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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 20 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Archer Daniels Midland Co (NYSE:ADM) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 15 points higher than the farm industry average of 29.

ADM passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Archer Daniels Midland Co has seen its stock return 26.14% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 91 percentage points.

Archer Daniels Midland Co has an average 1 year price target of $83.00, an upside of 4.93% from Archer Daniels Midland Co's current stock price of $79.10.

Archer Daniels Midland Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Archer Daniels Midland Co, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 20% have issued a Strong Sell.

Del Monte (NYSE:DMC) is the #2 top farm stock out of 20 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 Del Monte (NYSE:DMC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

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

DMC passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Del Monte has seen its stock lose -14.07% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 50 percentage points.

Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF) 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 +5.11% per year. Learn more.

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

Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF) has a Due Diligence Score of 63, which is 34 points higher than the farm industry average of 29.

VFF passed 20 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Village Farms International has seen its stock lose -5.61% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 59 percentage points.

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 3.82%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 2.19%. 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 166.7% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) has an annual dividend yield of 3.67%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 2.19%. 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.

Cal Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) has an annual dividend yield of 3.07%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 2.19%. 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 72.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Farm stocks were down -1.71% in the last day, and down -2.66% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why farm stocks are down.

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 34 points higher than the farm industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Adecoagro Sa's stock has gained 26.96% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 91 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 20 points higher than the farm industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dole's stock has dropped -6.62% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 58 percentage points.

Bunge Global Sa (NYSE:BG) 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.

Bunge Global Sa has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the farm industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bunge Global Sa's stock has gained 31.77% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 96 percentage points.

50% of farm stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect farm stocks to rise by 27.7% over the next year.

8.33% of farm stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of farm stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.33% are rated C (Hold), 16.67% are rated D (Sell), and 16.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).