Export Market Development Payment 2025 - Formula Grant Summary

The Kansas City Commodity Office, under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, awarded $175,230.67 on March 24, 2026, through the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600). This formula grant supports cost-share assistance to eligible nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations for conducting generic overseas marketing and promotional activities. The award funds market development initiatives designed to create, expand, and maintain long-term export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products, benefiting domestic farmers, processors, and exporters.

Under this award, recipients implement various foreign market development activities targeting eligible commodities including cotton, soybeans, wheat, livestock genetics, meat, dairy, and grain products. The recipient is required to provide a minimum 50% cost share contribution and must maintain active registration on SAM.gov. The performance period aligns with the award date of March 24, 2026, and grant records must be retained for three years from final expenditure report submission, with extended retention if any audits, reviews, or legal actions are initiated during this period.