Formula Grant 12FA00PY95911285PC7846

Export Market Development Payment 2025

The Kansas City Commodity Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $108,548.27 under the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600) on April 23, 2026. This formula grant funds generic overseas marketing and promotional activities designed to create, expand, and maintain long-term export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. The award supports cost-share assistance to nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations conducting market development initiatives that benefit American farmers, processors, and exporters across eligible commodity categories including cotton, soybeans, wheat, livestock genetics, meat, dairy, and grain products.

Recipients of this award are required to provide a minimum 50% cost share and implement various market development activities in foreign markets to advance U.S. agricultural export interests. The Foreign Agricultural Service evaluates proposals based on strategic planning, management capability, evaluation methodology, and applicant export performance history. Award recipients must maintain active registrations on SAM.gov and comply with compliance reviews conducted by the Foreign Agricultural Service, Office of Inspector General, and Government Accounting Office, with grant records retained for three years from final expenditure report submission.