Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
24 facilities · 14 states · 876.0K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Prairie Farms Dairy Inc is the reported parent of 24 Form R facilities across 14 states, disclosing 876.0K lbs of toxic releases. 41 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Indiana (440.8K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Prairie Farms Dairy Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-49.8%
18 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-50.5%
156.3 thousand lb → 77.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's total reported releases fell from 154.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 77.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's off-site transfers fell from 18.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's air releases fell from 135.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 70.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Prairie Farms Dairy Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Prairie Farms-Rockford; Hiland Dairy Foods Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Steel Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Peracetic acid; Certain glycol ethers. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Indiana; Illinois; Missouri. 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.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Prairie Farms-Rockford; Hiland Dairy Foods Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Steel Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Peracetic acid; Certain glycol ethers. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Indiana; Illinois; Missouri. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc ranks #687 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc spans 14 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 24 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Prairie Farms Dairy Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Steel Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Prairie Farms Dairy Inc sits among TRI parents
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and US Steel Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc · rank #685 · 131.7M lbs
- US Steel Corp · rank #686 · 79.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
Nitric acid; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Peracetic acid; Certain glycol ethers lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 746.1K lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 53.9K lbs |
| Ammonia | 50.2K lbs |
| Peracetic acid | 25.7K lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | 67 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 2 | 440.8K lbs |
| Illinois | 5 | 303.6K lbs |
| Missouri | 3 | 57.4K lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 24.3K lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 13.4K lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 13.2K lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 11.9K lbs |
| Nebraska | 1 | 11.4K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 0 lbs |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 0 lbs |
| Arkansas | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Kansas | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Kentucky | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (24)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Prairie Farms Dairy Inc Fort Wayne, IN | 427.3K lbs |
| Prairie Farms Dairy Inc Granite City, IL | 223.9K lbs |
| Prairie Farms-Rockford Rockford, IL | 73.4K lbs |
| Hiland Dairy Foods Co Springfield, MO | 47.1K lbs |
| Hiland Dairy Foods Co LLC Memphis, TN | 24.3K lbs |
| Ice Cream Specialties Lafayette, IN | 13.5K lbs |
| Prairie Farms Dubuque, IA | 13.4K lbs |
| East Side Jersey Dairy Inc. DBA Brown's Dairy Hammond, LA | 13.2K lbs |
| Prarie Farms Dairy Inc Battle Creek, MI | 11.9K lbs |
| Hiland Dairy Co Omaha, NE | 11.4K lbs |
| Ice Cream Specialties Inc- St Louis Saint Louis, MO | 7.2K lbs |
| Prairie Farms Dairy Inc Peoria, IL | 6.3K lbs |
| Hiland Dairy Co Kansas City, MO | 3.0K lbs |
| Prairie Farms Dairy - Mindoro Mindoro, WI | 0 lbs |
| Prairie Farms White Hill Cheese Shullsburg, WI | 0 lbs |
| Praire Farms Tulsa LLC Tulsa, OK | 0 lbs |
| Hiland Dairy Foods Co Chandler, OK | 0 lbs |
| Hiland/gilt Edge Dairy Norman, OK | 0 lbs |
| Hiland Dairy Little Rock, AR | 0 lbs |
| Hiland Dairy Foods Co Wichita, KS | 0 lbs |
| Prairie Farms Dairy Inc Carlinville, IL | 0 lbs |
| Prairie Farms Dairy Inc Olney, IL | 0 lbs |
| East Side Jersey Dairy Woodbury, MN | 0 lbs |
| Prairie Farms Dairy Somerset, KY | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Prairie Farms Dairy Inc on total disclosed release pounds (876.0K lbs) and reporting facility count (24). Release-volume peers include Continental Tire Holding US LLC, Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC, Hydro Extrusion USA LLC. Facility-count peers include Dow Inc, Global Partners LP, Howmet Aerospace Inc. 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 Indiana, Illinois, Missouri; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
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- Open the largest Form R site for Prairie Farms Dairy Inc (Prairie Farms Dairy Inc in IN). Largest facility
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Rank and peers (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, US Steel Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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