UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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): November 30, 2016

FARMLAND PARTNERS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (720) 452-3100

Not Applicable

(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:

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Item 1.01.             Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 30, 2016, Farmland Partners Inc. (the “Company”) and Farmland Partners Operating Partnership, LP entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Robert W. Baird & Company, Incorporated, and Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A annexed thereto (the “Underwriters”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell 3,100,000 shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a public offering price of $11.25 per share. Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 465,000 shares of common stock. The common stock was offered and sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated November 30, 2016, and a base prospectus, dated May 14, 2015, relating to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-203798). A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary of the Underwriting Agreement set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 1.1.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

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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.

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Exhibit Index

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