Membership

Our Membership Levels

Enjoy great member benefits and be a part of the best organization for deer farmers and ranchers in North America.

Life Member (voting)

Life Memberships paid for before to 11/1/90 will remain in effect if you are still actively pursuing farming and ranching. Life Members are subject to the same rights and benefits as Active Members, but they are exempt from paying annual dues. A Life Member is accorded all rights of membership.

$1,500

Patron Member (voting)

A Patron Member is an Active Member who has voluntarily elected to pay a higher dues rate, as established by the Board of Directors. Patron Members can hold office, vote on all matters brought before the Association, attend all activities sponsored by the Association, receive the publications and membership list and are entitled to use the Association logo and statement of Active Membership in the Association in advertising (letterhead, business cards, packaging, etc.). Patron Members pay annual dues, set by the Board of Directors, as of May 1 of the current year. Patron Members will be recognized for their voluntary increased support of the Association.

$500

Active Members (voting)

An Active Member is a proprietor, partnership, firm, corporation, division of an organization or individual actively engaged in whole or in substantial part in the husbandry of domestic for commercial purposes to support such operations. Active Members can hold office, vote on all matters brought before the Association, attend all activities sponsored by the Association, at member rates, receive all publications and membership list and are entitled to use the Association logo and statement of Active Membership in the Association in advertising (on letterhead, business cards, packaging, etc.). Active Members pay annual dues set by the Board of Directors as of May 1 of the current year.

$100

Additional Active (non-voting)

This additional Active Member membership can be utilized for ranch managers, partners or family members.

$50

Associate Member (non-voting)

An Associate, Affiliate or Corporate Member is an individual proprietor, partnership, firm, corporation, association, government agency or division of an organization who has an active interest in farming or ranching who is not actively engaged in whole or in substantial part in the industry. Associate/Affiliate/Corporate Members do not vote and cannot hold office in the Association. They may attend all activities sponsored by the Association, and they receive the publications and membership list. Associate/Affiliate/Corporate Members pay an annual fee established by the Board of Directors as of May 1 of the current year.

$100

Practitioner Member (non-voting)

A Practitioner Member may be either a veterinarian who works with an established cervid farm or ranch or who has interests in farmed/ranched cervid from the veterinary perspective but does not own cervid, or may be an individual whose occupation engages him or her in education, research or government activities in support of farming or ranching, but does not farm or ranch. Practitioner Members do not vote and cannot hold office in the Association. They receive association publications and attend all activities sponsored by the Association at the member rate. Practitioner Members pay annual dues, established by the Board of Directors, as of May 1 of the current year.

$35

Student Member (non-voting)

A Student Member is under 18 years of age or is a student at a college and has an interest in the industry. Student Members do not vote and cannot hold office in the Association. They may attend all activities sponsored by the Association at member rates, and they receive the publications. Student Members pay annual dues, set by the Board of Directors, as the May 1 of the current year.

$35

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The Cervid Congress

We are proud creators of NADeFA’s Think Tank.

The Cervid Congress was designed to bring together representatives from each linked association to discuss issues and industry concerns. The presidents of each association are invited to attend and/or send a delegation to discuss the most pertinent issues in the industry. We welcome anyone that wishes to participate in the day-long workshop to resolve industry issues and collaborate to improve industry conditions.

The Cervid Congress has facilitated discussion on subjects such as CWD, EHD, Bluetongue and various other cervid-related topics. In the most recent years, subjects have included drug withdrawal times in cervids and hunting ranch ethics, which resulted in the Fair Chase Hunting Ranch Whitepaper and Fair Chase Hunting Ranch Ethics being developed and distributed. Last year participants discussed and made recommendations for a list of drugs that NADeFA would like to see labeled for use with cervids.

The Cervid Congress also provides participants with the opportunity to relax and talk with like-minded people from across the country.