Export Market Development Payment 2025 – Formula Grant Summary

The Kansas City Commodity Office, under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, awarded $192,329.64 through the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600) on May 6, 2026. This formula grant supports the delivery of cost-share funded overseas marketing and promotional activities designed to create, expand, and maintain long-term export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. The award enables eligible nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations to conduct generic market development initiatives in foreign markets that generate tangible benefits for domestic farmers, processors, and exporters.

Under this program, recipients implement strategic marketing activities targeting the development of foreign markets for a broad range of agricultural commodities including cotton, soybeans, wheat, livestock genetics, meat, dairy, and grain products. The funding requires recipients to provide a minimum 50% cost share and maintain compliance with program requirements, including periodic account reviews by Foreign Agricultural Service representatives, audits by the Office of Inspector General, and comprehensive record retention for three years following final expenditure reporting. The award aligns with typical distribution amounts within the $50,000 to $250,000 range characteristic of recent program awards.