Offering more protein options to foodservice customers and a new consumer brand PlantEver.

President Trump and Vice Premier Liu signed the agreement in a ceremony at the White House on January 15.

Despite uncertainty over trade agreements, tariffs and bad weather, the poultry, pork and beef industries once again proved resilient in 2019.

The finance ministry said that the waivers would be based on applications on individual firms.

China has banned all U.S. poultry since January 2015 due to an avian influenza outbreak in December 2014.

"Economic and political order has become disorder," said Dan Basse, president of AgResource, in market analysis comments at the 2019 Feeding Quality Forum in Amarillo, Texas.

"Waiting for the game changer" characterizes the chicken industry's outlook as producer/processors begin to turn the calendar to the New Year.

China’s state media is reporting that the country will exempt some American soybeans, pork and other agricultural products from additional tariffs to ease tensions between it and the United States.

The PCR method is the preferred detection technology now in use for the ASF outbreak currently affecting China.

The Chinese government has announces measures to boost its domestic pork supply and stabilize pork prices as the country struggles with its African swine fever outbreak.