Farmer Mac Declares 1st Common Dividend

The board of directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Washington, has for the first time declared a quarterly dividend on its three classes of common stock.The Farmer Mac board declared a dividend of $0.10 per share of class A and class B voting common stock and class C nonvoting common stock. The dividend will be payable on Dec. 31 to stockholders of record as of Dec. 15. The board also declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.80 per share on the corporation's 6.40% cumulative preferred stock, series A.