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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:

Cal Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) is the #1 top farm stock out of 22 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 Cal Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Cal Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) has a Due Diligence Score of 61, which is 35 points higher than the farm industry average of 26.

CALM passed 23 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cal Maine Foods has seen its stock return 63.96% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 84 percentage points.

Cal Maine Foods has an average 1 year price target of $98.50, a downside of -0.67% from Cal Maine Foods's current stock price of $99.16.

Cal Maine Foods stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Cal Maine Foods, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) is the #2 top farm stock out of 22 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 Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 23 points higher than the farm industry average of 26.

FDP passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Fresh Del Monte Produce has seen its stock return 45.86% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 66 percentage points.

Dole (NYSE:DOLE) is the #3 top farm stock out of 22 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 Dole (NYSE:DOLE) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Dole (NYSE:DOLE) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 10 points higher than the farm industry average of 26.

DOLE passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Dole has seen its stock return 13.16% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 33 percentage points.

Out of 10 farm stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 farm stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co (NYSE:LND) has an annual dividend yield of 7.27%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 3.13%. Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend payout ratio of 68.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Cal Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) has an annual dividend yield of 5.29%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 3.13%. Cal Maine Foods's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eight 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 21% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Archer Daniels Midland Co (NYSE:ADM) has an annual dividend yield of 3.89%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 3.13%. 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 71.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Farm stocks were down -0.26% in the last day, and down -2.18% 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:

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

Cal Maine Foods has a valuation score of 29, which is 6 points higher than the farm industry average of 23. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cal Maine Foods's stock has gained 63.96% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 84 percentage points.

Adecoagro Sa (NYSE:AGRO) 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.

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 dropped -6.69% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 13 percentage points.

Dole (NYSE:DOLE) is the third 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 57, which is 34 points higher than the farm industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dole's stock has gained 13.16% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 33 percentage points.

37.5% of farm stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect farm stocks to rise by 11.84% over the next year.

0% of farm stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15.38% of farm stocks are rated B (Buy), 46.15% are rated C (Hold), 23.08% are rated D (Sell), and 15.38% are rated F (Strong Sell).