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.
A 7% increase in pork production offset decreases in all other categories of US red meat production.
New South Wales and Victoria deals dominated Chinese investment into Australia.
Global demand for dairy will remain weak throughout 2016, largely due to EU overproduction, but the outlook for 2017 is better.
The land and livestock company nearly tripled its 2014 net profits after two years of losses between 2012 and 2013.
KPMG predicts a strong 2016 after Chinese investment in agriculture rose to A$375m last year.
Growers face a widening gap between farm costs and sales, as downward pressure on agri prices persists.