Deere & Co
21 facilities · 10 states · 2.4M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Deere & Co is the reported parent of 21 Form R facilities across 10 states, disclosing 2.4M lbs of toxic releases. 6 of 114 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Iowa (1.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Deere & Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Deere & Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+20.0%
21 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+20.0%
542.7 thousand lb → 651.0 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Deere & Co's total reported releases rose from 542.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 651.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Deere & Co's off-site transfers rose from 348.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 460.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Deere & Co's water releases fell from 14.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Deere & Co's air releases fell from 180.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 179.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Deere & Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: John Deere Waterloo Works Drivetrain Operations and Foundry; John Deere Harvester Works East Moline; John Deere Des Moines Works; John Deere Horicon Works-Dt. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Certain glycol ethers; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Manganese. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Iowa; Illinois; Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Machinery; Transportation Equipment; Computers and Electronic Products. 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: John Deere Waterloo Works Drivetrain Operations and Foundry; John Deere Harvester Works East Moline; John Deere Des Moines Works; John Deere Horicon Works-Dt. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Certain glycol ethers; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Manganese. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Iowa; Illinois; Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Machinery; Transportation Equipment; Computers and Electronic Products.
Deere & Co ranks #415 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Deere & Co spans 10 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Deere & Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 21 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Deere & Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Deere & Co sits among TRI parents
Deere & Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Archer Daniels Midland Co and Freeport-McMoran Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Archer Daniels Midland Co · rank #413 · 17.3M lbs
- Freeport-McMoran Inc · rank #414 · 16.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Deere & Co
Zinc compounds; Certain glycol ethers; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Manganese lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as John Deere Waterloo Works Drivetrain Operations and Foundry. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 522.3K lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | 288.9K lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 216.7K lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 205.3K lbs |
| Manganese | 173.4K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 8 | 1.6M lbs |
| Illinois | 2 | 427.8K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 186.1K lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 73.7K lbs |
| Kansas | 1 | 28.7K lbs |
| North Dakota | 2 | 27.9K lbs |
| North Carolina | 2 | 22.5K lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 2.7K lbs |
| Georgia | 1 | 323 lbs |
| Missouri | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (21)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Deere & Co on total disclosed release pounds (2.4M lbs) and reporting facility count (21). Release-volume peers include Par Pacific Holdings Inc, Western Sugar Cooperative, Transit Holdings Inc. Facility-count peers include Ball Corp, Bcd Parent Inc, Emerson Electric Co. 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 Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Deere & Co's TRI parent record
From Deere & Co, open John Deere Waterloo Works Drivetrain Operations and Foundry or compare against Archer Daniels Midland Co rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Deere & Co (John Deere Waterloo Works Drivetrain Operations and Foundry in IA). Largest facility
- Compare against Freeport-McMoran Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Deere & Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Archer Daniels Midland Co, Freeport-McMoran Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Deere & Co'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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