<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000845877-24-000019.txt : 20240214
<SEC-HEADER>0000845877-24-000019.hdr.sgml : 20240214
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20240214172454
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000845877-24-000019
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20231231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240214

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORDHOLM BRADFORD T
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001391468
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14951
		FILM NUMBER:		24640724

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O FARMER MAC 1999 K STREET N.W.
		STREET 2:		FOURTH FLOOR
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20006

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000845877
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FEDERAL & FEDERALLY-SPONSORED CREDIT AGENCIES [6111]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				521578738
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1999 K STREET NW,
		STREET 2:		4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20006
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2028727700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1999 K STREET NW,
		STREET 2:		4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20006
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<TYPE>5
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 5
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    <documentType>5</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2023-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>1</form4TransactionsReported>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000845877</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AGM</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001391468</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>NORDHOLM BRADFORD T</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FARMER MAC, 1999 K STREET NW</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>FOURTH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WASHINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>DC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>20006</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class C Non-Voting Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2023-06-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value>L</value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>123.151</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>143.45</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>44033.151</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class C Non-Voting Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2023-09-29</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value>L</value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>60.2996</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>158.40</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>44093.4506</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reported transaction involves an acquisition of common stock through an automatic broker dividend investment plan, executed by a broker managing the Reporting Person's managed investment account. Due to an administrative error, a Form 4 was not timely filed for these purchases. All short swing profits earned by the Reporting Person as a result of these shares purchased pursuant to the automatic broker dividend investment plan have been disgorged to the Issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 31,426 unvested restricted stock units previously granted under Farmer Mac's Amended and Restated 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan. These grants of restricted stock units to the reporting person have been described in detail in the reporting person's prior filings under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Stephen P. Mullery, as attorney-in-fact for Bradford T. Nordholm</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-02-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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