The currently projected $9.7bn US agri-trade surplus is still far below the $25.7bn seen in 2015.
Advances in aquaculture will be needed to meet growing demand for protein in sub-Saharan Africa, but the sector faces many more problems than other primary production industries, according to the FAO.
Despite record production, a report by the Organic Trade Association says the supply chain must improve to meet growing US demand.
Asian demand dominates, and countries like Brazil are benefiting.
China's housing market and lower Chinese inventories have helped drive up demand.
Prices paid to US agri producers remain well below 2015 numbers despite edging up slightly from February.
The recent rise in grain prices after Latin American weather concerns is not enough to put Illinois farmers in the black.
Proposals for foreign investment in Australian agriculture and timberland rose sharply in 2015 under expanded review requirements for the sector.
The disease has had a devastating effect on Florida's citrus growers, driving projected orange production in the state down by 27 percent this year.
In natural resources, only energy is more popular among sovereign wealth funds than farmland and agri investment.