Federal Grant Award Summary

The Kansas City Commodity Office, administering the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600), awarded $188,679.33 on April 6, 2026, to support generic overseas marketing and promotional activities for U.S. agricultural commodities. This Formula Grant funds cost-share assistance to nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations conducting market development initiatives in foreign markets. The award facilitates the creation, expansion, and maintenance of long-term export markets for eligible agricultural products including cotton, soybeans, wheat, livestock genetics, meat, dairy, and grain products.

Recipients utilize Formula Grant funding to implement comprehensive market development activities that directly benefit U.S. farmers, processors, and exporters by enhancing market presence and competitiveness abroad. The program requires recipients to provide a minimum 50% cost share contribution and comply with periodic compliance reviews, audits, and financial record retention requirements. As part of the broader 2026 Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program distribution cycle, this award represents one allocation within the Foreign Agricultural Service's anticipated $34.5 million funding pool distributed across approximately 20 grants to eligible nonprofit agricultural trade organizations.