Formula Grant 12FA00PY96537626PC7846

EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT PAYMENT 2025 AWARD SUMMARY

The Kansas City Commodity Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $177,687.10 through the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600) on May 6, 2026. This Formula Grant provides cost-share assistance to nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations to conduct 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 market development initiatives in foreign markets that benefit U.S. farmers, processors, and exporters across eligible commodities including cotton, soybeans, wheat, livestock genetics, meat, dairy, and grain products.

Recipients utilize these funds to implement various market development activities in foreign markets, with the award requiring a minimum 50% cost share from the recipient organization. The program emphasizes strategic planning, management capability, and evaluation methodology in assessing proposal merit. Recipients are required to maintain active registrations on SAM.gov and retain grant records for a minimum of three years from submission of final expenditure reports, with periodic compliance reviews conducted by the Foreign Agricultural Service and potential audits by the Office of Inspector General and Government Accounting Office.