8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 28, 2014

FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Federally chartered instrumentality of the United States	001-14951	52-1578738
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1999 K Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington D.C.		20006
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (202) 872-7700

No change

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01    Other Events.

On March 28, 2014, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (“Farmer Mac”) declared a dividend on Farmer Mac’s 6.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). The dividend of $0.105 per share is for the period from but not including March 25, 2014 to and including April 17, 2014 and will be payable on April 17, 2014 to holders of record of the Series B Preferred Stock as of April 7, 2014. Each share of Series B Preferred Stock has a par value and liquidation preference of $25.00 per share.

Information about the dividends is also included in the press release attached to this report as Exhibit 99.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits

99    Press Release, dated March 28, 2014

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 hereunto duly authorized.

FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION                    

By: /s/ R. Dale Lynch            

Name: R. Dale Lynch

Title: Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer

Dated: March 28, 2014

EX-99

NEWS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT

March 28, 2014                                Richard Eisenberg

(Investor Inquiries)

Christopher Bohanon

(Media Inquiries)

(202) 872-7700

Farmer Mac Declares Dividend on Series B Preferred Stock

Washington, D.C. — The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) today announced that it has declared a dividend on Farmer Mac’s 6.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B (NYSE: AGM.PR.B). The dividend of $0.105 per share of Series B Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock is for the period from but not including March 25, 2014 (the date of issuance of the Series B Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock) to and including April 17, 2014, and shall be payable on April 17, 2014 to holders of record of the Series B Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock as of April 7, 2014. Each share of Series B Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock has a par value and liquidation preference of $25.00 per share.

Farmer Mac is the stockholder-owned company created to deliver capital and increase lender competition for the benefit of American agriculture and rural communities. Farmer Mac's Class C non-voting and Class A voting common stocks, and its 5.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols AGM, AGM.A, and AGM.PR.A, respectively. Additional information about Farmer Mac is available on Farmer Mac’s website at www.farmermac.com.

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