Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

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Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

Trade name	Farmer Mac
Traded as	NYSE: AGM NYSE: AGM.A Russell 2000 Component (AGM)
Founded	1988 (1988) in Washington, D.C.
Headquarters	2100 Pennsylvania Ave NW Ste 450N, Washington, D.C. , United States of America
Website	www.farmermac.com

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, also known as Farmer Mac, is a stockholder-owned, publicly traded company that was chartered by the United States federal government in 1988 to serve as a secondary market in agricultural loans such as mortgages for agricultural real estate and rural housing. The company purchases loans from agricultural lenders, and sells instruments backed by those loans. The company also works with the United States Department of Agriculture. It is based in Washington, D.C.