Formula Grant 12FA00PY95447131PC7846

Export Market Development Payment 2025 - Federal Grant Award Summary

The Kansas City Commodity Office, operating under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, awarded $150,782.92 under the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600) on March 11, 2026. This Formula Grant funds cost-share assistance to nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations conducting generic overseas marketing and promotional activities designed to create, expand, and maintain long-term export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products, including cotton, soybeans, wheat, livestock genetics, meat, dairy, and grain products.

Recipients utilize these funds to implement market development initiatives in foreign markets that directly benefit U.S. farmers, processors, and exporters. The program requires recipients to provide a minimum 50% cost share contribution and maintain compliance with federal record retention requirements for a minimum of three years following submission of final expenditure reports. Eligible organizations must demonstrate strategic planning capability, sound management practices, and documented export performance history to qualify for funding under this ongoing initiative.