Formula Grant 12FA00PY95784140PC7846

Export Market Development Payment 2025 – Formula Grant Summary

This Export Market Development Payment award of $148,390.12, issued on April 6, 2026, by the Kansas City Commodity Office under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600), provides cost-share assistance to support generic overseas marketing and promotional activities for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. The funding enables the recipient nonprofit agricultural trade organization to conduct market development initiatives in foreign markets with the objective of creating, expanding, and maintaining long-term export opportunities for U.S. farmers, processors, and exporters.

The award supports implementation of various foreign market development activities targeting eligible agricultural commodities, including cotton, soybeans, wheat, livestock genetics, meat, dairy, and grain products. As a Formula Grant distributed by the Farm Service Agency, this award represents part of the Foreign Agricultural Service's broader annual allocation to qualified nonprofit commodity and agricultural trade associations. Recipients are required to provide a minimum 50% cost share, maintain current SAM.gov registration, and comply with comprehensive record-keeping requirements, including retention of all grant records for three years following submission of final expenditure reports or until resolution of any ongoing audits or litigation.