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.

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Release-over-release change

What changed for Deere & Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023

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

Total Releases
2.4M lbs
Facilities
21
Chemicals
114
Carcinogens
6

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

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.

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)

Facility Releases
John Deere Waterloo Works Drivetrain Operations and Foundry Waterloo, IA 963.2K lbs
John Deere Harvester Works East Moline East Moline, IL 350.2K lbs
John Deere Des Moines Works Ankeny, IA 276.3K lbs
John Deere Horicon Works-Dt Horicon, WI 183.4K lbs
John Deere Davenport Works Davenport, IA 173.6K lbs
John Deere Dubuque Works Dubuque, IA 88.6K lbs
John Deere Seeding & Cylinder Moline, IL 77.6K lbs
John Deere Power Products Greeneville, TN 73.7K lbs
John Deere Ottumwa Works Ottumwa, IA 72.9K lbs
John Deere Coffeyville Works a Div of Deere & Compan Coffeyville, KS 28.7K lbs
John Deere Seeding Group Valley City Nd Valley City, ND 27.9K lbs
John Deere Waterloo Works Tcao Waterloo, IA 26.3K lbs
John Deere Engine Works Waterloo, IA 24.0K lbs
John Deere Turf Care Fuquay Varina, NC 20.2K lbs
John Deere Paton Paton, IA 3.0K lbs
John Deere Horicon Works - Gator Works Horicon, WI 2.7K lbs
John Deere Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA 2.7K lbs
John Deere Kernersville LLC Kernersville, NC 2.3K lbs
John Deere Commercial Products Grovetown, GA 323 lbs
John Deere Isg Fargo Fargo, ND 5 lbs
John Deere Reman Springfield Springfield, MO 0 lbs

Frequently Asked Questions

How much pollution does Deere & Co release?
Deere & Co discloses 2.4M lbs across 21 facilities. On the ladder it sits near Archer Daniels Midland Co and Freeport-McMoran Inc. Deere & Co ranks #415 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set.
How many facilities does Deere & Co operate?
Deere & Co maps to 21 facilities in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, including John Deere Waterloo Works Drivetrain Operations and Foundry; John Deere Harvester Works East Moline; John Deere Des Moines Works; John Deere Horicon Works-Dt. Deere & Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 21 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
What industries and chemicals show up for Deere & Co?
Deere & Co's disclosed pounds span Machinery; Transportation Equipment; Computers and Electronic Products, with Machinery leading the parent total. Deere & Co's largest disclosed chemicals by pounds are Zinc compounds, Certain glycol ethers, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Manganese (none of those top chemicals carry a carcinogen flag in this extract). Neighbor parents: Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc.
Does Deere & Co release carcinogens?
Yes - 6 carcinogen-flagged substances appear in the extract. Largest by pounds include Zinc compounds; Certain glycol ethers; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Manganese.

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.

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.

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