Exhibit 10.2.13

                     AMENDMENT NO. 13 TO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

     Agreed, as of the 3rd day of August 2004, between the Federal  Agricultural
Mortgage  Corporation  (FAMC)  and Henry D.  Edelman  (you),  that the  existing
employment contract between the parties hereto, dated May 5, 1989, as amended by
Employment  Agreement  Amendment  No. 1 dated  January 10,  1991,  Amendment  to
Employment  Agreement  dated as of June 1, 1993,  Amendment  No. 3 to Employment
Contract dated as of June 1, 1994,  Amendment No. 4 to Employment Contract dated
as of February 8, 1996,  Amendment No. 5 to Employment Contract dated as of June
13, 1996,  Amendment  No. 6 to Employment  Contract  dated as of August 7, 1997,
Amendment No. 7 to Employment Contract dated as of June 4, 1998, Amendment No. 8
to Employment  Contract dated as of June 3, 1999,  Amendment No. 9 to Employment
Contract dated as of June 1, 2000, Amendment No. 10 to Employment Contract dated
as of June 7, 2001,  Amendment No. 11 to Employment Contract dated as of June 6,
2002,  and  Amendment  No. 12 to  Employment  Contract  dated as of June 5, 2003
(collectively, the Agreement), be and hereby is amended as follows:

     A. Sections 1, 4 (a) and 9 (a) (iii) of the Agreement are replaced in their
entirety with the following new sections:

     1. Term.  The Term of this  Agreement  shall continue until June 1, 2009 or
any earlier  effective date of  termination  pursuant to Paragraph 9 hereof (the
"Term").

     4 (a). Base Salary. As of June 1, 2004, you will be paid a base salary (the
Base Salary) during the Term of Four Hundred Ninety-Four  Thousand Eight Hundred
and Three Dollars  ($494,803) per year, payable in arrears on a bi-weekly basis;
and

     9 (a) (iii).  Farmer  Mac may  terminate  the  employment  of the  Employee
without  "cause" at any time.  Such  termination  shall become  effective on the
earlier  of  June  1,  2009  or two  years  from  the  date  of  notice  of such
termination.

     B. The amendment to Section 6 of the Agreement agreed in Amendment No. 7 to
Employment Contract, dated as of June 4, 1998, is hereby deleted in its entirety
and Section 6 of the Agreement shall read as it did prior to such amendment.

     As amended hereby, the Agreement remains in full force and effect.

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation            Employee


By:     /s/ Fred L. Dailey                          /s/ Henry D. Edelman
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       Chairman of the Board