Formula Grant 12FA00PY96545248PC7846

Federal Grant Award Summary

The Kansas City Commodity Office, under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, awarded $104,334.73 through the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600) on May 6, 2026. This formula grant funds 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 eligible U.S. agricultural commodities and products, including cotton, soybeans, wheat, livestock genetics, meat, dairy, and grain products.

Recipients utilize these funds to implement market development activities in foreign markets that benefit U.S. farmers, processors, and exporters. The program requires recipients to provide a minimum 50% cost share and maintain active registrations on SAM.gov. Grant recipients must comply with periodic compliance reviews conducted by the Foreign Agricultural Service at least every two years, maintain comprehensive accounting and program records for three years following final expenditure reporting, and make all documentation available for inspection or audit by representatives of the Foreign Agricultural Service, Office of Inspector General, and Government Accountability Office as needed.