FARMER MAC MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP
S-3/A, 1998-08-26
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   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission On August 26, 1998
                           Registration No. 333-26073

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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                   FORM S-3
                       (Post-Effective Amendment No. 2)
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                             FARMER MAC MORTGAGE
                            SECURITIES CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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           Delaware                                               52-1779791
 (State or other jurisdiction                                (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or                                    Identification No.)
        organization)
                            919 18th Street, N.W.
                            Washington, D.C. 20006
                                (202) 872-7700

  (Address        including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                  of registrant's principal executive offices)

                             --------------------
                               Henry D. Edelman
                  Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation
                            919 18th Street, N.W.
                            Washington, D.C. 20006
                                (202) 872-7700

(Name, address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                            of agent for service)
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                                  Copies to:
     Richard A. Steinwurtzel                         Michael T. Bennett
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver                     Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
  & Jacobson                                        Corporation
 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 800               919 18th Street, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20004-2505                     Washington, D.C. 20006
     (202) 639-7120                                    (202) 872-7700
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   Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to
time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

   If the only  securities  being  registered  on this  Form are  being  offered
pursuant to dividend or interest  reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [ ]

   If any of the  securities  being  registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or  continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities
Act of 1933, other than securities  offered only in connection with a dividend
or interest reinvestment plan, please check the following box.   [X]

   If this  Form is filed to  register  additional  securities  for an  offering
pursuant to Rule  462(b)  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  please  check the
following box and list the Securities Act of 1933 registration  statement number
of the earlier  effective  registration  statement  for the same  offering.  [ ]
_____________

   If this Form is a  post-effective  amendment  filed  pursuant  to Rule 462(c)
under  the  Securities  Act of  1933,  check  the  following  box and  list  the
Securities Act of 1933  registration  statement number of the earlier  effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ] _____________

   If delivery of the  prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box.   [  ]
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                               EXPLANATORY NOTE

      This  Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 1 is filed solely to amend Item 16,
Exhibit  23.3.  Pursuant to Rule  462(d),  this  Post-Effective  Amendment  is
effective upon filing.



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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
      (a)  Exhibits


  Exhibit
  Number          Description

   *1.1     Proposed Form of Underwriting Agreement
   *4.1     Proposed Form of Master Central Servicing Agreement
   *4.2     Proposed Form of Loan Sale Agreement
   *4.3     Proposed Form of Trust Agreement - Grantor Trusts
   *4.4     Proposed Form of Trust Agreement - REMIC Trusts
   *5.1     Opinion of General Counsel of the Registrant
   *8.1     Opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
            as to tax matters
  *23.1     The consent of the General Counsel of the Registrant
            is contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1
            hereto.
  *23.2     The consent of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson is contained
            in the opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1 hereto.
   23.3     Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
  *24.1     Power of Attorney


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*     Previously filed.






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                                  SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-3 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in Washington, D.C., on the 26th day of August, 1998.

                        FARMER MAC MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORPORATION

                        By:
                              /s/ Henry D. Edelman____________________________
                                  Henry D. Edelman
                                  President


      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  or amendment  thereto has been signed by the  following
persons in the capacities on this 26th day of August 1998.



  /s/ Henry D. Edelman
    Henry D. Edelman     President and Director               August 26, 1998
                         (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Christopher A. Dunn
  Christopher A. Dunn    Vice President and Director          August 26, 1998

 /s/ Nancy E. Corsiglia
   Nancy E. Corsiglia    Vice President, Treasurer and        August 26, 1998
                         Director
                         (Principal Financial and
                         Accounting Officer)





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                                EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.        Description

    *1.1     Proposed Form of Underwriting Agreement

    *4.1     Proposed Form of Master Central Servicing Agreement

    *4.2     Proposed Form of Loan Sale Agreement

    *4.3     Proposed Form of Trust Agreement - Grantor Trusts

    *4.4     Proposed Form of Trust Agreement - REMIC Trusts

    *5.1     Opinion of General Counsel of the Registrant

    *8.1     Opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
             Jacobson as to tax matters

   *23.1     The consent of the General Counsel of the
             Registrant is contained in the opinion filed as
             Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
   *23.2     The  consent  of  Fried,  Frank,  Harris,  Shriver  &  Jacobson  is
             contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1 hereto.
    23.3     Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

   *24.1     Power of Attorney.


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*  Previously filed.

                                                                    0140337.01



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KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
2001 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20036










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 4 in the Prospectus dated May 22, 1997.


                                    KPMG Peat Marwick LLP



Washington, D.C.
May 22, 1997


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