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Best Farm Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top farm stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% 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:

Archer Daniels Midland Co (NYSE:ADM) is the #1 top farm stock out of 21 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Archer Daniels Midland Co (NYSE:ADM) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Archer Daniels Midland Co (NYSE:ADM) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 17 points higher than the farm industry average of 29.

ADM passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Archer Daniels Midland Co has seen its stock return 23.92% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 85 percentage points.

Archer Daniels Midland Co has an average 1 year price target of $82.67, an upside of 13.4% from Archer Daniels Midland Co's current stock price of $72.90.

Archer Daniels Midland Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Archer Daniels Midland Co, 16.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 83.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF) is the #2 top farm stock out of 21 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

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

Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 25 points higher than the farm industry average of 29.

VFF passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Village Farms International has seen its stock lose -32.21% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 29 percentage points.

Adecoagro Sa (NYSE:AGRO) is the #3 top farm stock out of 21 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

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

Adecoagro Sa (NYSE:AGRO) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 11 points higher than the farm industry average of 29.

AGRO passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Adecoagro Sa has seen its stock return 19.24% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 80 percentage points.

Adecoagro Sa has an average 1 year price target of $11.85, an upside of 30.08% from Adecoagro Sa's current stock price of $9.11.

Adecoagro Sa stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Adecoagro Sa, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 50% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 8 farm stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 farm stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Del Monte (NYSE:DMC) has an annual dividend yield of 4.41%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 2.27%. Del Monte's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Del Monte's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Del Monte's dividend payout ratio of 69.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) has an annual dividend yield of 3.47%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 2.27%. Tyson Foods's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Tyson Foods's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Tyson Foods's dividend payout ratio of 121.6% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Archer Daniels Midland Co (NYSE:ADM) has an annual dividend yield of 2.84%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 2.27%. 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 40.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Farm stocks were up 1.27% in the last day, and up 1.66% over the last week.

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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:

Adecoagro Sa (NYSE:AGRO) 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.

Adecoagro Sa has a valuation score of 57, which is 31 points higher than the farm industry average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Adecoagro Sa's stock has gained 19.24% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 80 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 43, which is 17 points higher than the farm industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dole's stock has gained 3.24% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 64 percentage points.

Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF) 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.

Village Farms International has a valuation score of 57, which is 31 points higher than the farm industry average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Village Farms International's stock has dropped -32.21% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 29 percentage points.

50% of farm stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect farm stocks to rise by 32.25% over the next year.

0% of farm stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.33% of farm stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.33% are rated C (Hold), 13.33% are rated D (Sell), and 20% are rated F (Strong Sell).