioned Kachmar v. Farmland Partners Inc. (the “Kachmar Action”), was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against the Company and certain of our officers by a purported Company stockholder. The complaint alleges, among other things, that our disclosure related to the FPI Loan Program was materially false and misleading in violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On August 17, 2018, a second purported class action, captioned Mariconda v. Farmland Partners Inc. was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (the “Borop Action”).  As discussed below, the current named plaintiff in that action is a purported FPI shareholder named Don Brokop.   The complaint filed in the Brokop Action alleged substantially identical claims to those alleged in the Kachmar Action.  

Several purported shareholders moved to consolidate the Kachmar Action and the Brokop Action and for appointment as lead plaintiff.  On November 13, 2018, the plaintiff in the Kachmar Action voluntarily dismissed the Kachmar Action.  On December 3, 2018, the court appointed two purported stockholders of the Company, the Turner Insurance Agency, Inc. and Cecilia Turner (the “Turners”), as lead plaintiffs in the Brokop Action. On March 11, 2019, the Turners and additional plaintiff Obelisk Capital Management filed an amended complaint in the Brokop Action.  On June 18, 2019, the court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended complaint in the Brokop Action. The defendants answered the amended complaint on July 2, 2019. On December 6, 2019, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed Obelisk Capital Management from the case. In connection with Obelisk Capital Management’s dismissal from the case, defendants filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings on December 10, 2019, which automatically stayed discovery in the action pending the court’s determination of the motion. On December 16, 2019, plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification, seeking to certify the case as a class action on behalf of purchasers of Farmland Partners’ common stock between November 12, 2015 and July 10, 2018 and to have the Turners and purported stockholder Don Brokop appointed as class representatives. On December 27, 2019, plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to file a second amended complaint to add Brokop as an additional plaintiff in place of Obelisk Capital Management. On December 8, 2020, the court granted the Turners’ motion to amend to add Brokop as an additional plaintiff and denied the Company’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. As a result, the automatic discovery stay was lifted and the court entered a schedule for proceedings going forward. The Company, Mr. Pittman, and Mr. Fabbri filed an opposition to plaintiffs’ motion for class certification on February 8, 2021.  On February 17, 2021, plaintiffs filed a motion to withdraw the Turners as lead plaintiffs and to substitute Brokop as lead plaintiff.  On

June 7, 2021, the court granted the motion to withdraw the Turners and substitute Brokop as lead plaintiff. The parties completed fact discovery on June 29, 2021.  On July 23, 2021, Magistrate Judge Nina Wang issued a Report and Recommendation to the district court recommending that Brokop’s motion for class certification be granted in part and denied in part.  Specifically, the magistrate judge recommended that the district court deny the motion as to purchasers of Farmland Partners common stock between November 12, 2015 and December 14, 2016 and grant the motion as to purchasers between December 14, 2016 and July 11, 2018.  The district court has not yet acted on the magistrate judge’s recommendation.  Expert discovery is ongoing and is scheduled to conclude on October 1, 2021.  At this time, no class has been certified in the Turner Action and we do not know the amount of damages or other remedies being sought by the plaintiffs. The Company can provide no assurances as to the outcome of this litigation or provide an estimate of related expenses at this time.

On December 18, 2018, a purported stockholder of the Company, Jack Winter, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland (the “Winter Action”), purporting to assert breach of fiduciary duty claims derivatively on the Company’s behalf against the Company’s directors and certain of the Company’s officers.  The Winter Action alleges, among other things, that the Company’s directors and certain of the Company’s officers breached their fiduciary duties to the Company by allowing the Company to make allegedly false and misleading disclosures related to the FPI Loan Program, as alleged in the Brokop Action.  On April 26, 2019, Winter voluntarily dismissed his complaint in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County Maryland.  On May 14, 2019, Winter re-filed his complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.  The Winter Action has been stayed pending further proceedings in the Turner Action.

On November 25, 2019, another purported shareholder, Shawn Luger, filed a complaint derivatively on behalf of the Company and against certain of our officers in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland (the “Luger Action”). The Luger Action complaint made similar claims to those in the Brokop and Winter Actions. On February 14, 2020, another purported shareholder, Brent Hustedde, filed a complaint derivatively on behalf of the Company and against certain of our officers in Maryland state court (the “Hustedde Action”).  The Hustedde Action complaint made similar claims to those in the Brokop, Winter, Luger, and Barber Actions. On September 23, 2020, the Court consolidated the Luger and Hustedde action under the caption In re Farmland Partners Inc. Stockholder Litigation (the “Stockholder Litigation”).  Luger and Hustedde (the “Derivative Plaintiffs”), the plaintiffs in the Stockholder Litigation, filed a consolidated amended complaint on October 30, 2020. The Company moved to dismiss the complaint in the Stockholder Litigation on December 15, 2020.  On June 3, 2021, the court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss and dismissed the consolidated amended complaint in the Stockholder Litigation as to all defendants.  On July 7, 2021, the Derivative Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal, appealing the order dismissing their consolidated amended complaint to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

On November 26, 2019, another purported shareholder, Anna Barber, filed a complaint derivatively on behalf of the Company and against certain of our officers in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (the “Barber Action”).  The Barber Action complaint made similar claims to those in the Brokop, Winter, and Luger Actions.  On June 25, 2021, Barber voluntarily dismissed the Barber Action with prejudice.    

On July 24, 2018, we filed a lawsuit in the District Court, Denver County, Colorado, against “Rota Fortunae” (a pseudonym for Quinton Mathews, the individual behind Rota Fortunae) and numerous co-conspirators (collectively, “Wheel of Fortune”) in response to an article posted on Seeking Alpha that makes numerous allegations about the Company that we believe to be false or materially misleading. We believe that as a consequence of Wheel of Fortune’s internet posting, which we alleged was published in connection with a “short and distort” scheme to profit from an artificial decline in our stock price, the trading price of our common stock declined by approximately 40%. The Company does not expect insurance proceeds to cover a substantial portion of the costs related to the lawsuit we filed against Wheel of Fortune. On May 15, 2020, United States District Court for the District of Colorado to which this case was removed issued orders (i) denying Rota Fortunae’s motion to dismiss our claims; and (ii) requiring him to disclose his identity.  On July 28, 2020, the Court granted our motion to amend the complaint to add Quinton Mathews’ name as well as the following alleged co-conspirators: QKM, L.L.C., Sabrepoint Capital Management, LP, Donald Marchiony and George Baxter. On February 26, 2021 the Court granted the motion of Sabrepoint Capital Management, LP, Donald Marchiony, and George Baxter to dismiss them solely on personal jurisdiction grounds.

On June 20, 2021, Quinton Mathews (a.k.a. “Rota Fortunae”) entered into a settlement agreement with the Company in which he agreed to pay the Company a multiple of the profits he made when the Company’s common stock price fell in connection with the Wheel of Fortune article.  The Company has long believed the Wheel of Fortune article was part of a short and distort attack on the Company.  This was confirmed when Quinton Mathews issued a press release admitting he and his advisory clients shorted the Company in advance of the article and profited from the decline it caused, and further admitted that many of the key statements in that article – which he acknowledged led to the stock’s decline - were false. Following the parties’ settlement, the Court granted a joint stipulated motion to dismiss the case on June 29, 2021.

On July 2, 2021, the Company filed a complaint against First Sabrepoint Capital Management, LP, Sabrepoint Capital Partners, LP, Sabrepoint Capital Participation, LP, George Baxter, and Donald Marchiony (collectively, “Sabrepoint”) in the Civil District Courts of Dallas County, Texas seeking relief for their role, as alleged in the complaint, in the short and distort scheme.

Repurchase Options

For certain of the Company’s acquisitions, the seller retains the option to repurchase the property at a future date for a price, which is calculated based on an appreciation factor over the original purchase price plus the value of improvements on the property, that, at the time of the acquisition, the Company expected would be at or above the property’s fair market value at the exercise date. As of June 30, 2021, the Company has an approximate aggregate net book value of $8.0 million related to assets with unexercised repurchase options, and $15.8 million related to assets with exercised repurchase options. On September 4, 2020, the seller of one such property exercised its right to repurchase approximately 2,860 acres in South Carolina. The Company received a non-refundable initial payment of $2.9 million upon exercise, plus an additional payment of $0.3 million in February 2021. The Company is scheduled to receive a series of non-refundable payments until the closing date, which is currently scheduled to take place on or before January 15, 2025.

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Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity and Non-controlling Interests

Non-controlling Interests in Operating Partnership

The Company consolidates its Operating Partnership. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company owned 95.4% and 94.9% of the outstanding interests, respectively, in the Operating Partnership, and the remaining 4.6% and 5.1% interests, respectively, are included in non-controlling interests in Operating Partnership on the consolidated balance sheets.  The non-controlling interests in the Operating Partnership are held in the form of Common units and Series A preferred units.

On or after 12 months of becoming a holder of Common units, unless the terms of an agreement with such Common unitholder dictate otherwise, each limited partner, other than the Company, has the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, as amended (the “Partnership Agreement”), to tender for redemption all or a portion of such Common units in exchange for cash, or in the Company’s sole discretion, for shares of the Company’s common stock on a one-for-one basis.  If cash is paid in satisfaction of a redemption request, the amount will be equal to the number of tendered units multiplied by the fair market value per share of the Company’s common stock on the date of the redemption notice (determined in accordance with, and subject to adjustment under, the terms of the Partnership Agreement).  Any redemption request must be satisfied by the Company on or before the close of business on the tenth business day after the Company receives a notice of redemption. During the six months ended June 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued 158,705 and 265,000, respectively, of shares of common stock upon redemption of 158,705 and 265,000, respectively, of Common units that had been tendered for redemption. There were 1.5 million and 1.6 million outstanding Common units eligible to be tendered for redemption as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

If the Company gives the limited partners notice of its intention to make an extraordinary distribution of cash or property to its stockholders or effect a merger, a sale of all or substantially all of its assets or any other similar extraordinary transaction, each limited partner may exercise its right to tender its Common units for redemption, regardless of the length of time such limited partner has held its Common units.

Regardless of the rights described above, the Operating Partnership will not have an obligation to issue cash to a unitholder upon a redemption request if the Company elects to redeem Common units for shares of common stock. When a Common unit is redeemed, non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership is reduced, and stockholders’ equity is increased.

The Operating Partnership intends to continue to make distributions on each Common unit in the same amount as those paid on each share of the Company’s common stock, with the distributions on the Common units held by the Company being utilized to pay dividends to the Company’s common stockholders.

Pursuant to the consolidation accounting standard with respect to the accounting and reporting for non-controlling interest changes and changes in ownership interest of a subsidiary, changes in parent’s ownership interest when the parent retains controlling interest in the subsidiary should be accounted for as equity transactions. The carrying amount of the non-controlling interest shall be adjusted to reflect the change in its ownership interest in the subsidiary, with the offset to equity attributable to the parent. As a result of equity issuances including and subsequent to the IPO, changes in the ownership percentages between the Company’s stockholders’ equity and non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership occurred during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.  To reflect these changes, adjustments were made to increase / decrease the non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership by $0.1 million and $0.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 respectively, with the corresponding offsets to additional paid-in capital.

Redeemable Non-controlling Interests in Operating Partnership, Series A Preferred Units

On March 2, 2016, the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Partnership Agreement in order to provide for the issuance, and the designation of the terms and conditions, of the Series A preferred units. Pursuant to the Amendment, among other things, each Series A preferred unit has a $1,000 liquidation preference and is entitled to receive cumulative preferential cash distributions at a rate of 3.00% per annum of the $1,000 liquidation preference, which is payable annually in arrears on January 15 of each year or the next succeeding business day.  The cash distributions are accrued ratably over the year and credited to redeemable non-controlling interest in operating partnership, preferred units on the balance sheet with the offset recorded to retained earnings. On March 2, 2016, 117,000 Series A preferred units were issued as partial consideration in the March 2, 2016 Illinois farm acquisition. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution, the Series A preferred units are entitled to a priority distribution ahead of Common units in an amount equal to the liquidation preference plus an amount equal to all distributions accumulated and unpaid to the date of such cash distribution. Total liquidation value of such preferred units as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $118.8 million and $120.5 million, respectively, including accrued distributions.

On or after February 10, 2026 (the “Conversion Right Date”), holders of the Series A preferred units have the right to convert each Series A preferred unit into a number of Common units equal to (i) the $1,000 liquidation preference plus all accrued and unpaid distributions, divided by (ii) the volume-weighted average price per share of the Company’s common stock for the 20 trading days immediately preceding the applicable conversion date. All Common units received upon conversion may be immediately tendered for redemption for cash or, at the Company’s option, for shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Partnership Agreement. Prior to the Conversion Right Date, the Series A preferred units may not be tendered for redemption by the Holder.

On or after February 10, 2021, the fifth anniversary of the closing of the acquisition mentioned above, but prior to the Conversion Right Date, the Operating Partnership has the right to redeem some or all of the Series A preferred units, at any time and from time to time, for cash in an amount per unit equal to the $1,000 liquidation preference plus all accrued and unpaid distributions.

In the event of a Termination Transaction (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) prior to conversion, holders of the Series A preferred units generally have the right to receive the same consideration as holders of Common units and common stock, on an as-converted basis.

Holders of the Series A preferred units have no voting rights except with respect to (i) the issuance of partnership units of the Operating Partnership senior to the Series A preferred units as to the right to receive distributions and upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Operating Partnership, (ii) the issuance of additional Series A preferred units and (iii) amendments to the Partnership Agreement that materially and adversely affect the rights or benefits of the holders of the Series A preferred units.

The Series A preferred units are accounted for as mezzanine equity on the consolidated balance sheet as the units are convertible and redeemable for shares at a determinable price and date at the option of the holder upon the occurrence of an event not solely within the control of the Company.

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s redeemable non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:

	Series A Preferred Units
($ in thousands)	Redeemable Preferred units	Redeemable non-controlling interests
Balance at December 31, 2019	117	$	120,510
Distribution paid to non-controlling interest	—		(3,510)
Accrued distributions to non-controlling interest	—		1,755
Balance at June 30, 2020	117	$	118,755
Balance at December 31, 2020	117	$	120,510
Distribution paid to non-controlling interest	—		(3,510)
Accrued distributions to non-controlling interest	—		1,755
Balance at June 30, 2021	117	$	118,755

Series B Participating Preferred Stock

On August 17, 2017, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into an underwriting agreement with Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and Jefferies LLC, as representatives of the underwriters, pursuant to which the Company sold 6,037,500 shares of its newly designated Series B Participating Preferred Stock, at a public offering price of $25.00 per share, which is the Initial Liquidation Preference (as defined below) of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock.

Shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock, which represent equity interests in the Company, generally have no voting rights and rank senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation. Each preferred share of Series B Participating Preferred Stock is entitled to receive cumulative preferential cash dividends at a rate of 6.00% per annum of the $25 liquidation preference, which is payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December (the “Initial Liquidation Preference”). Upon liquidation, before any payment or distribution of the assets of the Company is made to or set apart for the holders of equity securities ranking junior to the Series B Participating Preferred Stock, the holders of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive the sum of:

(i) the Initial Liquidation Preference,

(ii) an amount equal to 50% of the cumulative change in the estimated value of farmland in the states in which the Company owned farmland as of June 30, 2017 (measured by reference to a publicly available report released annually by the National Agricultural Statistics Board, the Agricultural Statistics Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture) (the “FVA Adjustment”), and

(iii) all accrued and unpaid dividends, subject to a 9.0% cap on total return (the “Final Liquidation Preference”).

After September 30, 2021, but prior to September 30, 2024, the Company, at its option, may redeem all, but not less than all, of the then-outstanding shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock at any time, for cash or for shares of common stock at a price equal to the Final Liquidation Preference plus an amount equal to the product of:

(i) the Final Liquidation Preference, and

(ii) the average change in land values in states in which the Company owned farmland as of June 30, 2017 over the immediately preceding four years and multiplied by a constant percentage of 50% and prorated for the number of days between the most recent release of the publicly available land value report used to calculate the FVA Adjustment  (if such amount is positive) (the “Premium Amount”).

At any time on or after September 30, 2024, the Company, at its option, may redeem or convert to shares of common stock all, but not less than all, of the then-outstanding shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock at the redemption price per share equal to:

(i) the Initial Liquidation Preference, plus

(ii) the FVA Amount, plus

(iii) any accrued and unpaid dividends.

The total rate of return on shares of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock is subject to a cap such that the total rate of return, when considering the Initial Liquidation Preference, the FVA Adjustment and the Premium Amount plus accrued and unpaid dividends, will not exceed 9.0%. Based on the data released by the USDA in August 2020 in their Land Values 2020 Summary, the FVA Amount as of 2020 was determined to be $0.80 per share of Series B Participating Preferred Stock.

In connection with the issuance of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock, the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership entered into Amendment No. 2  to the Partnership Agreement in order to provide for the issuance, and the designation of the terms and conditions, of newly classified 6.00% Series B participating preferred units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Series B participating preferred units”), the economic terms of which are identical to those of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock. The Company contributed the net proceeds from the offering of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock to the Operating Partnership in exchange for 6,037,500 Series B participating preferred units.

The shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock are accounted for as mezzanine equity on the consolidated balance sheet as the Series B Participating Preferred Stock is convertible and redeemable for common shares at a determinable price and date at the option of the Company and upon the occurrence of an event not solely within the control of the Company.

The balance recorded in mezzanine equity relating to the Series B Participating Preferred Stock as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $139.1 million and $139.8 million, respectively.

Distributions

The Company’s board of directors declared and paid the following distributions to common stockholders and holders of Common units for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020:

Fiscal Year	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Distributions per Common Share/OP unit
2021	February 11, 2021	April 1, 2021	April 15, 2021	$	0.0500
	May 7, 2021	July 1, 2021	July 15, 2021	$	0.0500
				$	0.1000
2020	November 3, 2020	January 1, 2021	January 15, 2021	$	0.0500
	August 4, 2020	October 1, 2020	October 15, 2020	$	0.0500
	May 6, 2020	July 1, 2020	July 15, 2020	$	0.0500
	March 11, 2020	April 1, 2020	April 15, 2020	$	0.0500
				$	0.2000

Additionally, in connection with the 3.00% cumulative preferential distribution on the Series A preferred units, the Company has accrued $1.8 million in distributions payable as of June 30, 2021. The distributions are payable annually in arrears on January 15 of each year.

In general, common stock cash dividends declared by the Company will be considered ordinary income to stockholders for income tax purposes.  From time to time, a portion of the Company’s dividends may be characterized as qualified dividends, capital gains or return of capital.

Share Repurchase Program

On March 15, 2017, the Company’s board of directors approved a program to repurchase up to $25 million in shares of the Company’s common stock. In November 2017, the board of directors approved repurchases of the Company’s Series B Participating Preferred Stock from time to time under the share repurchase program. Subsequently on August 1, 2018, the board of directors increased the authority under the share repurchase program by an aggregate of $30 million. On November 7, 2020, the board of directors increased the authority under the program by an additional $50 million. Repurchases under this program may be made from time to time, in amounts and prices as the Company deems appropriate. Repurchases may be made in open market or privately negotiated transactions in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, trading restrictions under the Company’s insider trading policy and other relevant factors. This share repurchase program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock or Series B Preferred Stock and it may be modified or suspended at any time at the Company’s discretion. The Company funds repurchases under the program using cash on its balance sheet.

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company repurchased no shares of its common stock and 25,073 shares of its Series B preferred stock for $0.7 million at an average price of $25.92 per share. As of June 30, 2021, the Company had approximately $40.5 million in shares that it can repurchase under the stock repurchase plan.

Equity Incentive Plan

On May 7, 2021, the Company’s stockholders approved the Third Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “Plan”), which increased the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan to approximately 1.9 million shares. As of June 30, 2021, there were 0.8 million shares available for future grants under the Plan.

The Company may issue equity-based awards to officers, non-employee directors, employees, independent contractors and other eligible persons under the Plan. The Plan provides for the grant of stock options, share awards (including restricted stock and restricted stock units), stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalent rights, performance awards, annual incentive cash awards and other equity-based awards, including LTIP units, which are convertible on a

one-for-one basis into Common units.  The terms of each grant are determined by the compensation committee of the board of directors.  

From time to time, the Company may award restricted shares of its common stock under the Plan, as compensation to officers, employees, non-employee directors and non-employee consultants. The shares of restricted stock vest over a period of time as determined by the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors at the date of grant. The Company recognizes compensation expense for awards issued to officers, employees and non-employee directors for restricted shares of common stock on a straight-line basis over the vesting period based upon the fair market value of the shares on the date of issuance, adjusted for forfeitures.  The Company recognizes compensation expense for awards issued to non-employee consultants in the same period and in the same manner as if the Company paid cash for the underlying services.

A summary of the nonvested shares as of June 30, 2021 is as follows:

		Weighted
	Number of	average grant
(shares in thousands)	shares	date fair value
Unvested at December 31, 2020	316	$	6.46
Granted	129		11.73
Vested	(160)		6.68
Forfeited	—		—
Unvested at June 30, 2020	285	$	8.72

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized $0.3 million, $0.6 million, $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock awards. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were $2.1 million and $1.1 million, respectively, of total unrecognized compensation costs related to nonvested stock awards, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years. The change in fair value of the shares issued to non-employees to be issued upon vesting is remeasured at the end of each reporting period and is recorded in general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations. The remaining restricted stock awards issued to non-employees vested during the year ended December 31, 2020, resulting in no change in fair value for the six months ended June 30, 2021.

At-the-Market Offering Program (the “ATM Program”)

On May 14, 2021, the Company entered into equity distribution agreements under which the Company may issue and sell from time to time, through sales agents, shares of its common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $50 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2021 the Company sold 1,954,293 shares generating $25.6 million and $25.3 million in gross and net proceeds, respectively, under the ATM Program.

Deferred Offering Costs

Deferred offering costs include incremental direct costs incurred by the Company in connection with proposed or actual offerings of securities. At the completion of a securities offering, the deferred offering costs are charged ratably as a reduction of the gross proceeds of equity as stock is issued. If an offering is abandoned, the previously deferred offering costs will be charged to operations in the period in which the offering is abandoned. The Company incurred $0.2 and $0.0 in offering costs during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $0.1 and $0.0, respectively, in deferred offering costs related to regulatory, legal, accounting and professional service costs associated with proposed or completed offerings of securities.

Earnings (Loss) per Share

The computation of basic and diluted loss per share is as follows:

	For the three months ended				For the six months ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)	2021		2020		2021		2020
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to Farmland Partners Inc.	$	(2,735)	$	162	$	(375)	$	556
Less: Nonforfeitable distributions allocated to unvested restricted shares		(14)		(16)		(28)		(32)
Less: Distributions on redeemable non-controlling interests in Operating Partnership, preferred		(3,055)		(3,088)		(6,120)		(6,203)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(5,804)	$	(2,942)	$	(6,523)	$	(5,679)
Denominator:
Weighted-average number of common shares - basic		31,072		29,433		30,747		29,485
Conversion of preferred units(1)		—		—		—		—
Unvested restricted shares(1)		—		—		—		—
Redeemable non-controlling interest(1)		—		—		—		—
Weighted-average number of common shares - diluted		31,072		29,433		30,747		29,485
Loss per share attributable to common stockholders - basic	$	(0.19)	$	(0.10)	$	(0.21)	$	(0.19)

(1) Anti-dilutive for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

Unvested shares of the Company’s restricted common stock are considered participating securities, which requires the use of the two-class method for the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share.

The limited partners’ outstanding Common units (which may be redeemed for shares of common stock) have been excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation as there would be no effect on the amounts since the limited partners’ share of income would also be added back to net income. Any anti-dilutive shares have been excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation. Unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities and shall be included in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. Accordingly, distributed and undistributed earnings attributable to unvested restricted shares (participating securities) have been excluded, as applicable, from net income or loss attributable to common stockholders utilized in the basic and diluted earnings per share calculations. Net income or loss figures are presented net of non-controlling interests in the earnings per share calculations. The weighted average number of Common units held by the non-controlling interest was 1.5 million and 1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The outstanding Series A preferred units are non-participating securities and thus are included in the computation of diluted earnings per share on an as-if converted basis.  Any anti-dilutive shares are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, these shares were not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation as they would be anti-dilutive.

The outstanding shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock are non-participating securities and thus are included in the computation of diluted earnings per share on an as-if converted basis.  Any anti-dilutive shares are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, these shares were not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation as they would be anti-dilutive.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, diluted weighted average common shares do not include the impact of 0.3 million and 0.3 million, respectively, unvested compensation-related shares as they would have been anti-dilutive.

The following equity awards and units were outstanding as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

	June 30, 2021	December 31, 2020
Shares	32,526	30,255
Common Units	1,480	1,639
Redeemable Common Units	—	—
Unvested Restricted Stock Awards	285	316
	34,291	32,210

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Cash Flow Hedging Strategy

The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk, by managing the amount, sources, duration and interest rate exposure of its financing sources. The Company may also use interest rate derivative financial instruments, primarily interest rate swaps. As of June 30, 2021, the Company was a party to one interest rate swap, designated as a hedging instrument, to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to adverse interest rate movements.

For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as a cash flow hedge (i.e., hedging the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows that is attributable to a particular risk), the entire change in the fair value of the Company’s designated cash flow hedges is recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of shareholders’ equity in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

On March 26, 2020, the Company terminated its existing swap agreement and entered into a new interest rate swap agreement to obtain a more favorable interest rate and to manage interest rate risk exposure, which was effective April 1, 2020. An interest rate swap agreement utilized by the Company effectively modifies the Company’s exposure to interest rate risk by converting the Company’s floating-rate debt to a fixed rate basis for the next six years on 50% of the currently outstanding amount to Rabobank, thus reducing the impact of interest rate changes on future interest expense. This agreement involves the receipt of floating rate amounts in exchange for fixed rate interest payments over the life of the agreement without an exchange of the underlying principal amount. The fair value of the de-designated swap was $2.6 million on the termination date. The Company is amortizing the de-designated swap over the original term utilizing a forward curve analysis of determining monthly amortization. Amortization for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, is $0.2 million and $0.5 million. The Company’s $2.6 million termination fee was rolled into the new swap and will be paid over the next six years. Termination fees paid during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 were $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively. The amount of frozen Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income on the de-designated old swap is being amortized out of Other Comprehensive Income through the original termination date (March 1, 2023).

The Company determines the hedge effectiveness of its interest rate swaps at inception by applying a quantitative evaluation of effectiveness using regression analysis. On an ongoing basis the Company applies an initial qualitative assessment of on-going effectiveness and reviews hedge effectiveness through assessing the hedge relationship by comparing the current terms of the swap and the associated debt to ensure they continue to coincide through the continued ability of the Counterparty to the swap to honor its obligations under the swap contract. The qualitative assessment may indicate that the hedge relationship is not highly effective, the Company would then perform a quantitative evaluation using regression analysis. The Company concluded the hedge was highly effective at inception and remains highly effective as of June 30, 2021.

As of June 30, 2021, the total notional amount of the Company’s receive-variable/pay-fixed interest rate swap was $33.2 million.

The fair value of the Company’s derivative instrument on a recurring basis is set out below:

($ in thousands)
Instrument	Balance sheet location	Level 2 Fair Value
Interest rate swap	Derivative liability	$	1,738

The effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated statements of operations for the periods ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 is set out below:

Cash flow hedging relationships	Location of Gain (Loss) reclassified from Accumulated OCI into income
Interest rate contracts	Interest expense

The amount of loss recognized in net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $0.2 million, $0.5 million, $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively. The net change associated with current period hedging transactions was $(0.0) million, $1.5 million, $ (0.2) million and $ (1.7) million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The amortization of frozen Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income was $0.2 million and $0.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.

The fair values of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements are determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts, which is considered a Level 2 measurement under the fair value hierarchy. Level 2 is defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 or 3 during the six months ended June 30, 2021. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves.

The following table outlines the movements in the other comprehensive income account as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

($ in thousands)		June 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Beginning accumulated derivative instrument gain or loss	$	(2,380)	$	(1,644)
Net change associated with current period hedging transactions		942		(1,582)
Amortization of frozen AOCI on de-designated hedge		530		846
Difference between a change in fair value of excluded components		—		—
Closing accumulated derivative instrument gain or loss	$	(908)	$	(2,380)

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Subsequent Events

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events

Note 11—Subsequent Events

Dividends

On August 4, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3750 per share of 6.00% Series B Participating Preferred Stock payable on September 30, 2021 to stockholders of record as of September 15, 2021.

On August 4, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock and Common units payable on October 15, 2021 to stockholders and unitholders of record as of October 1, 2021.

Real Estate Acquisitions

On July 26, 2021, the Company completed one farm acquisition in the Southeast region for $1.0 million in cash consideration.

Conversion of Notes

On July 16, 2021, the Company provided notice to the OZ Fund that it was converting its OZ Convertible Notes, and accrued interest thereon, to membership interest in the OZ Fund. The value of the conversion was $2.4 million and the Company’s membership interest in the OZ Fund is approximately 7.6% following the conversion.  

ATM Program

Subsequent to June 30, 2021, the Company sold 5,219 shares of common stock generating $0.1 million in net proceeds under the ATM Program.

FPI Loan Program

On July 27, 2021, the Company closed on $1.6 million of loans to a tenant under the FPI Loan Program. For further information on the FPI Loan Program, refer to “Note 6—Notes Receivable”.  

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Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

Organization

Farmland Partners Inc., collectively with its subsidiaries (the “Company”), is an internally managed real estate company that owns and seeks to acquire high-quality farmland located in agricultural markets throughout North America. The Company was incorporated in Maryland on September 27, 2013. The Company is the sole member of the general partner of Farmland Partners Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”), which was formed in Delaware on September 27, 2013. As of June 30, 2021, the Company owned a portfolio of approximately 157,000 acres which are consolidated in these financial statements.  In addition, the Company serves as property manager over approximately 3,800 acres (see “Note 4—Related Party Transactions”). All of the Company’s assets are held by, and its operations are primarily conducted through, the Operating Partnership and the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership. As of June 30, 2021, the Company owned a 95.4% interest in the Operating Partnership (see “Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity and Non-controlling Interests” for additional discussion regarding Class A Common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Common units”), Series A preferred units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Series A preferred units”) and Series B participating preferred units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Series B participating preferred units”)). Unlike holders of the Company’s common stock, holders of Common units and Series A preferred units generally do not have voting rights or the power to direct our affairs. On August 17, 2017, the Company issued 6,037,500 shares of its newly designated 6.00% Series B Participating Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series B Participating Preferred Stock”) in an underwritten public offering.  Shares of Series B Participating Preferred Stock, which represent equity interests in the Company, generally have no voting rights and rank senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation (See “Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity—Series B Participating Preferred Stock” for more information on the Series B Participating Preferred Stock).

The Company elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), commencing with its short taxable year ended December 31, 2014.

On March 16, 2015, the Company formed FPI Agribusiness Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary (the “TRS” or “FPI Agribusiness”), as a taxable REIT subsidiary.  The TRS was formed to provide volume purchasing services to the Company’s tenants and also to operate a small-scale custom farming business. As of June 30, 2021, the TRS performed these custom farming operations on 1,232 acres of farmland owned by the Company located in California and Michigan.

All references to numbers and percent of acres within this report are unaudited.

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements for the periods ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 are presented on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Interim Financial Information

Interim Financial Information

The information in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 is unaudited.  The accompanying financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 include adjustments based on management’s estimates (consisting of normal and recurring accruals), which the Company considers necessary for a fair statement of the results for the periods. The financial information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which the Company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)

on March 19, 2021. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of actual operating results for the entire year ending December 31, 2021.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial statements.  Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates, including the impacts of the ongoing coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and its effects on the domestic and global economies. We are unable to quantify the ultimate impact of the pandemic on our business.

Real Estate Acquisitions

Real Estate Acquisitions

When the Company acquires farmland where substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or, group of similar identifiable assets, it is not considered a business. As such, the Company accounts for these types of acquisitions as asset acquisitions. When substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is not concentrated in a single identifiable asset, or a group of similar assets, and contains acquired inputs and processes which have the ability to contribute to the creation of outputs, these acquisitions are accounted for as business combinations.

The Company considers single identifiable assets as tangible assets that are attached to and cannot be physically removed and used separately from another tangible asset without incurring significant cost or significant diminution in utility or fair value. The Company considers similar assets as assets that have a similar nature and risk characteristics.

Whether the Company’s acquisitions are treated as an asset acquisition under ASC 360 or a business combination under ASC 805, the fair value of the purchase price is allocated among the assets acquired and any liabilities assumed by valuing the property as if it was vacant.  The “as-if-vacant” value is allocated to land, buildings, improvements, permanent plantings and any liabilities, based on management’s determination of the relative fair values of such assets and liabilities as of the date of acquisition.

Upon acquisition of real estate, the Company allocates the purchase price of the real estate based upon the fair value of the assets and liabilities acquired, which historically have consisted of land, drainage improvements, irrigation improvements, groundwater, permanent plantings (bushes, shrubs, vines and perennial crops) and grain facilities, and may also consist of intangible assets including in-place leases, above market and below market leases and tenant relationships. The Company allocates the purchase price to the fair value of the tangible assets by valuing the land as if it were unimproved. The Company values improvements, including permanent plantings and grain facilities, at replacement cost, adjusted for depreciation. 

Management’s estimates of land value are made using a comparable sales analysis. Factors considered by management in its analysis of land value include soil types and water availability and the sales prices of comparable farms. Management’s estimates of groundwater value are made using historical information obtained regarding the applicable aquifer.  Factors considered by management in its analysis of groundwater value are related to the location of the aquifer and whether or not the aquifer is a depletable resource or a replenishing resource.  If the aquifer is a replenishing resource, no value is allocated to the groundwater.  The Company includes an estimate of property taxes in the purchase price allocation of acquisitions to account for the expected liability that was assumed. 

When above or below market leases are acquired, the Company values the intangible assets based on the present value of the difference between prevailing market rates and the in-place rates measured over a period equal to the remaining term of the lease for above market leases and the initial term plus the term of any below market fixed rate renewal options

for below market leases that are considered bargain renewal options. The above market lease values are amortized as a reduction of rental income over the remaining term of the respective leases. The fair value of acquired below market leases, included in deferred revenue on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, is amortized as an increase to rental income on a straight-line basis over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases, plus the terms of any below market fixed rate renewal options that are considered bargain renewal options of the respective leases.

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $1.3 million in tenant relationship intangibles, gross of accumulated amortization of $1.3 million, which results in a zero net value on our balance sheet. The purchase price is allocated to in-place lease values and tenant relationships, if they are acquired, based on the Company’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease, availability of replacement tenants, probability of lease renewal, estimated down time and its overall relationship with the tenant. The value of in-place lease intangibles and tenant relationships are included as an intangible asset and have been amortized over the remaining lease term (including expected renewal periods of the respective leases for tenant relationships) as amortization expense. If a tenant terminates its lease prior to its stated expiration, any unamortized amounts relating to that lease, including (i) above and below market leases, (ii) in-place lease values, and (iii) tenant relationships, would be recorded to revenue or expense as appropriate.

The Company capitalizes acquisition costs and due diligence costs if the asset is expected to qualify as an asset acquisition. If the asset acquisition is abandoned, the capitalized asset acquisition costs are expensed to acquisition and due diligence costs in the period of abandonment. Costs associated with a business combination are expensed to acquisition and due diligence costs as incurred. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the company incurred an immaterial amount of costs related to acquisition and due diligence.

Total consideration for acquisitions may include a combination of cash and equity securities.  When equity securities are issued, the Company determines the fair value of the equity securities issued based on the number of shares of common stock and Common units issued multiplied by the price per share of the Company’s common stock on the date of closing in the case of common stock and Common units and by liquidation preference in the case of preferred stock and preferred units.

Using information available at the time of business combination, the Company allocates the total consideration to tangible assets and liabilities and identified intangible assets and liabilities.  During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company may adjust the preliminary purchase price allocations after obtaining more information about assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition. 

Real Estate Sales

Real Estate Sales

The Company recognizes gains from the sales of real estate assets, generally at the time the title is transferred, consideration is received and the Company no longer has substantial continuing involvement with the real estate sold.

Assets Held For Sale

Assets Held For Sale

The Company generally considers assets to be held for sale when the following criteria are met: (i) management commits to a plan to sell the property, (ii) the property is available for sale immediately, (iii) the property is actively being marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value, (iv) the sale of the property within one year is considered probable and (v) significant changes to the plan to sell are not expected. As of June 30, 2021, the Company has classified certain of its agriculture equipment as held for sale. The equipment is reported at the lower of its carrying value or its estimated fair value less estimated costs to sell.

Convertible Notes Receivable

Convertible Notes Receivable

On January 20, 2021, the Company entered into property sale and long-term management agreements with Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I, LLC ("OZ Fund"), a private investment fund focused on acquiring and improving farmland in qualified opportunity zones in the United States ("QOZs"), as designated under U.S. tax provisions enacted in 2017. On March 5, 2021, the Company sold 9 farms to the OZ Fund. On March 31, 2021, the Company sold an additional property to the OZ Fund. The Company received approximately $19.1 million in cash and approximately $2.4 million in

convertible notes receivable (the “OZ Convertible Notes”). The OZ Convertible Notes have an interest rate of 1.35% and an aggregate principal balance of $2.4 million as of June 30, 2021. Unless earlier converted, approximately $2.0 million of the OZ Convertible Notes had a maturity date of March 5, 2031, and approximately $0.4 million had a maturity date of March 31, 2031. At the Company’s option, the OZ Convertible Notes are convertible into membership interests in the OZ Fund at any time on or before December 31, 2021. On July 16, 2021, the Company provided notice to the OZ Fund that it was converting its OZ Convertible Notes, and accrued interest thereon, to membership interest. The value of the conversion was $2.4 million and the Company’s membership interest in the OZ Fund is approximately 7.6%. Refer to “Note 11 – Subsequent Events.”  The OZ Fund has the option to purchase additional properties from the Company.

Liquidity Policy

Liquidity Policy

The Company manages its capital position and liquidity needs by continuously forecasting its expected cash receipts, expenses and capital needs, managing its cash position and monitoring all the sources of capital available to the Company. The business model of the Company, and of real estate investment companies in general, utilizes a combination of debt and equity capital in financing the business. When debt becomes due, it is generally refinanced or repaid with equity capital rather than being repaid using the Company’s cash flow from operations. As of June 30, 2021 the Company had debt maturities within the next twelve months of approximately $126.0 million. Management believes that cash on hand, access to debt and equity capital, and other sources of liquidity, such as sales of farms or formation of joint ventures or other asset management arrangements, are sufficient to meet all its ongoing capital needs, including repayment of its upcoming debt maturities.  The Company has a demonstrated history of refinancing or extending existing debt obligations. In addition, the Company has recently raised $25.6 million of equity capital from its At-The-Market equity program and has utilized such program successfully in the past. The Company also has an effective shelf registration statement with $250.0 million of capacity, pursuant to which it could issue additional equity or debt securities.  Furthermore, the Company also has a deep portfolio of real estate assets which management believes could be readily liquidated if necessary to fund any immediate liquidity needs.  Management believes its capital resources and plans are sufficient to meet all future financing needs, including repayment of debt maturities over the next twelve months.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which changes the method and timing of the recognition of credit losses on financial assets. For trade and other receivables, held-to-maturity debt securities, loans and other instruments, entities are required to use a new forward-looking "expected loss" model that generally will result in the earlier recognition of allowance for losses. This credit loss standard is required to be applied using a modified-retrospective approach and requires a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings be recorded as of the date of adoption. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-19, which clarified that operating lease receivables are outside the scope of the new standard. The Company adopted the new standard on January 1, 2020. The adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations. 

The Company records an allowance for doubtful accounts, reducing the receivables balance to an amount that it estimates is collectible from our customers. Estimates used in determining the allowance for doubtful accounts are based on historical collection experience, current trends, aging of accounts receivable and periodic credit evaluations of the Company’s customers’ financial condition. The Company writes off accounts receivable when it becomes apparent, based upon age or customer circumstances, such that all current expected losses are sufficiently reserved for at each reporting period. The Company considered its current expectations of future economic conditions when estimating its allowance for doubtful accounts. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had an allowance for doubtful accounts of $0.0 million.

Inventory

Inventory

The costs of growing crops are accumulated until the time of harvest at the lower of cost or net realizable value and are included in inventory in the consolidated balance sheets. Costs are allocated to growing crops based on a percentage of the total costs of production and total operating costs that are attributable to the portion of the crops that remain in inventory at the end of the period. The costs of growing crops incurred by FPI Agribusiness consist primarily of costs

related to land preparation, cultivation, irrigation and fertilization. Growing crop inventory is charged to cost of products sold when the related crop is harvested and sold. The cost of harvested crop was $0.7 million, $0.9 million, $0.7 million, and $1.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Harvested crop inventory includes costs accumulated both during the growing and harvesting phases and are stated at the lower of those costs or the estimated net realizable value, which is the market price, based upon the nearest market in the geographic region, less any cost of disposition. Cost of disposition includes broker’s commissions, freight and other marketing costs.    

General inventory, such as fertilizer, seeds and pesticides, is valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value.

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, inventory consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	June 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Harvested crop	$	—	$	47
Growing crop		742		1,070
	$	742	$	1,117

Hedge Accounting

Hedge Accounting

ASC 815 requires the Company to recognize all of its derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of a derivative instrument depends on whether it has been designated and qualifies as part of a hedging relationship and, further, on the type of hedging relationship. For those derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, the company must designate the hedging instrument, based upon the exposure being hedged, as a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge or a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation. For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, the gain or loss is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations during the period.

The Company uses derivative instruments to manage certain interest rate risks. More specifically, interest rate swaps are entered into to manage the risk associated with the Company’s floating-rate borrowings when such risk management is deemed appropriate by the Company’s management and a fixed interest rate is not available or not economical, or when it is contractually required by a lender. In accordance with ASC 815, the Company designates interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges of said floating-rate borrowings. The entire change in the fair value of the Company’s designated cash flow hedges is recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of shareholders’ equity in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

The Company terminated its old interest rate swap at the end of March 2020 and entered into a new interest rate swap agreement to manage interest rate risk exposure, effective April 1, 2020. An interest rate swap agreement utilized by the Company effectively modifies the Company’s exposure to interest rate risk by converting the Company’s floating-rate debt to a fixed rate basis for the next six years on 50% of the currently outstanding amount to Rabobank, thus reducing the impact of interest rate changes on future interest expense. This agreement involves the receipt of floating rate amounts in exchange for fixed rate interest payments over the life of the agreement without an exchange of the underlying principal amount.

As of June 30, 2021, the total notional amount of the Company’s receive-variable/pay-fixed interest rate swap was $33.2 million. For a summary of the fair value and related disclosures in relation to hedge accounting, please refer to “Note 10 – Hedge Accounting.” 

New or Revised Accounting Standards

New or Revised Accounting Standards

Recently adopted

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848), that provided practical expedients to address existing guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting due to the expected market transition from the London Inter-bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and other interbank offered rates (together “IBORs”) to alternative

reference rates, such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate. In July 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority announced it intended to stop compelling banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR after 2021. We refer to this transition as “reference rate reform.”

The first practical expedient allows companies to elect to not apply certain modification accounting requirements to debt, derivative and lease contracts affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. These criteria include the following: (i) the contract referenced an IBOR rate that is expected to be discontinued; (ii) the modified terms directly replace or have the potential to replace the IBOR rate that is expected to be discontinued; and (iii) any contemporaneous changes to other terms that change or have the potential to change the amount and timing of contractual cash flows must be related to the replacement of the IBOR rate. If the contract meets all three criteria, there is no requirement for remeasurement of the contract at the modification date or reassessment of the previous hedging relationship accounting determination.

The second practical expedient allows companies to change the reference rate and other critical terms related to the reference rate reform in derivative hedge documentation without having to de-designate the hedging relationship. This allows for companies to continue applying hedge accounting to existing cash flow and net investment hedges.

The ASU was effective upon issuance on a prospective basis beginning January 1, 2020 and may be elected over time as reference rate reform activities occur. During the first quarter of 2020, the Company elected to apply the hedge accounting practical expedient to its cash flow hedge. The Company will continue to evaluate its debt, derivative and lease contracts that are eligible for modification relief and expects to apply those elections as needed.

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Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Schedule of Inventory

(in thousands)	June 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Harvested crop	$	—	$	47
Growing crop		742		1,070
	$	742	$	1,117

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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Revenue Recognition

Summary of rental income recognized

	Rental income recognized
	For the three months ended				For the six months ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(in thousands)	2021		2020		2021			2020
Leases in effect at the beginning of the year	$	7,263	$	8,338	$	16,734	$	17,679
Leases entered into during the year		1,028		803		1,817		1,536
	$	8,291	$	9,141	$	18,551	$	19,215

Schedule of future minimum lease payments from tenants under all non-cancelable leases in place

(in thousands)	Future rental
Year Ending December 31,	payments
2021 (remaining six months)	$	15,438
2022		20,202
2023		11,790
2024		4,211
2025		2,759
Thereafter		23,493
	$	77,893

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Concentration Risk (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Geographic concentration

Concentration Risk

Summary of concentrations

	Approximate %				Rental Income (1)
	of total acres				For the three months ended				For the six months ended
	As of June 30,				June 30,				June 30,
Location of Farm (2)	2021		2020		2021		2020		2021		2020
Corn Belt	27.3	%	28.1	%	39.5	%	35.4	%	36.8	%	33.7	%
Delta and South	20.4	%	17.8	%	9.5	%	11.3	%	10.6	%	10.7	%
High Plains	18.8	%	18.9	%	10.0	%	6.1	%	8.0	%	7.0	%
Southeast	26.1	%	27.8	%	25.7	%	25.9	%	27.3	%	24.6	%
West Coast	7.4	%	7.4	%	15.3	%	21.3	%	17.3	%	24.0	%
	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%

(1) Due to regional disparities in the use of leases with crop share components and seasonal variations in the recognition of crop share revenue, regional comparisons by rental income are not fully representative of each region’s income-producing capacity until a full year is taken into account.

(2) Corn Belt includes farms located in Illinois, Michigan and eastern Nebraska. Delta and South includes farms located in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. High Plains includes farms located in Colorado, Kansas, western Nebraska, and South Dakota. Southeast includes farms located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. West Coast includes farms located in California.

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Notes Receivable (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Notes Receivable

Schedule of notes receivable

($ in thousands)		Principal Outstanding as of				Maturity
Loan	Payment Terms	June 30, 2021		December 31, 2020		Date
Mortgage Note (1)	Principal & interest due at maturity	$	223	$	229	12/7/2028
Mortgage Note (1)	Principal due at maturity & interest due monthly		2,135		2,135	3/16/2022
Total outstanding principal			2,358		2,364
Interest receivable (net prepaid interest)			314		277
Provision for interest receivable			(232)		(293)
Total notes and interest receivable		$	2,440	$	2,348

(1) The original note was renegotiated and a second note was entered into simultaneously with the borrower during the three months ended March 31, 2017. The notes include mortgages on two additional properties in Colorado that include repurchase options for the properties at a fixed price that are exercisable by the buyer between the third and fifth anniversary of the issuance of the notes.

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Mortgage Notes, Lines of Credit and Bonds Payable (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Mortgage Notes, Lines of Credit and Bonds Payable

Schedule of indebtedness outstanding

									Book
			Annual						Value of
($ in thousands)			Interest	Principal					Collateral
			Rate as of	Outstanding as of					as of
			June 30,	June 30,		December 31,		Maturity	June 30,
Loan	Payment Terms	Interest Rate Terms	2021	2021		2020		Date	2021
Farmer Mac Bond #6	Semi-annual interest only	3.69%	3.69%	$	13,827	$	13,827	April 2025	$	21,438
Farmer Mac Bond #7	Semi-annual interest only	3.68%	3.68%		11,160		11,160	April 2025		18,570
MetLife Term Loan #1 (1)	Semi-annual interest only	3.30% adjusted every three years	3.30%		83,205		85,188	March 2026		186,805
MetLife Term Loan #2	Semi-annual interest only	4.27% adjusted every three years	4.27%		16,000		16,000	March 2026		32,323
MetLife Term Loan #3	Semi-annual interest only	4.27% adjusted every three years	4.27%		16,800		21,000	March 2026		26,141
MetLife Term Loan #4 (1)	Semi-annual interest only	3.30% adjusted every three years	3.30%		13,016		15,685	June 2026		25,689
MetLife Term Loan #5	Semi-annual interest only	3.50% adjusted every three years	3.50%		6,779		8,379	January 2027		10,021
MetLife Term Loan #6	Semi-annual interest only	3.45% adjusted every three years	3.45%		27,158		27,158	February 2027		58,087
MetLife Term Loan #7	Semi-annual interest only	3.20% adjusted every three years	3.20%		16,198		17,153	June 2027		36,391
MetLife Term Loan #8	Semi-annual interest only	4.12% fixed until 2027	4.12%		44,000		44,000	December 2042		110,042
MetLife Term Loan #9	Semi-annual interest only	3.20% adjusted every three years	3.20%		16,800		21,000	May 2028		39,005
MetLife Term Loan #10	Semi-annual interest only	3.00% adjusted every three years	3.00%		51,808		53,277	October 2030		109,208
Rabobank	Semi-annual interest only	LIBOR + 1.70% adjustable every three years	1.81%		59,459		62,358	March 2028		29,857
Rutledge Note Payable #1 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		17,000		17,000	April 2022		40,538
Rutledge Note Payable #2 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		25,000		25,000	April 2022		48,164
Rutledge Note Payable #3 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		25,000		25,000	April 2022		29,302
Rutledge Note Payable #4 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		15,000		15,000	April 2022		83,809
Rutledge Note Payable #5 (2)	Quarterly interest only	3 month LIBOR + 1.3% adjusted quarterly	1.49%		30,000		30,000	April 2022		128,892
Jefferson Bank Bridge Loan	Interest due at maturity	6.25% (3)	6.25%		14,000		—	September 2021		26,887
Total outstanding principal					502,210		508,185		$	1,061,169
Debt issuance costs					(1,505)		(1,560)
Unamortized premium					—		—
Total mortgage notes and bonds payable, net				$	500,705	$	506,625

(1) During the year ended December 31, 2017 the Company converted the interest rate on Metlife Term Loans 1 and 4 from variable to fixed rates for a term of three years. Once the term expires the new rate will be determined based on the loan agreements.

(2) On January 29, 2021 the Rutledge Facility (as defined below) maturity was extended to April 1, 2022.

(3) The loan is collateralized by property acquired May 28, 2021. In accordance with the terms of the applicable real estate purchase agreement, the seller agreed to reimburse the Company for a 3.0% interest rate on a maximum of $13.5 million in loan principal for the first 90 days following the closing.

Schedule of aggregate maturities of long-term debt

($ in thousands)
Year Ending December 31,	Future Maturities
2021 (remaining six months)	$	14,000
2022		112,000
2023		—
2024		2,100
2025		27,087
Thereafter		347,023
	$	502,210

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies.

Schedule of future minimum lease payments

($ in thousands)	Future rental
Year Ending December 31,	payments
2021 (remaining six months)	$	64
2022		117
2023		—
2024		—
2025		—
Thereafter		—
	$	181

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Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests

Schedule of changes in redeemable non-controlling interest in operating partnership

	Series A Preferred Units
($ in thousands)	Redeemable Preferred units	Redeemable non-controlling interests
Balance at December 31, 2019	117	$	120,510
Distribution paid to non-controlling interest	—		(3,510)
Accrued distributions to non-controlling interest	—		1,755
Balance at June 30, 2020	117	$	118,755
Balance at December 31, 2020	117	$	120,510
Distribution paid to non-controlling interest	—		(3,510)
Accrued distributions to non-controlling interest	—		1,755
Balance at June 30, 2021	117	$	118,755

Schedule of declaration and payment of distribution

Fiscal Year	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Distributions per Common Share/OP unit
2021	February 11, 2021	April 1, 2021	April 15, 2021	$	0.0500
	May 7, 2021	July 1, 2021	July 15, 2021	$	0.0500
				$	0.1000
2020	November 3, 2020	January 1, 2021	January 15, 2021	$	0.0500
	August 4, 2020	October 1, 2020	October 15, 2020	$	0.0500
	May 6, 2020	July 1, 2020	July 15, 2020	$	0.0500
	March 11, 2020	April 1, 2020	April 15, 2020	$	0.0500
				$	0.2000

Summary of non-vested shares

		Weighted
	Number of	average grant
(shares in thousands)	shares	date fair value
Unvested at December 31, 2020	316	$	6.46
Granted	129		11.73
Vested	(160)		6.68
Forfeited	—		—
Unvested at June 30, 2020	285	$	8.72

Schedule of computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share

	For the three months ended				For the six months ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)	2021		2020		2021		2020
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to Farmland Partners Inc.	$	(2,735)	$	162	$	(375)	$	556
Less: Nonforfeitable distributions allocated to unvested restricted shares		(14)		(16)		(28)		(32)
Less: Distributions on redeemable non-controlling interests in Operating Partnership, preferred		(3,055)		(3,088)		(6,120)		(6,203)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(5,804)	$	(2,942)	$	(6,523)	$	(5,679)
Denominator:
Weighted-average number of common shares - basic		31,072		29,433		30,747		29,485
Conversion of preferred units(1)		—		—		—		—
Unvested restricted shares(1)		—		—		—		—
Redeemable non-controlling interest(1)		—		—		—		—
Weighted-average number of common shares - diluted		31,072		29,433		30,747		29,485
Loss per share attributable to common stockholders - basic	$	(0.19)	$	(0.10)	$	(0.21)	$	(0.19)

(1) Anti-dilutive for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020

Schedule of equity awards and units outstanding

	June 30, 2021	December 31, 2020
Shares	32,526	30,255
Common Units	1,480	1,639
Redeemable Common Units	—	—
Unvested Restricted Stock Awards	285	316
	34,291	32,210

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Hedge Accounting (Tables) - Designated as Hedging Instrument - Cash Flow Hedging

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Derivative Contracts

Schedule of fair value of derivative instruments

($ in thousands)
Instrument	Balance sheet location	Level 2 Fair Value
Interest rate swap	Derivative liability	$	1,738

Schedule of effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated statement of operations

The effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated statements of operations for the periods ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 is set out below:

Cash flow hedging relationships	Location of Gain (Loss) reclassified from Accumulated OCI into income
Interest rate contracts	Interest expense

Schedule of movement in other comprehensive income

($ in thousands)		June 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Beginning accumulated derivative instrument gain or loss	$	(2,380)	$	(1,644)
Net change associated with current period hedging transactions		942		(1,582)
Amortization of frozen AOCI on de-designated hedge		530		846
Difference between a change in fair value of excluded components		—		—
Closing accumulated derivative instrument gain or loss	$	(908)	$	(2,380)

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Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (Details)		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 17, 2017 $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) a $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Aug. 10, 2017 shares
Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
Area of real estate property | a		157,000
Area of real estate property company serves as property manager | a		3,800
Par value | $ / shares		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Below Market Lease
Tenant relationship intangibles, gross | $		$ 1,300,000	$ 1,300,000
Tenant relationship intangibles, accumulated amortization | $		1,300,000	1,300,000
Tenant relationship intangibles, net | $		$ 0	$ 0
Common Units | Operating Partnership
Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
Ownership interest (as a percent)		95.40%
TRS
Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
Area of real estate property | a		1,232
Series B Participating Preferred Stock
Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
Shares issued under underwriting agreement | shares	6,037,500			6,037,500
Preference dividend (as a percent)	6.00%
Par value | $ / shares	$ 0.01

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Organization and Significant Accounting Policies - Additional disclosures (Details) $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 16, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2021 item	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Deferred Financing Fees
Deferred offering costs incurred						$ 200	$ 0
Deferred offering costs				$ 75		75		$ 0
Convertible Notes Receivable
Received cash						28,600	7,500
Convertible notes receivable				2,428		2,428
Debt maturities, next twelve months				126,000		126,000
Amount available from shelf registration						250,000
Accounts Receivable
Allowance for doubtful accounts				0		0		0
Inventory
Cost of harvested crop included in property operating expenses				700	$ 700	900	$ 1,300
Harvested crop								47
Growing crop				742		742		1,070
Total inventory				$ 742		742		$ 1,117
ATM Program
Convertible Notes Receivable
Gross proceeds						$ 25,600
Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I, LLC
Convertible Notes Receivable
Number of Farms Sold | item			9
Received cash		$ 19,100
Interest rate (as a percent)				1.35%		1.35%
Convertible notes receivable		2,400		$ 2,400		$ 2,400
Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I, LLC | Matures by March 5, 2031
Convertible Notes Receivable
Convertible notes receivable		2,000
Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I, LLC | Matures by March 31, 2031
Convertible Notes Receivable
Convertible notes receivable		$ 400
Interest Rate Swap
Cash flow hedging strategy:
Derivative term of contract						6 years
Interest rate swap agreement on percentage of outstanding amount to Rabobank						50.00%
Notional amount				$ 33,200		$ 33,200
Subsequent Event
Convertible Notes Receivable
Value of conversion	$ 2,400
Opportunity Zone Fund LLC | Subsequent Event
Convertible Notes Receivable
Noncontrolling ownership interest (as a percent)	7.60%

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Revenue Recognition (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Revenue Recognition, Milestone Method [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	$ 2,420		$ 2,420		$ 37
Leases in effect at the beginning of the year	7,263	$ 8,338	16,734	$ 17,679
Leases entered into during the year	1,028	803	1,817	1,536
Rental income recognized	8,291	9,141	18,551	19,215
Revenues from the sale of harvested crops	200	$ 400	500	$ 700
Future minimum lease payments
2021 (remaining six months)	15,438		15,438
2022	20,202		20,202
2023	11,790		11,790
2024	4,211		4,211
2025	2,759		2,759
Thereafter	23,493		23,493
Total future minimum lease payments	$ 77,893		$ 77,893
Minimum
Revenue Recognition, Milestone Method [Line Items]
Percentage of rent received during first quarter or second half of the year			50.00%
Row crops, term			2 years
Permanent crops, term			1 year
Maximum
Revenue Recognition, Milestone Method [Line Items]
Row crops, term			3 years
Permanent crops, term			7 years
Lease in place | Minimum
Revenue Recognition, Milestone Method [Line Items]
Terms of farm leases	1 year		1 year
Lease in place | Maximum
Revenue Recognition, Milestone Method [Line Items]
Terms of farm leases	40 years		40 years

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Concentration Risk (Details) - Geographic concentration	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Approximate total acres
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)			100.00%	100.00%
Approximate total acres | Cornbelt
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)			27.30%	28.10%
Approximate total acres | Delta and South
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)			20.40%	17.80%
Approximate total acres | High Plains
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)			18.80%	18.90%
Approximate total acres | Southeast
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)			26.10%	27.80%
Approximate total acres | West Coast
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)			7.40%	7.40%
Rental income
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Rental income | Cornbelt
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)	39.50%	35.40%	36.80%	33.70%
Rental income | Delta and South
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)	9.50%	11.30%	10.60%	10.70%
Rental income | High Plains
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)	10.00%	6.10%	8.00%	7.00%
Rental income | Southeast
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)	25.70%	25.90%	27.30%	24.60%
Rental income | West Coast
Concentration Risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)	15.30%	21.30%	17.30%	24.00%

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Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 20, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jul. 16, 2021	Jul. 21, 2015
American Agriculture Aviation, LLC | Lease origination costs
Related Party Transactions
Related party, transaction amount		$ 50	$ 40	$ 90	$ 50
Opportunity Zone Fund LLC | Subsequent Event
Related Party Transactions
Noncontrolling ownership interest (as a percent)						7.60%
Paul A. Pittman | American Agriculture Aviation, LLC
Related Party Transactions
Related party transaction, percentage of ownership interest held by related party							100.00%
Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I, LLC
Related Party Transactions
Management fee		$ 50		$ 600
Gross Book Value Less Than $50 Million | Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I, LLC
Related Party Transactions
Percentage of gross book value	0.85%
Gross book value	$ 50,000
Gross Book Value $50 Million or More | Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I, LLC
Related Party Transactions
Percentage of gross book value	0.80%
Gross book value	$ 50,000

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Real Estate (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) property item	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) property item
Farms acquired and allocation of purchase price
Number of acquisitions | item	4	2
Number of properties acquired | property	4	4
Aggregate purchase price	$ 1,000	$ 1,400
Consideration paid in cash		900
Reduction in notes receivable and related interest through the acquisition of collateralized property.	14,000	500
Intangible assets acquired	$ 0	$ 0
Number of dispositions | property	7	3
Number of properties sold | property	15	4
Proceeds from sale of real estate	$ 28,600	$ 7,500
Convertible notes receivable	2,428
Aggregate gain on sale	$ 3,500	$ 800

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Notes Receivable (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Credit loss expense	$ 0	$ 50	$ 0	$ 50
Total outstanding principal	2,358		2,358			$ 2,364
Interest receivable (net prepaid interest)	314		314			277
Provision for interest receivable	(232)		(232)			(293)
Total notes and interest receivable	2,440		2,440			2,348
Convertible notes receivable	2,428		2,428
Notes receivable	2,400		2,400			2,400
Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I, LLC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Convertible notes receivable	2,400		2,400		$ 2,400
Mortgage Note Maturing on 12/7/2028
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total outstanding principal	$ 223		$ 223			229
Mortgage Note Maturing on 12/7/2028 | Colorado
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of additional properties | property	2		2
Mortgage Note Maturing on 3/16/2022
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total outstanding principal	$ 2,135		$ 2,135			2,135
Mortgage Note Maturing on 3/16/2022 | Colorado
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of additional properties | property	2		2
FPI Loan Program
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Expected credit losses	$ 0		$ 0			$ 0
FPI Loan Program | Minimum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal amounts							$ 100
FPI Loan Program | Maximum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term			6 years

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Mortgage Notes, Lines of Credit and Bonds Payable (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 28, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 502,210	$ 508,185
Debt issuance costs		(1,505)	(1,560)
Mortgage notes and bonds payable, net		500,705	506,625
Book value of collateral		1,061,169
Accumulated amortization of deferred financing fees		1,500	1,300
Farmer Mac Facility | Secured notes
Mortgage notes payable
Outstanding debt		$ 25,000	25,000
Farmer Mac Facility | Secured notes | Minimum
Mortgage notes payable
Fixed charge coverage ratio		1.50
Farmer Mac Facility | Secured notes | Maximum
Mortgage notes payable
Leverage ratio (as a percent)		60.00%
MetLife | Term Loan
Mortgage notes payable
Outstanding debt		$ 291,800	308,800
Maximum loan to value ratio		60.00%
Rutledge Credit Facilities
Mortgage notes payable
Outstanding debt		$ 112,000	112,000
Remaining borrowing capacity		0
Farmer Mac Bond #6
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 13,827	13,827
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.69%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		3.69%
Book value of collateral		$ 21,438
Farmer Mac Bond #7
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 11,160	11,160
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.68%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		3.68%
Book value of collateral		$ 18,570
MetLife Term Loan #1
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 83,205	85,188
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.30%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		3.30%
Book value of collateral		$ 186,805
MetLife Term Loan #2
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 16,000	16,000
Interest rate (as a percent)		4.27%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		4.27%
Book value of collateral		$ 32,323
MetLife Term Loan #3
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 16,800	21,000
Interest rate (as a percent)		4.27%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		4.27%
Book value of collateral		$ 26,141
MetLife Term Loan #4
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 13,016	15,685
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.30%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		3.30%
Book value of collateral		$ 25,689
MetLife Term Loan #5
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 6,779	8,379
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.50%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		3.50%
Book value of collateral		$ 10,021
MetLife Term Loan #6
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 27,158	27,158
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.45%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		3.45%
Book value of collateral		$ 58,087
MetLife Term Loan #7
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 16,198	17,153
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.20%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		3.20%
Book value of collateral		$ 36,391
MetLife Term Loan #8
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 44,000	44,000
Interest rate (as a percent)		4.12%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		4.12%
Book value of collateral		$ 110,042
Metlife Term Loan #9
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 16,800	21,000
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.20%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		3.20%
Book value of collateral		$ 39,005
Metlife Term Loan #10
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 51,808	53,277
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.00%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		3.00%
Book value of collateral		$ 109,208
Farm Credit of Central Florida | Secured notes
Mortgage notes payable
Outstanding debt		0	0
Amount drawn down		5,000	5,000
Rabobank
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 59,459	62,358
Interest Rate (as a percent)		1.81%
Book value of collateral		$ 29,857
Rabobank | Secured notes
Mortgage notes payable
Outstanding debt		$ 59,500	62,400
Rabobank | LIBOR
Mortgage notes payable
Margin added to reference rate (as a percent)		1.70%
Rutledge Note Payable#1
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 17,000	17,000
Interest Rate (as a percent)		1.49%
Book value of collateral		$ 40,538
Rutledge Note Payable#1 | 3 month LIBOR
Mortgage notes payable
Margin added to reference rate (as a percent)		1.30%
Rutledge Note Payable#2
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 25,000	25,000
Interest Rate (as a percent)		1.49%
Book value of collateral		$ 48,164
Rutledge Note Payable#2 | 3 month LIBOR
Mortgage notes payable
Margin added to reference rate (as a percent)		1.30%
Rutledge Note Payable#3
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 25,000	25,000
Interest Rate (as a percent)		1.49%
Book value of collateral		$ 29,302
Rutledge Note Payable#3 | 3 month LIBOR
Mortgage notes payable
Margin added to reference rate (as a percent)		1.30%
Rutledge Note Payable#4
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 15,000	15,000
Interest Rate (as a percent)		1.49%
Book value of collateral		$ 83,809
Rutledge Note Payable#4 | 3 month LIBOR
Mortgage notes payable
Margin added to reference rate (as a percent)		1.30%
Rutledge Note Payable#5
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 30,000	$ 30,000
Interest Rate (as a percent)		1.49%
Book value of collateral		$ 128,892
Rutledge Note Payable#5 | 3 month LIBOR
Mortgage notes payable
Margin added to reference rate (as a percent)		1.30%
Jefferson Bank Bridge Loan
Mortgage notes payable
Principal outstanding		$ 14,000
Interest rate (as a percent)		6.25%
Interest Rate (as a percent)		6.25%
Book value of collateral		$ 26,887
Real estate purchase agreement, seller reimbursement, interest rate	3.00%
Real estate purchase agreement, threshold loan principal for which interest is reimbursed By seller	$ 13,500
Real estate purchase agreement, period for which interest on loan Is reimbursed by seller	90 days
Jefferson Bank Bridge Loan | Secured notes
Mortgage notes payable
Outstanding debt		$ 14,000

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Mortgage Notes, Lines of Credit and Bonds Payable - Aggregate Maturities and Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Aggregate maturities of long-term debt
2021 (remaining six months)	$ 14,000
2022	112,000
2024	2,100
2025	27,087
Thereafter	347,023
Total	502,210
Level 3 | Mortgage notes payable | Fair value
Aggregate maturities of long-term debt
Fair value of debt	$ 517,900	$ 535,100

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details)			1 Months Ended							3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 04, 2020 USD ($) a property	Jun. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payment, Due [Abstract]
Monthly payment amount		$ 10,032	$ 13,042		$ 12,373	$ 10,701	$ 10,534	$ 10,366	$ 10,200
Total Lease Cost										$ 40,000.00	$ 30,000.00	$ 80,000.00	$ 60,000.00
Remaining lease term of operating lease										15 months		15 months
Operating lease discount rate										3.35%		3.35%
2021 (remaining six months)										$ 64,000		$ 64,000
2022										117,000		117,000
Total future minimum lease payments										181,000		181,000
Approximate percentage of prior decline in common stock price													40.00%
Repurchase option agreement
Farms acquired and allocation of purchase price
Number of sellers property exercised | property	1
Number of acres sold | a	2,860
Proceeds from Sale of Land Held-for-use	$ 2,900,000			$ 300,000
Net book value of assets with unexercised options										8,000,000.0		8,000,000.0
Net book value of assets with exercised repurchase options										$ 15,800,000		$ 15,800,000

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Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests - Distributions (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 shares
The Operating Partnership
Shareholders' Equity
Parent ownership interest (as a percent)	95.40%		94.90%
Common Units | Operating Partnership
Shareholders' Equity
Parent ownership interest (as a percent)	95.40%
Common stock
Shareholders' Equity
Common stock issued (in shares)	158,705		265,000
Common stock upon redemption (in shares)	158,705		265,000
Non-controlling Interests in Operating Partnership | Operating Partnership
Shareholders' Equity
Increase (decrease) to non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership | $	$ 0.1	$ 0.3
Pittman Hough Farms | The Operating Partnership
Shareholders' Equity
Noncontrolling ownership interest (as a percent)	4.60%		5.10%
Pittman Hough Farms | Common Units | Operating Partnership
Shareholders' Equity
Ratio for conversion into common shares	1
Redeemable Common Units | Common Units
Shareholders' Equity
OP units outstanding for redemption	1,500,000		1,600,000

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Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests - Redeemable non-controlling interest (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands									3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 15, 2021 $ / shares	Apr. 15, 2021 $ / shares	Jan. 15, 2021 $ / shares	Oct. 15, 2020 $ / shares	Jul. 15, 2020 $ / shares	Apr. 15, 2020 $ / shares	Aug. 17, 2017 $ / shares shares	Mar. 02, 2016 $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Aug. 10, 2017 shares
Change in redeemable non-controlling interest
Opening balance											$ 120,510
Ending balance									$ 118,755		$ 118,755		$ 120,510
Par value | $ / shares									$ 0.01		$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Series B Participating Preferred Stock									$ 139,116		$ 139,116		$ 139,766
Dividends declared per common share | $ / shares	$ 0.0500	$ 0.0500	$ 0.0500	$ 0.0500	$ 0.0500	$ 0.0500			$ 0.05	$ 0.05	$ 0.1000	$ 0.10	$ 0.2000
Redeemable Preferred OP Units | Preferred Share
Change in redeemable non-controlling interest
Opening balance											$ 120,510	$ 120,510	$ 120,510
Opening balance (in shares) | shares											117,000	117,000	117,000
Distributions paid to non-controlling interest											$ (3,510)	$ (3,510)
Accrued distributions to non-controlling interest											1,755	1,755
Ending balance									$ 118,755	$ 118,755	$ 118,755	$ 118,755	$ 120,510
Ending balance (in shares) | shares									117,000	117,000	117,000	117,000	117,000
Series A Preferred Units
Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests
Percentage of preferential cash distribution								3.00%
Liquidation preference | $ / shares								$ 1,000
Ratio of OP units redeemable into common stock											1
Number of trading days											20 days
Change in redeemable non-controlling interest
Percentage of cumulative preferential dividends											3.00%
Distributions payable											$ 1,800
Series A Preferred Units | Asset acquisition
Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests
Liquidation value									$ 118,800		$ 118,800		$ 120,500
Series A Preferred Units | Asset acquisition | Illinois
Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests
Issuance of Common units as partial consideration for asset acquisition (in shares) | shares								117,000
Series B Participating Preferred Stock
Change in redeemable non-controlling interest
Shares issued under underwriting agreement | shares							6,037,500							6,037,500
Common stock, issue price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares							$ 25.00
Par value | $ / shares							$ 0.01
Preference dividend (as a percent)							6.00%
Liquidation preference | $ / shares							$ 25
Percentage of cumulative change in the estimated value of farmland							50.00%
Final liquidation preference, percentage cap on total return							9.00%
Number of preceding years considered in redemption price calculation											4 years
Constant percentage											50.00%
USDA FVA annual adjustment amount per share of Series B Participating Preferred Stock | $ / shares											$ 0.80

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Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests - Share Repurchase Program (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			6 Months Ended
	Nov. 07, 2020	Aug. 01, 2018	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 15, 2017
Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests
Increase in number of authorized shares	50,000,000	30,000,000
Payments for repurchase of shares				$ 3,196
Share repurchase
Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests
Amount of shares that can be repurchased			$ 40,500
Share repurchase | Common stock
Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests
Shares repurchased (in shares)			0
Share repurchase | Series B Preferred Stock
Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests
Shares repurchased (in shares)			25,073
Payments for repurchase of shares			$ 700
Shares repurchased, weighted average price (in dollars per share)			$ 25.92
Maximum | Share repurchase
Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests
Amount approved for share repurchase program					$ 25,000

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Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests - Summary of the non-vested Restricted Stock (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 07, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	May 14, 2021	May 07, 2021
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Increase (decrease) in share-based compensation				$ 0
Proceeds from issuance of common stock				25,301
Deferred offering costs incurred				200	$ 0
Deferred offering costs		$ 75		$ 75		$ 0
ATM Program
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Stock offering, maximum sales value							$ 50,000
Issuance of stock (in shares)				1,954,293
Gross proceeds				$ 25,600
Net proceeds				$ 25,300
Restricted Stock Awards
Number of Shares
Unvested at the beginning of the period (in shares)				316,000
Granted (in shares)				129,000
Vested (in shares)				(160,000)
Unvested at the end of the period (in shares)		285,000		285,000		316,000
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share)				$ 6.46
Granted (in dollars per share)				11.73
Vested (in dollars per share)				6.68
Unvested at the end of the period (in dollars per share)		$ 8.72		$ 8.72		$ 6.46
Share-based compensation expense		$ 300	$ 300	$ 600	$ 500
Total unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested stock awards		$ 2,100		$ 2,100		$ 1,100
Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation costs is expected to be recognized				1 year 10 months 24 days
Restricted Stock Awards | Third Amended Plan
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Maximum shares of common stock to be issued								1,900,000
Number of shares available for future grant		800,000		800,000
Subsequent Event | ATM Program
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Issuance of stock (in shares)	5,219
Proceeds from issuance of common stock	$ 100

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Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests - Earnings per share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to Farmland Partners Inc.	$ (2,735)	$ 162	$ (375)	$ 556
Less: Nonforfeitable distributions allocated to unvested restricted shares	(14)	(16)	(28)	(32)
Net loss available to common stockholders of Farmland Partners Inc.	$ (5,804)	$ (2,942)	$ (6,523)	$ (5,679)
Denominator:
Weighted-average number of common shares - basic (in shares)	31,072	29,433	30,747	29,485
Weighted-average number of common shares - diluted (in shares)	31,072	29,433	30,747	29,485
Income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders - basic	$ (0.19)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.21)	$ (0.19)
Preferred Units
Numerator:
Less: Distributions and dividends	$ (3,055)	$ (3,088)	$ (6,120)	$ (6,203)

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Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests - Units held by the non-controlling interest (Details) - shares shares in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Compensation-related shares
Excluded from diluted earnings per share calculation
Anti-dilutive compensation-related shares outstanding	0.3	0.3
Operating Partnership
Excluded from diluted earnings per share calculation
Weighted average number of OP units	1.5	1.9

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Stockholders' Equity and Non-controlling Interests - Equity awards and units outstanding (Details) - shares	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Equity awards and units outstanding	34,291	32,210
Restricted Stock Awards
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Equity awards and units outstanding	285	316
Common Units
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Equity awards and units outstanding	1,480	1,639
Common stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Equity awards and units outstanding	32,526	30,255

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Hedge Accounting (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Derivative Contracts
Fair value of derivative instruments	$ 1,738		$ 1,738		$ 2,899
Movements in other comprehensive income
Beginning accumulated derivative instrument gain or loss			(2,380)	$ (1,644)	(1,644)
Net change associated with current period hedging activities	(266)	$ (400)	942	(1,983)	(1,582)
Amortization of frozen AOCI on de-designated hedge	236	247	530	247	846
Closing accumulated derivative instrument gain or loss	(908)		$ (908)		$ (2,380)
Interest Rate Swap
Derivative Contracts
Derivative term of contract			6 years
Notional amount	33,200		$ 33,200
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Interest rate contract
Derivative Contracts
Amount of Gain / (Loss) reclassified in OCI on derivative	200	(200)	(500)	(200)
Hedging transactions, net change	0	$ (200)	1,500	$ (1,700)
Amortization of frozen Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	$ 200		$ 500
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Cash Flow Hedging | Interest Rate Swap
Derivative Contracts
Derivative term of contract			6 years
Percentage of debt outstanding amount covered by hedging	50.00%		50.00%
Terminated hedge fair value	$ 2,600		$ 2,600
Terminated hedge, amortization period			6 years
Hedge termination fees	100		$ 200
Notional amount	33,200		33,200
Movements in other comprehensive income
Amortization of frozen AOCI on de-designated hedge	200		500
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Cash Flow Hedging | Interest Rate Swap | Derivative liability
Derivative Contracts
Fair value of derivative instruments	$ 1,738		$ 1,738

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands						6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 07, 2021	Aug. 04, 2021	Jul. 26, 2021	Jul. 16, 2021	Aug. 17, 2017	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jul. 27, 2021
Subsequent Events
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock						$ 25,301
Notes and interest receivable, net						$ 2,440	$ 2,348
ATM Program
Subsequent Events
Common stock issued (in shares)						1,954,293
Common stock
Subsequent Events
Common stock issued (in shares)						158,705	265,000
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Events
Payments to acquire farms			$ 1,000
Value of conversion				$ 2,400
Subsequent Event | ATM Program
Subsequent Events
Common stock issued (in shares)	5,219
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock	$ 100
Subsequent Event | Opportunity Zone Fund LLC
Subsequent Events
Noncontrolling ownership interest (as a percent)				7.60%
Subsequent Event | FPI Loan Program
Subsequent Events
Notes and interest receivable, net								$ 1,600
Series B Participating Preferred Stock
Subsequent Events
Preference dividend (as a percent)					6.00%
Series B Participating Preferred Stock | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Events
Dividend declared (per share)		$ 0.3750
Preference dividend (as a percent)		6.00%
Common Units | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Events
Dividend declared (per share)		$ 0.05