Cargill Inc
96 facilities · 32 states · 44.8M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Cargill Inc is the reported parent of 96 Form R facilities across 32 states, disclosing 44.8M lbs of toxic releases. 12 of 294 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Iowa (11.0M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Cargill Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Cargill Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+11.5%
82 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+11.5%
8.6 million lb → 9.6 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 5 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Cargill Inc's total reported releases rose from 8.6 million lb in 2022 to 9.6 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Inc's land releases rose from 230.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 290.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Inc's off-site transfers fell from 474.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 363.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Inc's air releases rose from 5.4 million lb in 2022 to 6.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Cargill Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Cargill Corn Milling; Cargill Inc; Cargill Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Cyclohexane; Ammonia; Acetaldehyde. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Iowa; Nebraska; Kansas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Chemicals. 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: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Cargill Corn Milling; Cargill Inc; Cargill Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Cyclohexane; Ammonia; Acetaldehyde. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Iowa; Nebraska; Kansas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Chemicals.
Cargill Inc ranks #43 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Cargill Inc spans 32 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Cargill Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 96 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Cargill Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Cargill Inc sits among TRI parents
Cargill Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Tyson Foods Inc and Omaha Public Power District. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Tyson Foods Inc · rank #44 · 11.9M lbs
- Omaha Public Power District · rank #45 · 11.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Cargill Inc
n-Hexane; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Cyclohexane; Ammonia; Acetaldehyde lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 20.0M lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 16.7M lbs |
| Cyclohexane | 2.5M lbs |
| Ammonia | 1.8M lbs |
| Acetaldehyde | 989.7K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 10 | 11.0M lbs |
| Nebraska | 4 | 10.2M lbs |
| Kansas | 6 | 5.1M lbs |
| North Carolina | 3 | 2.5M lbs |
| Colorado | 2 | 2.4M lbs |
| Ohio | 6 | 2.4M lbs |
| Indiana | 3 | 2.0M lbs |
| Illinois | 3 | 1.9M lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 1.6M lbs |
| Texas | 10 | 1.4M lbs |
| Georgia | 2 | 1.3M lbs |
| Kentucky | 3 | 1.1M lbs |
| North Dakota | 2 | 1.0M lbs |
| Virginia | 3 | 332.6K lbs |
| California | 2 | 151.5K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | 59.8K lbs |
| Utah | 2 | 44.7K lbs |
| Arkansas | 2 | 43.9K lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 41.7K lbs |
| Michigan | 2 | 28.8K lbs |
| Missouri | 3 | 9.7K lbs |
| Minnesota | 3 | 2.7K lbs |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 1.1K lbs |
| Florida | 1 | 0 lbs |
| New York | 4 | 0 lbs |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Washington | 2 | 0 lbs |
| Arizona | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Mississippi | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Vermont | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (96)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Cargill Inc on total disclosed release pounds (44.8M lbs) and reporting facility count (96). Release-volume peers include Valero Energy Corp, Xcel Energy, Coeur Mining Inc. Facility-count peers include Reladyne LLC, Martin Marietta Materials Inc, Argos USA Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
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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 Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Cargill Inc's TRI parent record
From Cargill Inc, open Cargill Meat Solutions Corp or compare against Tyson Foods Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Cargill Inc (Cargill Meat Solutions Corp in NE). Largest facility
- Compare against Tyson Foods Inc, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Cargill Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Tyson Foods Inc, Omaha Public Power District) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Cargill Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
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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