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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 39, which is 8 points higher than the farm industry average of 31.

VFF passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Village Farms International has seen its stock return 368.75% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 377 percentage points.

Dole (NYSE:DOLE) 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 +7.53% 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 -5 points lower than the farm industry average of 31.

DOLE passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Dole has seen its stock lose -5.81% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 2 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: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 19 points higher than the farm industry average of 31.

VITL passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Vital Farms has seen its stock return 12.91% over the past year, overperforming other farm stocks by 21 percentage points.

Vital Farms has an average 1 year price target of $53.83, an upside of 67.29% from Vital Farms's current stock price of $32.18.

Vital Farms stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Vital Farms, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% 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:

Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co (NYSE:LND) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the farm industry average of 2.92%. Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Brasilagro Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Cal Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) has an annual dividend yield of 7.94%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 2.92%. 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.

Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) has an annual dividend yield of 3.71%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the farm industry average of 2.92%. 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 146% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Farm stocks were down -1.07% in the last day, and up 0.05% 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 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 29 points higher than the farm industry average of 28. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cal Maine Foods's stock has gained 0.03% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 8 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 1 points higher than the farm industry average of 28. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dole's stock has dropped -5.81% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 2 percentage points.

Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) 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.

Fresh Del Monte Produce has a valuation score of 71, which is 43 points higher than the farm industry average of 28. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fresh Del Monte Produce's stock has gained 5.98% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the farm industry by 14 percentage points.

42.86% of farm stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect farm stocks to rise by 18.05% 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), 75% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 16.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).