Foremost Farms USA Cooperative
11 facilities · 2 states · 11.6M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Foremost Farms USA Cooperative is the reported parent of 11 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 11.6M lbs of toxic releases. 23 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Wisconsin (11.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across Foremost Farms USA Cooperative's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Foremost Farms USA Cooperative: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-89.7%
9 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-93.3%
695.8 thousand lb → 46.5 thousand 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.
- Foremost Farms USA Cooperative's total reported releases fell from 452.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 46.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Foremost Farms USA Cooperative's land releases rose from 5.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Foremost Farms USA Cooperative's off-site transfers fell from 446.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 33.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Foremost Farms USA Cooperative's water releases rose from 346 lb in 2022 to 592 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Foremost Farms USA Cooperative from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Foremost Farms USA; Foremost Farms USA; Foremost Farms USA; Foremost Farms USA. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Wec Energy Group; Monomoy Capital Partners LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Ammonia. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wisconsin; Michigan. 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: Foremost Farms USA; Foremost Farms USA; Foremost Farms USA; Foremost Farms USA. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Wec Energy Group; Monomoy Capital Partners LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Ammonia. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wisconsin; Michigan. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Foremost Farms USA Cooperative ranks #140 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Foremost Farms USA Cooperative files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Foremost Farms USA accounts for most of Foremost Farms USA Cooperative's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Foremost Farms USA Cooperative follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Wec Energy Group; Monomoy Capital Partners LLC) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Foremost Farms USA Cooperative sits among TRI parents
Foremost Farms USA Cooperative sits on a disclosure ladder beside Wec Energy Group and Monomoy Capital Partners LLC. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Wec Energy Group · rank #141 · 7.5M lbs
- Monomoy Capital Partners LLC · rank #142 · 7.3M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Foremost Farms USA Cooperative
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Ammonia lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Foremost Farms USA. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 11.6M lbs |
| Nitric acid | 474 lbs |
| Ammonia | 200 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 10 | 11.6M lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 462 lbs |
Facilities (11)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Foremost Farms USA Plover, WI | 9.8M lbs |
| Foremost Farms USA Marshfield, WI | 431.9K lbs |
| Foremost Farms USA Athens, WI | 423.0K lbs |
| Foremost Farms USA Lancaster, WI | 302.7K lbs |
| Foremost Farms USA Clayton, WI | 297.2K lbs |
| Foremost Farms USA Appleton, WI | 275.0K lbs |
| Foremost Farms USA Reedsburg, WI | 56.1K lbs |
| Foremost Farms USA Richland Center, WI | 42.5K lbs |
| Foremost Farms USA Sparta, WI | 15.3K lbs |
| Foremost Farms USA Chilton, WI | 6.1K lbs |
| Greenville Venture Partners LLC Greenville, MI | 462 lbs |
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Foremost Farms USA Cooperative on total disclosed release pounds (11.6M lbs) and reporting facility count (11). Release-volume peers include Ardagh Holdings USA Inc, Dupont de Nemours Inc, Suncoke Energy Inc. Facility-count peers include Ag Processing Inc, American Electric Power, Atlas Roofing Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Wisconsin, Michigan; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Foremost Farms USA Cooperative's TRI parent record
From Foremost Farms USA Cooperative, open Foremost Farms USA or compare against Wec Energy Group rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Foremost Farms USA Cooperative (Foremost Farms USA in WI). Largest facility
- Compare against Wec Energy Group, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Foremost Farms USA Cooperative sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Wec Energy Group, Monomoy Capital Partners LLC) 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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