Cooperative Agreement Summary: Market Access Program 2025

The Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, through its Kansas City Commodity Office, awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $333,203.53 under the Market Access Program (CFDA 10.601) effective May 5, 2026. This award supports overseas marketing and promotional activities designed to develop, expand, and maintain commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. The recipient will implement various market development initiatives in foreign markets that benefit U.S. farmers, ranchers, food processors, and related agricultural stakeholders through cost-share arrangements, whereby the recipient contributes a minimum cost share (typically 10 percent or equivalent contribution for branded activities) alongside federal reimbursement for eligible international market development costs.

Under this cooperative agreement structure, the recipient is responsible for executing market access activities while maintaining comprehensive financial and program records subject to review and audit by the Foreign Agricultural Service Compliance and Security Division, the Office of Inspector General, and the Government Accountability Office. All grant records must be retained for five years following submission of the final expenditure report, or longer if any litigation, claim, audit, or other action is pending. The award represents part of the broader 2025 Market Access Program cycle, which distributed approximately $200 million across 60 to 70 grants to eligible nonprofit agricultural trade organizations, agricultural cooperatives, and state agencies.