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Table of Contents ( Mark One ) ✓ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Maryland ( State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization ) For the transition period from to Commission file number 001-36405 FARMLAND PARTNERS INC . ( Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter ) 4600 South Syracuse Street , Suite 1450 Denver , Colorado ( Address of Principal Executive Offices ) Title of Each Class Common Stock , $ 0.01 par value per share 6.00 % Series B Participating Preferred Stock , $ 0.01 par value per share Registrant's Telephone Number , Including Area Code ( 720 ) 452-3100 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : 46-3769850 ( IRS Employer Identification No. ) 80237 ( Zip Code ) Name Of Each Exchange On Which Registered New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes No Accelerated filer Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( § 232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Non - accelerated filer Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . Yes No As of June 30 , 2020 , the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter , the aggregate market value of the registrant's common stock held by non - affiliates of the registrant was approximately $ 202,732,210 based on the closing sales price of $ 6.85 per share as reported on the New York Stock Exchange . ( For purposes of this calculation all of the registrant's directors and executive officers are deemed affiliates of the registrant . ) As of March 15 , 2021 , the registrant had 30,727,371 shares of common stock ( 32,207,458 on a fully diluted basis , including 1,480,087 Common Units of limited partnership interests in the registrant's operating partnership ) held by non - affiliates of the registrant outstanding for an aggregate market value of $ 434,485,026 ( $ 455,413,456 on a fully diluted basis ) based on the closing sales price of $ 14.14 on the New York Stock Exchange on March 15 , 2021 . Documents Incorporated by Reference Portions of the registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement relating to its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report . The registrant expects to file its Definitive Proxy Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31 , 2020 .