This bill keeps two government programs running through 2029 that help American farmers and agricultural businesses sell their products overseas. These programs give money to farming organizations, cooperatives, and small agricultural businesses to help pay for marketing and promotion activities in foreign countries.

The first program, called MAP (Market Access Program), works by having the government share the cost of marketing efforts with eligible groups like farmer cooperatives, state agricultural agencies, and small farming businesses. This helps them promote and sell American agricultural products abroad. The second program, FMD (Foreign Market Development), focuses specifically on nonprofit agricultural trade organizations and helps them promote generic American farm products—like "American corn" or "American beef"—rather than specific brand names.

Basically, the bill is saying the government will continue funding these export promotion programs and is increasing the money available for them. This affects farmers, agricultural cooperatives, and farming-related businesses by giving them financial help to expand their sales into international markets, which can increase demand for American agricultural products and help rural economies grow.

Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2025

Newhouse, Dan

Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2025This bill extends the Market Access Program (MAP) and the Foreign Market Development (FMD) Program of the&nbsp;Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) through FY2029 and increases funding for the programs.Under MAP, FAS provides funds to eligible participants to share the cost of marketing and promotion activities to encourage the development, maintenance, and expansion of commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities. Eligible participants include nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations, state regional trade groups, U.S. agricultural cooperatives, state government agencies, and small businesses.Under the FMD Program, FAS provides funds to nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations to share the cost of overseas marketing and promotion activities.&nbsp;The FMD program focuses on the generic promotion of U.S. commodities, rather than the promotion of branded products.