Seaboard Corp
12 facilities · 5 states · 269.3K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Seaboard Corp is the reported parent of 12 Form R facilities across 5 states, disclosing 269.3K lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 31 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is North Carolina (191.7K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Seaboard Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Seaboard Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-16.3%
10 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-16.3%
53.7 thousand lb → 45.0 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Seaboard Corp's total reported releases fell from 53.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 45.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Seaboard Corp's off-site transfers fell from 3.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Seaboard Corp's air releases fell from 24.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Seaboard Corp's land releases rose from 26.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 32.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Seaboard Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Butterball LLC; Seaboard Foods LLC Guymon Ok (processing Plant); Butterball LLC; Butterball LLC - Yellville Feed Mill. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Formaldehyde; Methanol; Copper compounds; Manganese. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Oklahoma; Arkansas. 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: Butterball LLC; Seaboard Foods LLC Guymon Ok (processing Plant); Butterball LLC; Butterball LLC - Yellville Feed Mill. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Formaldehyde; Methanol; Copper compounds; Manganese. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Oklahoma; Arkansas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Seaboard Corp ranks #1,146 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Seaboard Corp files across 5 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Butterball LLC accounts for most of Seaboard Corp's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Seaboard Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Seaboard Corp sits among TRI parents
Seaboard Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Befesa Zinc US Inc. and Duke Energy Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Befesa Zinc US Inc. · rank #1,144 · 43.1M lbs
- Duke Energy Corp · rank #1,145 · 24.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Seaboard Corp
Ammonia; Formaldehyde; Methanol; Copper compounds; Manganese lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Butterball LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | 263.2K lbs |
| Formaldehyde | 4.1K lbs |
| Methanol | 2.0K lbs |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs |
| Manganese | 0 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3 | 191.7K lbs |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 61.9K lbs |
| Arkansas | 6 | 15.7K lbs |
| Missouri | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Kansas | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (12)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Butterball LLC Mount Olive, NC | 191.7K lbs |
| Seaboard Foods LLC Guymon Ok (processing Plant) Guymon, OK | 61.9K lbs |
| Butterball LLC Huntsville, AR | 9.6K lbs |
| Butterball LLC - Yellville Feed Mill Yellville, AR | 6.1K lbs |
| Butterball Goldsboro Grain Mill 2 Goldsboro, NC | 0 lbs |
| Butterball. LLC Ozark, AR | 0 lbs |
| Butterball LLC - Carthage Processing Plant Carthage, MO | 0 lbs |
| Butterball LLC Alix, AR | 0 lbs |
| Butterball Mountain Home Mountain Home, AR | 0 lbs |
| Butterball Green Forest Green Forest, AR | 0 lbs |
| Butterball LLC Columbus, KS | 0 lbs |
| Butterball Turkey Feed Mill Turkey, NC | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Seaboard Corp on total disclosed release pounds (269.3K lbs) and reporting facility count (12). Release-volume peers include Toray Industries (america) Inc, Xylem Inc, Bradken Inc. Facility-count peers include Avery Dennison Corp, Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc, Harsco 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 North Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Seaboard Corp's TRI parent record
From Seaboard Corp, open Butterball LLC or compare against Befesa Zinc US Inc. rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Seaboard Corp (Butterball LLC in NC). Largest facility
- Compare against Duke Energy Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Seaboard Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Befesa Zinc US Inc., Duke Energy Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Seaboard Corp'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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