Membership Types

The NCCIA is here for you.  Your support ensures the continuation of our industry. Thank you for taking the time to consider membership with our organization.

Individuals 

• $25 / year.
• Members include any individual who has a passion for the cheese and dairy industry.
• Receive member benefits including discounts on annual conferences and workshop registration fees, and the opportunity to participate in our annual cheesemaking contest. 

Supplier Organizations

• $100 / year.
• Members include food and beverage companies, equipment manufacturers, process designers, advertisers, etc.
• All employees with the supplier organization receive member benefits including discounts on annual conference and workshop registration fees.

Processing Plants

• $200 / year.
• Members include milk processing plants, cheese manufacturers, and dairy ingredient suppliers.
• All employees with the cheese or dairy processing plant receive member benefits including discounts on annual conferences and workshop registration fees, and the opportunity to participate in our annual cheesemaking contest.

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Membership Benefits

 NCCIA members receive special rates on workshops and our annual conference.  At the conference, we’ll offer professionally-led programs to discuss current industry topics, and you’ll have an opportunity to network with your peers. Members also have the opportunity to participate in our annual cheesemaking contest to win awards and cash prizes for top-graded cheeses.

​Membership dues are renewed annually, and funds are used to sponsor dairy scholarships at Iowa State University, South Dakota State University, and the University of Minnesota. 

Proud NCCIA members include individuals who have a passion for cheese and dairy, as well as over 60 cheese or dairy processing plants and suppliers from a variety of industries, such as:

• food and beverage
• manufacturing equipment
• process design
• packaging
• recycling and warehousing
• advertising and marketing​

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2021 Members

​Individuals
Neil Kucker
Shawn Sadler - AMPI, Jim Falls
Significant Outcomes LLC
Steven Beckman - South Dakota State

Suppliers
Allied Blending LP
ALPMA USA
Anderson Chemical Company
Arrow Process Systems
Bentley Instruments
CHR Hansen
Custom Fabricating & Repair
Dahmes Stainless, Inc.
Dairy Connection
DSM Food Specialties
GEA
IFF Nutrition & Biosciences
ISG
Kelley Supply
Koch Separation Solutions, Inc.
Kusel Equipment
Loos Machine
Midwest Dairy
Nelson-Jameson 
NEOGEN Corporation
Nutricepts
Page & Pedersen Intl., Ltd.
RELCO
Rocket Industrial, Inc.
South Dakota Department of Agriculture
​Tetra Pak
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​Plants
Agropur Inc. - Appleton
Agropur Inc. - Hull
Agropur Inc. - La Crosse
Agropur Inc. - Le Seur
AMPI - Blair
AMPI - Sanborn
Bongard's - Bongards
Bongard's - Perham
Dairy Farmers of America
First District
Kansas Dairy Ingredients
Land O'Lakes - Kiel
Land O'Lakes - Melrose
Land O'Lakes - St. Paul
Milk Specialties Global
​Prairie Farms - Faribault
Prairie Farms - Rochester
Proliant Dairy Ingredients
Stickney Hill Dairy
Valley Queen Cheese Factory
Wapsie Valley Creamery
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Honorary Members

Raymond Albrecht
Walter Andrist*
Peter Behrends*
Phyllis Borer
Rulon Chappell
William Coleman
Samuel Coulter*
B.H. Crissinger*
Stanley Davis
Carl Figy
Felix Frederikson*
Clint Garoutte
Alred Gonzenbach*
Max Gonzenbach
James Gordon*
William Haggerty
David Henning
Leo Hertel*
​Tom Honse

James Jezeski*
Waldo Johnson
Dic Kelly
Vern Kind
Jim Kleva
Vern Klossner
Mike Kruger
​Neil Kucker
Wayne Larson
Robert Leet
A.S. Lewis*
Harold Linden
​Vern Loch
Howard Macy
Adolph Mauel
Art Melgaard
Virgil Metzger
Harry Moore
Howard Morris
Alfred Nef*

Rudy Nef
John Nelson
Marcel Ochu
Arthur Parkin
John Parsons
Herman Peschken*
Greg Pittman
John Roach
Doug Rolland
James Rolloff*
George Schwinghammer
Ronald Tamka
Jim Walsh
John Weiss
Robert Wendberg
Norman Western
Kenneth Zeller*
Roland Zeller
Paul Zimmerman*
​Edmun Zottola