FARMER MAC MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP
8-K, 1997-12-02
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


               Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                               November 26, 1997


                  Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



        Delaware                     333-26073             52-1779791
 (State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)             File Number)          Identification No.)


   919 18th Street, N.W.                                     20006
    Washington, D.C.                                       (Zip Code)
   (Address of Principal
    Executive Offices)

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

                                    No Change
         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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      Item 5.       Other Events

      A.  The  Registrant   registered  issuances  of  Guaranteed   Agricultural
Mortgage-Backed Securities on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415
under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the "Act"),  by a  Registration
Statement  on Form  S-3  (Registration  File  No.  333-26073)(the  "Registration
Statement").  Pursuant to the  Registration  Statement,  the  Registrant  issued
approximately  $24,578,798  in  aggregate  principal  amount  of its  Guaranteed
Agricultural Mortgage-Backed Securities, Series 11/26/97 (the "Certificates") on
November 26, 1997.  This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to satisfy an
undertaking,  in  connection  with the  Prospectus  dated  May 22,  1997 and the
Prospectus  Supplement  dated  November  21,  1997,  to file a copy of the Issue
Supplement, attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3.4, and a copy of the Terms Agreement,
attached  hereto as Exhibit 1.1.4.  In addition,  the  Registrant is filing,  as
Exhibit 23.3.4 attached hereto, a consent by KPMG Peat Marwick LLP to the use of
their report  incorporated  into the Registration  Statement by reference and to
the reference to KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as experts on page S-3 of the  Prospectus
Supplement.

      The  Certificates  were  issued  pursuant to a Trust  Agreement  (filed as
Exhibit  4.3 to the  Registration  Statement),  dated as of June 1,  1996  among
Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation,  as Depositor,  Federal Agricultural
Mortgage Corporation, as Guarantor, and First Trust National Association,  N.A.,
as Trustee, as supplemented by an Issue Supplement, dated
as of November 1, 1997.


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      Item 7. Financial Statements; Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

      (a)   Not applicable.

      (b)   Not applicable.

      (c)   Exhibits:

                  1.1.4.      Terms  Agreement,  dated as of November  21, 1997,
                              among Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities  Corporation,
                              Federal  Agricultural   Mortgage  Corporation  and
                              Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.

                  4.3.4.      Issue  Supplement,  dated as of  November 1, 1997,
                              among Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities  Corporation,
                              as  Depositor,   Federal   Agricultural   Mortgage
                              Corporation,   as   Guarantor,   and  First  Trust
                              National Association, N.A., as Trustee.

                 23.3.3.      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.




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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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                    FARMER MAC MORTGAGE SECURITIES
                                       CORPORATION



                                    By:         /s/ Christopher A. Dunn
                                        Name:   Christopher Dunn
                                        Title:  Vice President




Dated:  December 2, 1997






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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX




Exhibit No.                   Description                           Page No.


1.1.4.                        Terms Agreement.

4.3.4.                        Issue Supplement.

23.3.4.                       Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP




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                                                                   EXHIBIT 1.1.4
                                 Terms Agreement


<PAGE>


                  
                                                                       EXECUTION


                  FARMER MAC MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORPORATION
              Guaranteed Agricultural Mortgage-Backed Securities
                                 Series 11/26/97
          Guaranteed by the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

                                 TERMS AGREEMENT
                           (to Underwriting Agreement,
                              dated June 26, 1996,
               among the Company, Farmer Mac and the Underwriter)


Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation                   November 21, 1997
919 18th Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20006

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
919 18th Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20006

            Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (the "Underwriter")  agrees, subject to the
terms and  provisions  herein and of the captioned  Underwriting  Agreement (the
"Underwriting   Agreement"),   to  purchase   the  Classes  of  Series   9/24/97
Certificates specified in Section 1(a) hereof (the "Offered Certificates"). This
Terms Agreement supplements and modifies the Underwriting Agreement solely as it
relates to the purchase and sale of the Offered  Certificates  described  below.
The Series 11/26/97 Certificates are registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  by means of an effective  Registration  Statement  (No.  333-26073).
Capitalized  terms used and not defined  herein have the meanings  given them in
the Underwriting Agreement or Trust Agreement, as applicable.

     Section 1. The Qualified  Loan Pools:  The Qualified  Loan Pools shall have
the characteristics described in the Prospectus Supplement.

     Section 2. The Certificates:  The Offered  Certificates  shall be issued as
follows:

            (a)  Classes:  The  Offered  Certificates  shall be issued  with the
      following  Class  designations,  interest  rates and  principal  balances,
      subject in the  aggregate  to the variance  referred to in the  Prospectus
      Supplement:


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                             Class Purchase
       Class        Original Principal    Pass-Through       Price Percentage
                          Amount              Rate       (net of Underwriting fees)
   <S>               <C>                     <C>              <C>    

    Pool AM1002       $  4,077,198            (1)              101.187500%
    Pool AS1018          9,800,000            (1)              101.281250
    Pool CS1014          9,256,000            (1)              100.359375
    Pool GS1001          1,445,600            (1)              100.265625
</TABLE>


(1)   On each applicable Distribution Date, the Pass-Through Rate for each Class
      of Certificates  will be a rate per annum equal to the weighted average of
      the Net Mortgage Rates for the Qualified  Loans in the related Pool. It is
      expected  that the  Pass-Through  Rates for the initial  Interest  Accrual
      Periods for each Class of  Certificates  will be as follows:  Pool AM1002,
      6.922%;  AS1018, 7.177%; Pool CS1014, 6.917%; and Pool GS1001, 7.024%, per
      annum.

            (b) The Offered  Certificates shall have such other  characteristics
      as described in the related Final Prospectus.

            Section 3. Purchase Price:  The Purchase Price for each Class of the
Offered  Certificates shall be the Class Purchase Price Percentage  therefor (as
set forth in Section 2(a) above) plus accrued interest at the applicable initial
Pass-Through  Rate per annum of each such Class from and  including  the Cut-off
Date up to, but not including, September 24, 1997 (the "Closing Date").

      In the event that proceeds to the Underwriter from its distribution of any
Class of  Certificates  exceed the applicable  Class  Purchase Price  Percentage
shown above, the Purchase Price for the applicable  Class of Certificates  shall
be increased according to the following formula:

            (a) With respect to Pool AM1002,  the Purchase  Price will equal (i)
      the applicable  Class Purchase Price  Percentage set forth in Section 2(a)
      above,  plus  (ii) the  difference  between  (x) the  actual  price of the
      applicable  Class of  Certificates  calculated  at the  spread to the then
      current  interpolated  Treasury  security yield having a remaining term to
      maturity  of 9.19  years and (y) the price of such  Class of  Certificates
      calculated at a spread of 0.75 % over such interpolated  Treasury security
      yield, less (iii) an underwriting spread of 0.375%;

            (b) With respect to Pool AS1018,  the Purchase  Price will equal (i)
      the applicable  Class Purchase Price  Percentage set forth in Section 2(a)
      above,  plus  (ii) the  difference  between  (x) the  actual  price of the
      applicable  Class of  Certificates  calculated  at the  spread to the then
      current  interpolated  Treasury  security yield having a remaining term to
      maturity  of 11.59  years and (y) the price of such Class of  Certificates
      calculated at a spread of 0.75% over such  interpolated  Treasury security
      yield, less (iii) an underwriting spread of 0.375%; and

            (c) With respect to Pool CS1014, the Purchase  Price  will equal (i)
      the applicable Class Purchase Price Percentage  set forth  in Section 2(a)
      above,  plus (ii) the  difference  between  (x)  the actual price  of  the
      applicable  Class of Certificates  calculated at  the spread  to the  then
      current interpolated  Treasury security yield  having a  remaining term to
      maturity of 4.63 years and (y) the price of  such  Class  of  Certificates
      calculated at a spread of 0.55% over such  interpolated  Treasury security
      yield, less (iii) an underwriting spread of 0.250%.

            (d) With  respect  to Pool GS1001, the Purchase Price will equal (i)
      the applicable Class Purchase  Price  Percentage  set  forth  in   Section
      2(a) above,  plus (ii) the difference between (x) the  actual  price  of  
      the  applicable  Class of Certificates calculated  at  the spread  to the 
      then current  interpolated   Treasury  security  yield having a remaining 
      term to maturity  of  6.02 years  and (y)  the  price of  such  Class  of 
      Certificates calculated   at  a  spread  of  0.65%  over such interpolated
      interpolated  Treasury security yield, less (iii) an  underwriting spread 
      of 0.375%.

            Section 4.  Tax Treatment:    No  election  will be made to  treat
the Trust Fund, or any portion thereof, as a REMIC.




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            If the foregoing is in  accordance  with your  understanding  of our
agreement,  please  sign and return to the  undersigned  a  counterpart  hereof,
whereupon this letter and your acceptance  shall  represent a binding  agreement
among the Underwriter, Farmer Mac and the Company.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.



                                    By:   /s/ Jeffrey Mayer
                                       Name:  Jeffrey Mayer
                                       Title:



The  foregoing  Agreement is hereby  confirmed and accepted as of the date first
above written.


FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
FARMER MAC MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORPORATION


By:   /s/ Christopher A. Dunn
  Name:   Christopher A. Dunn
  Title:  Vice President




<PAGE>



                                                                   EXHIBIT 4.3.4
                                Issue Supplement


<PAGE>


                                                                       EXECUTION



                   FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION

                                ISSUE SUPPLEMENT
                          Dated as of November 1, 1997

                               TO TRUST AGREEMENT
                               FOR GRANTOR TRUSTS
                            Dated as of June 1, 1996

                                       for

              GUARANTEED AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

      Series Designation                              Issue Date
       Series 11/26/97                              November 26, 1997


      THIS  ISSUE  SUPPLEMENT   accompanies  and  supplements  a  certain  Trust
Agreement for Grantor Trusts,  dated as of June 1, 1996 (the "Trust Agreement"),
among the Federal  Agricultural  Mortgage  Corporation,  a  federally  chartered
instrumentality  of the  United  States  ("Farmer  Mac"),  Farmer  Mac  Mortgage
Securities  Corporation,  a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Depositor") and First Trust National Association,  a
national  banking  association  (the  "Trustee").  Unless  otherwise  specified,
certain capitalized terms are defined in such Trust Agreement and shall have the
meanings so defined.

      The  collective  terms of such Trust  Agreement and this Issue  Supplement
shall govern the  composition  of the Trust Fund,  the  beneficial  ownership of
which is evidenced by the Series of Certificates  having the above  designation,
and have no  applicability  to any other Trust Fund.  If any  provision  of this
Issue  Supplement  conflicts  with  or  contradicts  a  provision  of the  Trust
Agreement, the provisions of this Issue Supplement shall control.

      The Depositor, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey
to the Trustee for the Holders of Certificates  evidencing  beneficial ownership
interests in the Trust Fund established hereby (i) all of the Depositor's right,
title and interest in and to the  Qualified  Loans  identified  in the Qualified
Loan Schedule attached as Schedule I hereto, including all payments of principal
and interest  thereon received after November 1, 1997 (the "Cut-Off Date") other
than  payments of principal  due and interest  accruing on or before the Cut-off
Date and (ii) all of the  Depositor's  rights,  as assignee of Farmer Mac, under
each  Loan  Sale  Agreement  providing  for  the  sale  of the  Qualified  Loans
identified  in the  Qualified  Loan  Schedule  attached  as  Schedule  I hereto,
including,  but not  limited to, the right to enforce  the  representations  and
warranties therein against the related Seller.

     Section 1. Certain Defined Terms Inapplicable.  The following terms defined
in Section 1.01 of the Trust Agreement shall have no applicability to the Series
of Certificates authorized hereby: "Class Notional Principal Balance," "Interest
Only  Certificates,"   "Interest  Only  Class,"  "Notional  Principal  Balance",
"Participation  Certificate",  "Special  Distribution  Date" and "Special Record
Date."

     Section 2. Certain Defined Terms Redefined.  The following terms defined in
Section 1.01 of the Trust Agreement are modified to have the following  meanings
for the Series of Certificates authorized hereby:

      Certificate: A Guaranteed Agricultural Mortgage-Backed Security, which, in
the case of all Classes of Certificates,  shall be issued in book-entry form and
maintained  in the name of a record  owner as an entry on the books of a Reserve
Bank under a designation specifying the Series, Class and denomination thereof.

     Certificate   Distribution   Amount:   With   respect  to  each  Class  and
Distribution Date, the sum of

            (a) all interest  accrued at the related  Certificate  Interest Rate
      during the preceding  Interest  Accrual Period for such Class on the Class
      Certificate   Principal   Balance  thereof   immediately   preceding  such
      Distribution Date; and

            (b) the Principal Distribution Amount on such date for the Qualified
      Loan Pool bearing the same alpha-numerical designation as such Class.

      Certificate  Interest  Rate:  For each  Class  and  Distribution  Date,  a
variable rate per annum equal to the weighted  average (by  Scheduled  Principal
Balance)  carried to three  decimal  places,  rounded  down, of the Net Mortgage
Rates of the  Qualified  Loans  in the  Qualified  Loan  Pool  bearing  the same
alpha-numerical designation as such Class.

      Certificate Principal Balance: As to any Certificate, prior to the related
initial  Distribution  Date, the  Denomination  thereof and,  subsequent to such
initial  Distribution  Date,  the  Denomination  thereof  multiplied by the then
applicable Certificate Principal Factor.

      Certificate  Principal  Factor:  As to any date of determination and as to
any  Class  of  Certificates,  a  fraction  the  numerator  of  which is (i) the
aggregate of the  Denominations of all Certificates of such Class minus (ii) the
aggregate  amount of all Principal  Distribution  Amounts,  if any,  distributed
thereto prior to such date of determination  and the denominator of which is the
aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of such Class.

     Certificateholder  or Holder: As to any  Certificates,  the record owner on
the appropriate Reserve Bank's books.

     Class  Certificate   Principal  Balance:  With  respect  to  any  Class  of
Certificates,  at any time, the aggregate of the Certificate  Principal Balances
of all Certificates of such Class.

      Distribution  Date: As to each Class, the 25th day of each month specified
in the table below (or if such 25th day is not a Business  Day, the Business Day
immediately following), commencing on the date specified:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                            Month of Each
        Class               Distribution Date        Initial Distribution Date

       <S>            <C>                          <C>  
                                                
        AM1002         Monthly                      December  25, 1997
        AS1018         January and July             January 25, 1998
        CS1014         January and July             January 25, 1998
        GS1001         January and July             January 25, 1998
</TABLE>

      Due Period: With respect to any Qualified Loan Pool and Distribution Date,
the period beginning  immediately following the preceding Due Period (or the day
immediately  following the Cut-Off Date in the case of the initial  Distribution
Date)  and  ending  on  and  including  the  first  day  of the  month  of  such
Distribution Date.

     Final  Distribution  Date: As to any Class, the Distribution Date specified
as such for such Class in Section 4 hereof.

     Prepayment  Period:  As to each Qualified Loan Pool and Distribution  Date,
the preceding Due Period for such Qualified Loan Pool.

     Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to each Qualified Loan Pool and
Distribution Date, the sum of

            (a) all Curtailments received with respect to the Qualified Loans in
      such Qualified Loan Pool during the preceding  Prepayment  Period for such
      Qualified Loan Pool;

            (b) the Scheduled  Principal  Balance of each Qualified Loan in such
      Qualified  Loan Pool which was the  subject of a Principal  Prepayment  in
      Full during the preceding  Prepayment  Period or which became a Liquidated
      Qualified Loan (or which was repurchased  from the Trust Fund as permitted
      or  required  pursuant  to the  Trust  Agreement)  during  such  preceding
      Prepayment Period for such Qualified Loan Pool;

            (c) the principal  component of each Installment  Payment (including
      any Balloon  Payment) due in respect of each  Qualified  Loan  included in
      such  Qualified  Loan  Pool  during  the  preceding  Due  Period  for such
      Qualified Loan Pool; and

            (d) if such Distribution Date is the Final Distribution Date for the
      related Class of Certificates,  any amount by which the Class  Certificate
      Principal  Balance therefor would be greater than zero after  distribution
      of the amounts specified in (a) - (c) above.

      Qualified Loan Schedule: As of any date of determination,  the schedule of
Qualified  Loans  included  in  the  Trust  Fund,  separately  identifying  each
Qualified Loan Pool, the Field  Servicer's Fee and  Administrative  Fee for each
Qualified Loan. The initial schedule is attached as Schedule I hereto.

     Section 3. Defined Terms Applicable to Issue  Supplement.  Whenever used in
this Issue Supplement,  the following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings:

     Administrative  Fee:  The  per  annum  rate  identified  as such  for  each
Qualified Loan set forth in the Qualified Loan Schedule.

      Central  Servicer:  With respect to any  Qualified  Loan either  Equitable
Agri-Business,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation,  or Zions First  National bank, a
national bank, as identified in the Qualified Loan Schedule.

     Central Servicing Fee Rate: An amount as described in the supplement to the
Servicing Contract between Farmer Mac and the applicable Central Servicer.
      Closing Date:  November 26, 1997.

      Collected Prepayment Premiums:  With respect to each Class of Certificates
and Distribution Date, the aggregate of Prepayment  Premiums received during the
preceding  Due Period by the Central  Servicer,  in each case, in respect of the
Qualified Loan Pool bearing the same alpha-numerical designation as such Class.

      Cut-Off Date: November 1, 1997.

     Field  Servicer's  Fee:  The per  annum  rate  identified  as such for each
Qualified Loan set forth in the Qualified Loan Schedule.

      Guarantee Fee:  0.50% per annum.

      Interest  Accrual  Period:  As to each Class and  Distribution  Date,  the
period from the first day of the month of the preceding Distribution Date (or in
the case of the initial Distribution Date for a Class, from the Cut-off Date) to
and including the last day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date.

      Liquidated Qualified Loan: Any defaulted Qualified Loan as to which Farmer
Mac has determined  that all amounts it expects to recover from or on account of
such Qualified Loan have been recovered.

      Net Mortgage  Rate: As to each  Qualified  Loan, the Mortgage Rate thereon
less the sum of (i) the Administrative Fee and (ii) the Field Servicer's Fee for
such loan.

      Net  Prepayment  Premium:  As to each  Qualified  Loan and each  Collected
Prepayment  Premium  recovered  thereon,  the amount of the  related  prepayment
premium or yield maintenance  charge calculated on the basis of the Net Mortgage
Rate rather than the Mortgage Interest Rate of the related Qualified Loan.

     Qualified Loan Pool: Each of the two groups of Qualified  Loans  identified
in the Qualified Loan Schedule.

      Termination Percentage:  One percent.

      Termination Price: The sum of 100% of the unpaid principal balance of each
outstanding  Qualified  Loan and any REO Qualified  Loan plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate (less any amounts  constituting
previously unreimbursed advances).

      Section 4. Classes of Certificates;  Distributions  on  Certificates.  The
Series  of  Certificates  authorized  by the  Trust  Agreement  and  this  Issue
Supplement  shall be divided into two Classes of  Certificates  having the terms
and provisions  hereinafter set forth.  The Class  designations,  original Class
Certificate Principal Balances and Final Distribution Dates shall be as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                  Original Class
           Designation          Certificate Principal         Final Distribution
                                      Balance                         Date

          <S>                 <C>                            <C>                                
           Class AM1002        $   4,077,198                  December 25, 2012
           Class AS1018            9,800,000                  January  25, 2013
           Class CS1014            9,256,000                  January  25, 2003
           Class GS1001            1,445,600                  January  25, 2008
</TABLE>
                                   

      On each  Distribution  Date for a Class of Certificates,  Farmer Mac shall
distribute the related  Certificate  Distribution  Amount and any Net Prepayment
Premiums  for  such  Class  to the  Certificateholders  of such  Class as of the
related  Record  Date.  Amounts  distributed  in  respect  of clause  (b) of the
definition of Certificate  Distribution  Amount shall be applied in reduction of
the Certificate Principal Balances of the Certificates. All distributions of the
Certificate  Distribution  Amount and any Net  Prepayment  Premiums  for a Class
shall be applied on a pro rata basis among the  Certificates of such Class.  Net
Prepayment Premiums shall not be applied to accrued  certificate  interest on or
to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of any Certificate.

      Section 5. Form and  Denominations.  The  Certificates  shall be issued in
book-entry form as provided in Section 3.02(a) of the Trust Agreement; interests
therein shall be held in minimum  Denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples
of $1 in excess thereof.

      Section  6.  Servicing   Compensation.   For  any  Distribution  Date,  as
compensation  for its activities and  obligations  under the Trust Agreement and
hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain the excess of (i) any
Collected  Prepayment Premium for such Distribution over (ii) any Net Prepayment
Premium for such Distribution Date.

     Section 7. Collection of Certain  Qualified Loan Payments.  Section 4.05 of
the Trust  Agreement is amended by restating  clause (v) thereof in its entirety
as follows:

             "(v) Any Net Prepayment Premiums collected on the Qualified Loans."

     Section  8.  Termination  of the  Trust  Fund.  Section  9.01 of the  Trust
Agreement is restated in its entirety as follows:

            "The respective  obligations and  responsibilities of Farmer Mac and
      the Trustee  created hereby shall  terminate upon the  distribution to all
      Holders of all amounts  required to be distributed  hereunder upon (i) the
      repurchase by Farmer Mac of all Qualified Loans and REO Property remaining
      in the Trust Fund at the Termination  Price, (ii) the final payment of the
      last  Qualified  Loan and/or REO Property  remaining in the Trust Fund; or
      (iii)  distribution  by Farmer Mac pursuant to the Farmer Mac Guarantee on
      the Final  Distribution  Date for the  Class of  Certificates  having  the
      latest Final Distribution Date of an amount sufficient to reduce the Class
      Certificate  Principal Balance of such Class to zero;  provided,  however,
      that in no event  shall any  trust  created  hereby  continue  beyond  the
      expiration  of 21 years from the death of the survivor of the  descendants
      of Joseph P. Kennedy,  the late ambassador of the United States of America
      to the Court of St. James's, living on the Cut-Off Date.

            The right of Farmer Mac to repurchase  all  Qualified  Loans and REO
      Property  in the Trust Fund  pursuant to clause (i) above shall be subject
      to the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances of the Qualified Loans being
      less than the Termination  Percentage of the Scheduled  Principal Balances
      thereof as of the Cut-Off Date. Any such repurchase  shall take place on a
      Distribution  Date for any then outstanding  Class  (regardless of whether
      such  Distribution  Date  constitutes  a  Distribution  Date  for all such
      Classes of Certificates), and the proceeds of any such repurchase shall be
      distributed to Holders of the applicable  Classes of  Certificates on such
      Distribution  Date,  pro rata, in the first instance in respect of accrued
      interest and then, as a distribution of principal.

            In  connection  with any such  termination,  Farmer  Mac shall  make
      available to financial publications and electronic services notice for the
      benefit  of  Holders  of   Certificates  to  the  effect  that  the  final
      distribution  will be made on the Distribution  Date therein  specified to
      Certificateholders of record on the applicable Record Date."

     Section 9.  Intended  Classification.  A new Section  11.06 is added to the
Trust Agreement as follows:

            "Section  11.06.  Intended  Classification.  It is intended that the
      Trust Fund be classified for federal income tax purposes as an `investment
      trust'  within  the  meaning of  Treasury  Regulation  301.7701-4(c),  and
      notwithstanding  anything to the contrary  herein,  the provisions of this
      Agreement  shall be applied and  interpreted in a manner  consistent  with
      such intention,  including,  without limitation, so as to circumscribe any
      right to  exercise  discretion  granted to Farmer Mac herein as to matters
      relating to the Qualified Loans."

                            * * * * * * * * * * *



<PAGE>


      IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,   the  parties  hereto  hereby  execute  this  Issue
Supplement, as of the day and year first above written.

                                          FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL
                                            MORTGAGE CORPORATION

                                          FARMER MAC MORTGAGE
                                            SECURITIES CORPORATION
 [SEAL]

                                          By:   /s/ Christopher A. Dunn
                                                Christopher A. Dunn
Attest:  Michael T. Bennett                     Vice President





                                          FIRST TRUST NATIONAL
                                            ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
[SEAL]

                                          By:   /s/ Eve D. Kaplan
Eve D. Kaplan
Attest: C. Hatfield                             Vice President





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                                                                  EXHIBIT 23.3.4

                        Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP



<PAGE>








The Board of Directors
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

We consent to the use of our report  incorporated herein by reference and to the
reference to our firm as experts on page S-3 of the Prospectus  Supplement dated
November 21, 1997.


                                          /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick

Washington, D.C.
November 21, 1997


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