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) October 29, 2014

GLADSTONE LAND CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 287-5800

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:

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On October 29, 2014, Gladstone Land Corporation, through Gladstone Land Limited Partnership, its wholly-owned operating partnership (collectively, the “Company”), closed on the acquisition of two farms in Ventura County, California, consisting of approximately 332 gross acres (the “Property”). The Company acquired the Property for a purchase price of approximately $24.6 million, exclusive of closing costs, from Oxnard Plains, LLC, and Santa Clara Plains, LLC (collectively, the “Sellers”), funded by a disbursement on the Company’s long-term note payable with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The Sellers are not related parties to the Company and do not have a material relationship with the Company. The Property is irrigated cropland that is farmed for berries and vegetables.

The Company previously announced its entry into the agreement to acquire the Property under Item 1.01 on Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2014.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 30, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the acquisition of the Property. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for any purposes, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such information shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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Report of Independent Auditors

To the Shareholders of Gladstone Land Corporation

We have audited the accompanying Historical Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses (the “Historical Statement”) of Santa Clara Avenue (the “Property”) for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management of Gladstone Land Corporation (the “Company”) is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the Historical Statement in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the Historical Statement that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Historical Statement based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Historical Statement is free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the Historical Statement. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Historical Statement, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the Company’s preparation and fair presentation of the Historical Statement in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the Historical Statement. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the Historical Statement referred to above presents fairly, in all material respects, the revenues and certain operating expenses, as described in Note 2, of the Property for the year ended December 31, 2013, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Other Matter

The accompanying Historical Statement was prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission as described in Note 2 and is not intended to be a complete presentation of the Property’s revenue and expenses. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

 /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

McLean, Virginia

November 3, 2014

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Santa Clara Avenue

Historical Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Santa Clara Avenue

Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses

Note 1. Business

The accompanying historical statements of revenues and certain operating expenses relate to the operations of Santa Clara Avenue (the “Property”), consisting of the revenue of two farms totaling approximately 332 gross acres located in Ventura County, California. Gladstone Land Corporation, through its wholly-owned operating partnership, Gladstone Land Limited Partnership (collectively, the “Company”), acquired the Property on October 29, 2014, for total consideration of approximately $24.6 million.

Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying historical statements of revenues and certain operating expenses were prepared for the purpose of complying with Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the Company’s acquisition of the Property. The historical statements are not representative of the actual operations of the Property for the periods presented, nor indicative of future operations; however, the Company is not aware of any material factors relating to the Property that would cause the reported financial information to not necessarily be indicative of future operating results. In addition, certain expenses, primarily amortization and interest expense, which may not be comparable to the expenses expected to be incurred by the Company in future operations of the Property, have been excluded. Additionally, the Company’s lease with the tenant is structured in such a way that the tenant is responsible for substantially all of the Property’s operating expenses other than property taxes. Except for property taxes, the Company does not expect to incur any significant operating expenses in the future operations of the Property, so those expenses have been excluded from these historical statements.

Revenue Recognition

The lease is accounted for as an operating lease, and revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis in accordance with the terms of the related lease.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of these historical statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Note 3. Leases

On June 22, 2012, the Property entered into two 3-year lease agreements with a single tenant for the entire Property. Each lease expires on July 31, 2015, and provides for one 2-year renewal option.

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As of December 31, 2013, aggregate future minimum rental payments to be received by the Property under these leases were as follows:

Major Tenant

During the year ended December 31, 2013, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 (unaudited), the Property’s total rental revenue of $1.2 million and $0.9 million, respectively, was attributable to only one tenant.

Note 4. Unaudited Interim Statements

The historical statement of revenues and certain operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, is unaudited. As a result, this interim historical statement should be read in conjunction with the historical statement and notes included in the December 31, 2013, historical statement of revenues and certain operating expenses. The interim historical statement reflects all adjustments which management believes are necessary for the fair presentation of the historical statement of revenue for the interim period presented. These adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The historical statement of revenue for such interim period is not necessarily indicative of the results of the entire year.

Note 5. Subsequent Events

The Company evaluated all events that have occurred subsequent to December 31, 2013, through November 3, 2014, the date the historical statements were issued.

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GLADSTONE LAND CORPORATION

UNAUDITED PRO-FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

On October 29, 2014, Gladstone Land Corporation, through its wholly-owned operating partnership, Gladstone Land Limited Partnership (collectively with Gladstone Land Corporation, the “Company”), acquired two farms totaling approximately 332 gross acres located in Ventura County, California (the “Property”), for approximately $24.6 million, exclusive of acquisition-related costs of approximately $77,000. The Company funded this acquisition with a disbursement under its long-term note payable with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of $25.0 million. In evaluating the Property as a potential acquisition and determining the appropriate amount of consideration to be paid, the Company considered a variety of factors, including location, water and soil quality, credit quality of the tenant, terms of the in-place lease, comparative land values and comparative rents. At closing, the Company assumed the existing leases on the Property with a tenant that has leased the Property for over two years. The assumed lease expires on July 31, 2015, and provides for annualized, straight-line rents of approximately $1.2 million.

The pro-forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2014, and the pro-forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2013, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, have been prepared to comply with Article 11 of Regulation S-X, as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The pro-forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2014, is presented as if the acquisition of the Property was completed on September 30, 2014. The pro-forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2013, and the nine months ended September 30, 2014, are presented as if the acquisition of the Property was completed on January 1, 2013. The pro-forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2014, and the pro-forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2013, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, are not necessarily indicative of what the actual financial position and operating results would have been had the Property acquired in the current year been acquired on September 30, 2014, and January 1, 2013, respectively, nor do they purport to represent the Company’s future financial position or operating results.

The unaudited pro-forma condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of Gladstone Land Corporation and the accompanying notes thereto filed on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, and on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, and the historical statements of revenues and certain operating expenses, filed in accordance with Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X, of Santa Clara Avenue, for the year ended December 31, 2013, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. In the Company’s opinion, all adjustments necessary to reflect the effect of the Property acquired have been made.

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GLADSTONE LAND CORPORATION

PRO-FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

(UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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GLADSTONE LAND CORPORATION

PRO-FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

(UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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GLADSTONE LAND CORPORATION

PRO-FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

(UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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GLADSTONE LAND CORPORATION

NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO-FORMA

CONDENDSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

On October 29, 2014, Gladstone Land Corporation, through its wholly-owned operating partnership, Gladstone Land Limited Partnership (collectively with Gladstone Land Corporation, the “Company”), acquired two farms totaling approximately 333 gross acre of farmland located in Ventura County, California (the “Property”) for approximately $24.6 million, exclusive of acquisition-related costs of approximately $77,000. The Company funded this acquisition with a disbursement under its long-term note payable with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) of $25.0 million. At closing, the Company assumed the existing leases on the Property with a tenant that has leased the Property for over two years. The assumed lease expires on July 31, 2015, and provides for annualized, straight-line rents of approximately $1.2 million.

Adjustments to Unaudited Pro-forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

The unaudited pro-forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2014, reflects the following adjustments:

The value allocated to buildings and improvements is depreciated using the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated useful life or 39 years, and irrigation system improvements are depreciated over the estimated useful life. In-place lease values and leasing costs are amortized over the remaining, non-cancelable term of the in-place lease, and tenant relationships are amortized over the remaining, non-cancelable term of the in-place lease plus any anticipated renewal periods.

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Adjustments to Unaudited Pro-forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

The adjustments to the pro-forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2013, and the nine months ended September 30, 2014, are as follows:

The pro-forma adjustment to rental income for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, consists of an adjustment of $912,271 to reflect the revenues recognized on a straight-line basis in the historical period.

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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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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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