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on May 7, 2025</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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Denver, CO</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>80237</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Fourth Amended and Restated Farmland Partners
Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Luca Fabbri</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Farmland Partners Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>4600 S. Syracuse Street, Suite 1450</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Denver, CO 80237</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(720) 452-3100</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Justin R. Salon</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>R. John Hensley</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">2100 L Street, NW, Suite 900</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20037</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(202) 887-1500</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 17.6pt">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 &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221;
and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 5%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&#120;</FONT></TD></TR>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">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 pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This registration statement is filed by Farmland
Partners Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) for the purpose of registering additional shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, $0.01
par value per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), under the Company&#8217;s Fourth Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
(the &#8220;Fourth Amended Plan&#8221;). On March 24, 2025, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;)
a definitive proxy statement that included a proposal to adopt the Fourth Amended Plan, which amends and restates the Company&#8217;s
Third Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan adopted on May 7, 2021 (the &#8220;Third Amended Plan&#8221;) in its entirety. The
Fourth Amended Plan, among other things, increases the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Third Amended
Plan by 500,000. The proposal to adopt the Fourth Amended Plan was approved by the Company&#8217;s stockholders on May 6, 2025. This registration
statement registers the 500,000 additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Fourth Amended Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The 500,000 additional shares of Common Stock available
for issuance under the Fourth Amended Plan registered pursuant to this registration statement are the same class as those registered on
the registration statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465921063882/tm2115335d3_s8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form S-8, which was filed with the Commission on May 10, 2021 (File No. 333-255962)</A>, the registration statement
on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465917029918/a17-12344_1s8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form S-8, which was filed with the Commission on May 4, 2017 (File No. 333-217669)</A>, the registration statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465915034335/a15-10735_1s8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form S-8, which was filed with the Commission on May 5, 2015 (File No. 333-203874)</A> and the registration statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465914027761/a14-10234_1s8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form S-8, which was filed with the Commission on April 15, 2014 (File No. 333-195268)</A> (together, the &#8220;Prior Registration Statements&#8221;), which are currently effective. Pursuant
to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of all the Prior Registration Statements, including any amendments thereto or filings
incorporated therein, are incorporated by reference except as modified, supplemented or superseded herein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The documents containing the information specified
in this Part I will be sent or given to the persons participating in the Fourth Amended Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;). In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such
documents need not be filed with the Commission either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration
statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We hereby incorporate by reference in this registration
statement the following documents previously filed by us with the Commission, except to the extent that such reports/documents are only
 &#8220;furnished&#8221; to the Commission:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000155837025001214/fpi-20241231x10k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 20, 2025;</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(2)</TD><TD>The information specifically incorporated by reference into the Company&#8217;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000155837025001214/fpi-20241231x10k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024</A> from the Company&#8217;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465925027301/tm252326-2_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 24, 2025</A>;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(3)</TD><TD>The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465925019119/tm257865d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">February
                                                                 28, 2025</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465925045617/tm2514094d2_8k.htm">May 7, 2025</A>; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(4)</TD><TD>The description of the Company&#8217;s common stock contained in the Company&#8217;s registration statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000110465915063446/a15-18972_18a12b.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form 8-A (File No. 001-36405) filed with the Commission on September 3, 2015</A>, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All reports and other documents filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date
of filing such documents.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in a document incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof, except as
so modified or superseded.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 4. Description of Securities.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to
include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money
damages, except for liability resulting from (1) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (2)
active and deliberate dishonesty that is established by a final judgment and is material to the cause of action. The Company&#8217;s charter
contains a provision that eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company&#8217;s charter and bylaws provide
for indemnification of the Company&#8217;s officers and directors against liabilities to the maximum extent permitted by the Maryland
General Corporation Law (the &#8220;MGCL&#8221;), as amended from time to time.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The MGCL requires a corporation (unless its charter
provides otherwise, which the Company&#8217;s charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits
or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of his or her service
in that capacity. The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments,
penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be
made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (1) was committed in bad
faith or (2) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">However, under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation
may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis
that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification if it determines that the director
or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, and then only for expenses. In addition, the MGCL permits a Maryland
corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon its receipt of:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary
for indemnification by the corporation; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>a written undertaking by the director or officer or on the director&#8217;s or officer&#8217;s behalf to repay the amount paid or
reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company&#8217;s charter authorizes the Company,
and the Company&#8217;s bylaws obligate the Company, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify
and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses
in advance of final disposition of such a proceeding to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>any present or former director or officer of the Company who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to the proceeding by reason
of his or her service in that capacity; or</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>any individual who, while a director or officer of the Company and at the Company&#8217;s request, serves or has served as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, member or manager of another corporation, real estate investment trust, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to the proceeding by
reason of his or her service in that capacity.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company&#8217;s charter and bylaws also permit
the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to any individual who served the Company&#8217;s predecessor in any of the capacities described
above and to any employee or agent of the Company or the Company&#8217;s predecessor.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has entered into indemnification agreements
with each of the Company&#8217;s directors and executive officers that provide for indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by
Maryland law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8. Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 10%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit<BR>
No.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 88%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000104746914002140/a2218443zex-4_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1591670/000104746914002140/a2218443zex-4_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#8217;s registration statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-193318))</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514094d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514094d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514094d1_ex10-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514094d1_ex10-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Fourth Amended and Restated Farmland Partners Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514094d1_ex23-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514094d1_ex23-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Plante &amp; Moran, PLLC</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514094d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514094d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#S_001"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#S_001"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514094d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">107*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514094d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Filing Fee Table</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">*Filed herewith</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9. Undertakings.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.65in">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 12.95pt; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.65in">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration
statement; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 48.95pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.65in">(iii) To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 48.95pt"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.65in"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that
are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona
fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver,
State of Colorado on the 7<SUP>th</SUP> day of May, 2025.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>FARMLAND PARTNERS INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 47%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ LUCA FABBRI</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Luca Fabbri</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>President and Chief Executive Officer &nbsp;</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="S_001"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Paul A. Pittman and Luca Fabbri, and each of them severally, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, including any post-effective
amendments and any amendment pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with the Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this registration statement has been signed on the dates indicated by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ LUCA FABBRI</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">May 7, 2025</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ SUSAN LANDI</TD>
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    <TD>Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>May 7, 2025</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Susan Landi</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Executive Chairman</TD>
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    <TD>Director</TD>
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    <TD>May 7, 2025</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">John A. Good</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ JENNIFER S. GRAFTON</TD>
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    <TD>Director</TD>
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    <TD>May 7, 2025</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Jennifer S. Grafton</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 7, 2025
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FARMLAND PARTNERS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
46-3769850
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
4600 S. Syracuse Street, Suite 1450
Denver, CO
80237
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
Fourth Amended and Restated Farmland Partners
Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Luca Fabbri
President and Chief Executive Officer
Farmland Partners Inc.
4600 S. Syracuse Street, Suite 1450
Denver, CO 80237
(Name and address of agent for service)
(720) 452-3100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
Copies to:
Justin R. Salon
R. John Hensley
Morrison & Foerster LLP
2100 L Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20037
(202) 887-1500
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. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
x
Smaller reporting company
x
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 pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement is filed by Farmland
Partners Inc. (the "Company") for the purpose of registering additional shares of the Company's common stock, $0.01
par value per share (the "Common Stock"), under the Company's Fourth Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
(the "Fourth Amended Plan"). On March 24, 2025, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
a definitive proxy statement that included a proposal to adopt the Fourth Amended Plan, which amends and restates the Company's
Third Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan adopted on May 7, 2021 (the "Third Amended Plan") in its entirety. The
Fourth Amended Plan, among other things, increases the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Third Amended
Plan by 500,000. The proposal to adopt the Fourth Amended Plan was approved by the Company's stockholders on May 6, 2025. This registration
statement registers the 500,000 additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Fourth Amended Plan.
The 500,000 additional shares of Common Stock available
for issuance under the Fourth Amended Plan registered pursuant to this registration statement are the same class as those registered on
the registration statement on
Form S-8, which was filed with the Commission on May 10, 2021 (File No. 333-255962)
, the registration statement
on
Form S-8, which was filed with the Commission on May 4, 2017 (File No. 333-217669)
, the registration statement on
Form S-8, which was filed with the Commission on May 5, 2015 (File No. 333-203874)
and the registration statement on
Form S-8, which was filed with the Commission on April 15, 2014 (File No. 333-195268)
(together, the "Prior Registration Statements"), which are currently effective. Pursuant
to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of all the Prior Registration Statements, including any amendments thereto or filings
incorporated therein, are incorporated by reference except as modified, supplemented or superseded herein.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified
in this Part I will be sent or given to the persons participating in the Fourth Amended Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such
documents need not be filed with the Commission either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration
statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
We hereby incorporate by reference in this registration
statement the following documents previously filed by us with the Commission, except to the extent that such reports/documents are only
 "furnished" to the Commission:
(1)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 20, 2025;
(2)
The information specifically incorporated by reference into the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024
from the Company's
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 24, 2025
;
(3)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on
February
                                                                 28, 2025
and
May 7, 2025
; and
(4)
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's registration statement on
Form 8-A (File No. 001-36405) filed with the Commission on September 3, 2015
, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date
of filing such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof, except as
so modified or superseded.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to
include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money
damages, except for liability resulting from (1) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (2)
active and deliberate dishonesty that is established by a final judgment and is material to the cause of action. The Company's charter
contains a provision that eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.
The Company's charter and bylaws provide
for indemnification of the Company's officers and directors against liabilities to the maximum extent permitted by the Maryland
General Corporation Law (the "MGCL"), as amended from time to time.
The MGCL requires a corporation (unless its charter
provides otherwise, which the Company's charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits
or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of his or her service
in that capacity. The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments,
penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be
made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:
·
the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (1) was committed in bad
faith or (2) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;
·
the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or
·
in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
However, under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation
may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis
that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification if it determines that the director
or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, and then only for expenses. In addition, the MGCL permits a Maryland
corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon its receipt of:
·
a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary
for indemnification by the corporation; and
·
a written undertaking by the director or officer or on the director's or officer's behalf to repay the amount paid or
reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.
The Company's charter authorizes the Company,
and the Company's bylaws obligate the Company, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify
and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses
in advance of final disposition of such a proceeding to:
·
any present or former director or officer of the Company who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to the proceeding by reason
of his or her service in that capacity; or
·
any individual who, while a director or officer of the Company and at the Company's request, serves or has served as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, member or manager of another corporation, real estate investment trust, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to the proceeding by
reason of his or her service in that capacity.
The Company's charter and bylaws also permit
the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to any individual who served the Company's predecessor in any of the capacities described
above and to any employee or agent of the Company or the Company's predecessor.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements
with each of the Company's directors and executive officers that provide for indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by
Maryland law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's registration statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-193318))
5.1*
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP
10.1*
Fourth Amended and Restated Farmland Partners Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
23.1*
Consent of Plante & Moran, PLLC
23.2*
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement)
107*
Filing Fee Table
*Filed herewith
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that
are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver,
State of Colorado on the 7
th
day of May, 2025.
FARMLAND PARTNERS INC.
By:
/s/ LUCA FABBRI
Luca Fabbri
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Paul A. Pittman and Luca Fabbri, and each of them severally, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, including any post-effective
amendments and any amendment pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with the Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this registration statement has been signed on the dates indicated by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Capacity
Date
/s/ LUCA FABBRI
President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
May 7, 2025
Luca Fabbri
/s/ SUSAN LANDI
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
May 7, 2025
Susan Landi
/s/ PAUL A. PITTMAN
Executive Chairman
May 7, 2025
Paul A. Pittman
/s/ JOHN A. GOOD
Director
May 7, 2025
John A. Good
/s/ JENNIFER S. GRAFTON
Director
May 7, 2025
Jennifer S. Grafton
/s/ DANNY D. MOORE
Director
May 7, 2025
Danny D. Moore
/s/ BRUCE J. SHERRICK
Director
May 7, 2025
Bruce J. Sherrick