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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
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Defined Contribution Plans
The Company sponsors one 401(k) savings plan for eligible employees, which allows participants to make pretax or after tax contributions and the Company matches certain percentages of those contributions. The plan also has a discretionary profit sharing portion and matches 401(k) contributions with shares of the Company’s Common Stock. All amounts contributed to the plan are deposited into a trust fund administered by independent trustees.
Postretirement Medical Plans
The Company provides postretirement benefits in the form of two unfunded postretirement medical plans; one that is under a collective bargaining agreement and covers eligible retired employees of the Verona facility and one for officers of the Company pursuant to the Balchem Corporation Officer Retiree Program.
Net periodic benefit costs for such retirement medical plans were as follows:

 Three Months Ended March 31,
 20252024
Service cost$29 $28 
Interest cost18 14 
Amortization of gain(3)(3)
Net periodic benefit cost$44 $39 

The amounts recorded for these obligations on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are $1,446 and $1,522, respectively, and are included in "Other long-term obligations" on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. These plans are unfunded and approved claims are paid from Company funds. Historical cash payments made under such plans have typically been less than $200 per year.

Defined Benefit Pension Plans
On May 27, 2019, the Company acquired Chemogas Holding NV, a privately held specialty gases company headquartered in Grimbergen, Belgium ("Chemogas"), which has an unfunded defined benefit pension plan. The plan provides for the payment of a lump sum at retirement or payments in case of death of the covered employees. The amounts recorded for these obligations on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were $690 and $613, respectively, and were included in "Other long-term obligations" on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Net periodic benefit costs for such benefit pension plans were as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
 20252024
Service cost with interest to end of year$49 $18 
Interest cost19 14 
Expected return on plan assets(14)(10)
Amortization of loss1 — 
Total net periodic benefit cost$55 $22 

Deferred Compensation Plan
The Company provides an unfunded, nonqualified deferred compensation plan maintained for the benefit of a select group of management or highly compensated employees. Assets of the plan are held in a rabbi trust, and are subject to additional risk of loss in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company. The deferred compensation liability was $11,653 as of March 31, 2025, of which $11,633 was included in "Other long-term obligations" and $20 was included in "Accrued compensation and other benefits" on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. The deferred compensation liability was $11,470 as of December 31, 2024, of which $11,449 was included in "Other long-term obligations" and $21 was included in "Accrued compensation and other benefits" on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The related assets of the irrevocable trust funds (also known as "rabbi trust funds") were $11,642 as of March 31, 2025, of which $11,622 was included in "Other non-current assets" and $20 was included in "Other current assets" on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet. The rabbi trust funds were $11,465 as of December 31, 2024 and were included in "Other non-current assets" on the Company's consolidated balance sheets.