American Crystal Sugar Co
6 facilities · 3 states · 6.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, American Crystal Sugar Co is the reported parent of 6 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 6.5M lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 37 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Minnesota (4.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for American Crystal Sugar Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for American Crystal Sugar Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-27.3%
5 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-33.8%
1.7 million lb → 1.1 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- American Crystal Sugar Co's total reported releases fell from 1.5 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Crystal Sugar Co's off-site transfers rose from 13 lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Crystal Sugar Co's water releases fell from 122.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 47.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Crystal Sugar Co's air releases fell from 1.3 million lb in 2022 to 1.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read American Crystal Sugar Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: American Crystal Sugar Co; American Crystal Sugar Co; American Crystal Sugar Co; Sidney Sugars Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Farmers Union Industries LLC; Sdw Holdings Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Methanol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde; Hydrogen fluoride. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; North Dakota; Montana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: American Crystal Sugar Co; American Crystal Sugar Co; American Crystal Sugar Co; Sidney Sugars Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Farmers Union Industries LLC; Sdw Holdings Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Methanol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde; Hydrogen fluoride. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; North Dakota; Montana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
American Crystal Sugar Co ranks #221 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. American Crystal Sugar Co files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. American Crystal Sugar Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 6 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for American Crystal Sugar Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Farmers Union Industries LLC) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where American Crystal Sugar Co sits among TRI parents
American Crystal Sugar Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Xcel Energy and Allete Inc and Farmers Union Industries LLC and Sdw Holdings Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Xcel Energy · rank #219 · 22.8M lbs
- Allete Inc · rank #220 · 11.9M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Farmers Union Industries LLC · rank #222 · 6.1M lbs
- Sdw Holdings Corp · rank #223 · 5.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by American Crystal Sugar Co
Ammonia; Methanol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde; Hydrogen fluoride lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as American Crystal Sugar Co. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | 4.5M lbs |
| Methanol | 991.4K lbs |
| Formaldehyde | 488.8K lbs |
| Acetaldehyde | 381.3K lbs |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 123.4K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 3 | 4.6M lbs |
| North Dakota | 2 | 1.1M lbs |
| Montana | 1 | 742.1K lbs |
Facilities (6)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| American Crystal Sugar Co Crookston, MN | 1.7M lbs |
| American Crystal Sugar Co East Grand Forks, MN | 1.7M lbs |
| American Crystal Sugar Co Moorhead, MN | 1.2M lbs |
| Sidney Sugars Inc Sidney, MT | 742.1K lbs |
| American Crystal Sugar Co Hillsboro, ND | 586.2K lbs |
| American Crystal Sugar Co Drayton, ND | 511.7K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest American Crystal Sugar Co on total disclosed release pounds (6.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (6). Release-volume peers include Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Kraton Chemical Co LLC, Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. Facility-count peers include Abbott Laboratories, Agribeef Co, Allnex USA Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with American Crystal Sugar Co's TRI parent record
From American Crystal Sugar Co, open American Crystal Sugar Co or compare against Xcel Energy rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for American Crystal Sugar Co (American Crystal Sugar Co in MN). Largest facility
- Compare against Allete Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where American Crystal Sugar Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Xcel Energy, Allete Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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