Continental Grain Co
14 facilities · 4 states · 7.2M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Continental Grain Co is the reported parent of 14 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 7.2M lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 42 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Alabama (4.3M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Continental Grain Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Continental Grain Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-9.4%
13 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-9.4%
1.6 million lb → 1.4 million lb, every facility that filed
- Continental Grain Co's total reported releases fell from 1.6 million lb in 2022 to 1.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Continental Grain Co's land releases fell from 6.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 554 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Continental Grain Co's air releases rose from 24.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 44.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Continental Grain Co's off-site transfers rose from 10.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Continental Grain Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Enterprise Fresh Plant; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Danville Complex; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Dobson Fresh Plant; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Pendergrass Fresh Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Waste Management Inc; Koch Inc.; Quikrete Holdings; Kennametal Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Peracetic acid; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Certain glycol ethers. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; Arkansas; North Carolina. 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: Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Enterprise Fresh Plant; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Danville Complex; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Dobson Fresh Plant; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Pendergrass Fresh Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Waste Management Inc; Koch Inc.; Quikrete Holdings; Kennametal Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Peracetic acid; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Certain glycol ethers. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; Arkansas; North Carolina. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Continental Grain Co ranks #207 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Continental Grain Co files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Continental Grain Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 14 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Continental Grain Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Waste Management Inc; Koch Inc.; Quikrete Holdings) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Continental Grain Co sits among TRI parents
Continental Grain Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Waste Management Inc and Koch Inc. and Quikrete Holdings and Kennametal Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Waste Management Inc · rank #205 · 95.6M lbs
- Koch Inc. · rank #206 · 45.8M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Quikrete Holdings · rank #208 · 6.9M lbs
- Kennametal Inc · rank #209 · 6.5M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Continental Grain Co
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Peracetic acid; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Certain glycol ethers lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Enterprise Fresh Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 7.0M lbs |
| Peracetic acid | 103.5K lbs |
| Ammonia | 61.3K lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 60.6K lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | 4.8K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 8 | 4.3M lbs |
| Arkansas | 1 | 1.5M lbs |
| North Carolina | 3 | 1.0M lbs |
| Georgia | 2 | 393.6K lbs |
Facilities (14)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Enterprise Fresh Plant Jack, AL | 4.2M lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Danville Complex Danville, AR | 1.5M lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Dobson Fresh Plant Dobson, NC | 1.0M lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Pendergrass Fresh Plant Pendergrass, GA | 393.6K lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods Decatur, AL | 47.6K lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Dothan Fresh Plant Dothan, AL | 30.9K lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Union Springs Fresh Plant Union Springs, AL | 24.6K lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Albertville Fresh Plant Albertville, AL | 14.8K lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms - Decatur Fresh Plant Decatur, AL | 14.6K lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Ozark Feed Mill Ozark, AL | 0 lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Guntersville Feed Mill Guntersville, AL | 0 lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Maysville Feed Mill Maysville, GA | 0 lbs |
| Wayne Farms LLC - Newton Feed Mill Newton, NC | 0 lbs |
| Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Elkin Feedmill Elkin, NC | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Continental Grain Co on total disclosed release pounds (7.2M lbs) and reporting facility count (14). Release-volume peers include Veolia N.a., Metalplate Galvanizing LP, Pace Industries LLC. Facility-count peers include American Air Liquide Holdings Inc, Cemstone Products Co, Championx Corp. 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 Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Continental Grain Co's TRI parent record
From Continental Grain Co, open Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Enterprise Fresh Plant or compare against Waste Management Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Continental Grain Co (Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Enterprise Fresh Plant in AL). Largest facility
- Compare against Koch Inc., the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Continental Grain Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Waste Management Inc, Koch Inc.) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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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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