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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-25-038931
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251020
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251022
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251022

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Graham George
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002082308
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13648
		FILM NUMBER:		251410392

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 PARAGON DRIVE
		CITY:			MONTVALE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07645

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BALCHEM CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000009326
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		EIN:				132578432
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 PARAGON DRIVE
		CITY:			MONTVALE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07645
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(845) 326-5600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 PARAGON DRIVE
		CITY:			MONTVALE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07645
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney is attached.</remarks>

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        <signatureDate>2025-10-22</signatureDate>
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      <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Exhibit 24</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Balchem Corporation&#8217;s Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, Secretary, Deputy General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary,
        each, individually, with full power of substitution, as the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</div>
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              <div>prepare, execute in the undersigned&#8217;s name and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<u>SEC</u>&#8221;) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC
                of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;</div>
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              <div>prepare, execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as an officer and/or director of Balchem Corporation (the &#8220;<u>Company</u>&#8221;), Forms 3, 4, and 5 or any other required forms, including any amendments to such forms, as appropriate, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
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              <div>do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or any other required
                forms, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</div>
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              <div>take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
                legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney for Section 16 Reporting Obligations shall be in such form and
                shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorneys-in-fact may approve in such attorneys-in-fact&#8217;s discretion.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
        necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
        ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact&#8217;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
        acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
        the undersigned&#8217;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to either of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney for Section 16 Reporting Obligations to be executed as of this 6<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">th</sup>
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