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Best Farm Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top farm stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best farm stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best farming stocks to buy right now are:

Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF) is the #1 top farm stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 10 points higher than the farm industry average of 32.

VFF passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Village Farms International has seen its stock return 408.73% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 413 percentage points.

Dole (NYSE:DOLE) is the #2 top farm stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Dole (NYSE:DOLE) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Dole (NYSE:DOLE) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is -6 points lower than the farm industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates DOLE as a "B".

DOLE passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Dole has seen its stock return 4.82% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 9 percentage points.

Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) is the #3 top farm stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 18 points higher than the farm industry average of 32.

VITL passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Vital Farms has seen its stock lose -7.27% over the past year, underperforming other farm stocks by -3 percentage points.

Vital Farms has an average 1 year price target of $51.86, an upside of 51.19% from Vital Farms's current stock price of $34.30.

Vital Farms stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Vital Farms, 42.86% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 57.14% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 7 farm stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 farm stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Cal Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) has an annual dividend yield of 8.26%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 2.75%. Cal Maine Foods's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine times in the last 10 years. Cal Maine Foods's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cal Maine Foods's dividend payout ratio of 31.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Archer Daniels Midland Co (NYSE:ADM) has an annual dividend yield of 3.4%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 2.75%. Archer Daniels Midland Co's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Archer Daniels Midland Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Archer Daniels Midland Co's dividend payout ratio of 82.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.15%, which is the same as the farm industry average of 2.75%. Fresh Del Monte Produce's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Fresh Del Monte Produce's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Fresh Del Monte Produce's dividend payout ratio of 69.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued farm stocks right now are:

Cal Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) is the most undervalued farm stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cal Maine Foods has a valuation score of 57, which is 28 points higher than the farm industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cal Maine Foods's stock has dropped -17.94% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the farm industry by -13 percentage points.

Dole (NYSE:DOLE) is the second most undervalued farm stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Dole has a valuation score of 29, which is 0 points higher than the farm industry average of 29. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dole's stock has gained 4.82% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 9 percentage points.

Archer Daniels Midland Co (NYSE:ADM) is the third most undervalued farm stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Archer Daniels Midland Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the farm industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Archer Daniels Midland Co's stock has gained 13.06% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 18 percentage points.

42.86% of farm stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect farm stocks to rise by 15.27% over the next year.

7.69% of farm stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 7.69% of farm stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.85% are rated C (Hold), 23.08% are rated D (Sell), and 7.69% are rated F (Strong Sell).