Simmons Foods Inc
5 facilities · 3 states · 530.4K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Simmons Foods Inc is the reported parent of 5 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 530.4K lbs of toxic releases. 14 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Missouri (408.6K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across Simmons Foods Inc's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Simmons Foods Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-1.5%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-1.5%
102.9 thousand lb → 101.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Simmons Foods Inc's total reported releases fell from 102.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 101.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Simmons Foods Inc's off-site transfers rose from 40.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 46.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Simmons Foods Inc's air releases fell from 35.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 30.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Simmons Foods Inc's chemicals reported fell from 8 in 2022 to 7 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Simmons Foods Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Simmons Foods; Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County; Simmons Decatur Processing South; Simmons Feed Mill. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Peracetic acid; Hydrogen sulfide; Chlorine. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Missouri; Arkansas; Oklahoma. 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: Simmons Foods; Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County; Simmons Decatur Processing South; Simmons Feed Mill. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Peracetic acid; Hydrogen sulfide; Chlorine. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Missouri; Arkansas; Oklahoma. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Simmons Foods Inc ranks #882 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Simmons Foods Inc files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Simmons Foods accounts for most of Simmons Foods Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Simmons Foods Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Simmons Foods Inc sits among TRI parents
Simmons Foods Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside The Renco Group Inc and Ameren Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- The Renco Group Inc · rank #880 · 150.8M lbs
- Ameren Corp · rank #881 · 13.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Simmons Foods Inc
Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Peracetic acid; Hydrogen sulfide; Chlorine lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Simmons Foods. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | 324.2K lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 160.4K lbs |
| Peracetic acid | 35.2K lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 7.5K lbs |
| Chlorine | 3.1K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 1 | 408.6K lbs |
| Arkansas | 3 | 121.7K lbs |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (5)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Simmons Foods South West City, MO | 408.6K lbs |
| Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County Gentry, AR | 120.0K lbs |
| Simmons Decatur Processing South Decatur, AR | 1.7K lbs |
| Simmons Feed Mill Fairland, OK | 0 lbs |
| Simmons-Decatur Feedmil Decatur, AR | 0 lbs |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much pollution does Simmons Foods Inc release?
How many facilities does Simmons Foods Inc operate?
What industries and chemicals show up for Simmons Foods Inc?
Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Simmons Foods Inc on total disclosed release pounds (530.4K lbs) and reporting facility count (5). Release-volume peers include Department of Defense, Ict Industries Inc, Lactalis Cheese & Dairy Holding Inc. Facility-count peers include Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc, Advansix Inc, Aes 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 Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Simmons Foods Inc's TRI parent record
From Simmons Foods Inc, open Simmons Foods or compare against The Renco Group Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Simmons Foods Inc (Simmons Foods in MO). Largest facility
- Compare against Ameren Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Simmons Foods Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (The Renco Group Inc, Ameren Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Simmons Foods Inc'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
PlainEnviro renders public EPA records directly from its data pipeline; no figure on this page is typed in by an editor. See the editorial standards and corrections policy for how source changes and reported errors are handled.