Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2025

The Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2025 would keep two USDA programs—the Market Access Program (MAP) and the Foreign Market Development (FMD) Program—going through 2029 and increase their budgets to help sell more U.S. farm goods overseas. It raises annual funding to $400 million for MAP and $69 million for FMD to support cost-sharing for marketing and promotion in foreign markets. These programs help U.S. farm groups, co-ops, state agencies, and small businesses build and maintain export markets; FMD focuses on generic promotion of commodities rather than brand-name products.

Congress notes that these export programs have added an average of $9.6 billion per year to U.S. farm exports, supported up to 225,800 jobs, and returned $24.50 for every $1 invested, but funding has been flat for years while other countries have ramped up their efforts.

• Who is affected: U.S. farmers, ranchers, producer groups, co-ops, state agricultural agencies, and small agricultural businesses that take part in export promotion.
• What changes: MAP and FMD are extended through 2029, with higher yearly funding ($400M for MAP; $69M for FMD) to share the cost of overseas marketing efforts.
• When: Applies to fiscal years 2025 through 2029.