Memberships

Membership in the National Chicken Council (NCC) is your best investment in the future of the chicken industry. Our member companies look to NCC and our efforts to make a positive difference for the industry, for both processors and the allied industry companies that supply the critical products and services that help make the chicken industry more successful.


NCC provides the following support to our member companies:


  • NCC provides current statistics and information on economic, trade, and marketing developments, along with updates on regulatory, legislative, technology, and other industry issues and news through its weekly members-only newsletter, the Washington Report.
  • NCC provides information, research, and advice on crisis management on an individual basis to its member companies.
  • NCC sponsors, conducts, and publishes industry surveys and research and other programs to address food safety, worker safety and health, and the environment.
  • NCC holds a number of meetings and conferences each year to keep its members informed and to provide an opportunity to network with peers, clients, and regulators.


Regardless of which of NCC's broad range of services your company opts to use, your investment in NCC membership is an investment in your company's future and a more successful chicken industry. Join us and become a part of a larger voice -- a voice that will reach those who make decisions that affect your business.


  • Allied Leader Member
    Duration
    12 months
    Package price
    $15,000

    To qualify as an allied industry member, a firm must supply broiler producer/processors with goods or professional or financial services. In addition, producer/processors of other poultry species, further processors of chicken products (i.e. those who do not slaughter).



    At this level, two representatives can serve on two different standing committees. In addition, allied leader members are eligible to have their official NCC company representative be invited to attend the three NCC board of directors meetings held each year. Your official NCC company representative would also be eligible to be elected to serve as a voting member of the NCC board of directors. In addition, an official representative, and other company representatives, are eligible to subscribe to NCC's weekly online newsletter.

     

    

  • Allied Member
    Duration
    12 months
    Package price
    $5,000

    To qualify as an allied industry member, a firm must supply broiler producer/processors with goods or professional or financial services. In addition, producer/processors of other poultry species, further processors of chicken products (i.e. those who do not slaughter).


    At this level, an official representative from the company can serve on one of NCC's standing committees (Growout, Technical & Regulatory, Marketing, or Communications [Public Relations]). The representative will be invited to attend any of NCC's public meetings, and the official representative, as well as other company representatives, are eligible to subscribe to NCC's weekly online newsletter that covers topics of critical importance to the industry.

  • Distributor Member
    Duration
    12 months
    Package price
    $275

    To qualify as a distributor member, a firm must be a distributor, broker, or exporter of chicken products and does not qualify in any of the other member categories.

    In addition to other membership benefits, distributor members are allowed one appointment to a standing committee.