Federal Grant Award Summary

On April 6, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, through its Kansas City Commodity Office, awarded $114,490.66 in formula grant funding under the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600). This award supports the implementation of generic overseas marketing and promotional activities designed to create, expand, and maintain long-term export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products in foreign markets. The program provides cost-share assistance to eligible nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations, enabling them to conduct market development initiatives that benefit domestic farmers, processors, and exporters.

The recipient organization is required to provide a minimum 50% cost-share contribution and must implement comprehensive market development activities that support the export of eligible agricultural commodities, which encompass cotton, soybeans, wheat, livestock genetics, meat, dairy, and grain products. Recipients must maintain active registrations on SAM.gov, comply with periodic compliance reviews conducted by the Foreign Agricultural Service, and retain all grant records for a minimum of three years from final expenditure report submission, in accordance with 7 CFR Part 1484.