Export Market Development Payment 2025 Summary

This Formula Grant award of $172,418.08 was issued on March 3, 2026, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service through its Kansas City Commodity Office to support market development activities under the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600). The award funds generic overseas marketing and promotional initiatives designed to create, expand, and maintain long-term export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. The recipient, a nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organization, will implement these market development activities in foreign markets to benefit American farmers, processors, and exporters across eligible commodity categories including cotton, soybeans, wheat, livestock genetics, meat, dairy, and grain products.

As a cost-share grant under this program, the recipient is required to provide a minimum 50% cost match to supplement the federal funding. The award will support comprehensive marketing plans and promotional activities that strengthen U.S. agricultural export competitiveness in target foreign markets. The performance period for this award concluded on the same date as the award issuance, March 3, 2026. Grant recipients must maintain comprehensive records for three years following submission of final expenditure reports and are subject to periodic compliance reviews and audits by the Foreign Agricultural Service, Office of Inspector General, and Government Accounting Office.