Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative
2 facilities · 2 states · 3.0M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative is the reported parent of 2 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 3.0M lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 17 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Minnesota (2.5M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-31.3%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-31.3%
702.3 thousand lb → 482.7 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative's total reported releases fell from 702.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 482.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative's land releases fell from 20.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative's water releases fell from 354.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 166.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative's off-site transfers rose from 3.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative; Spreckels Sugar Co Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Packaging Corp of America; Gerdau USA Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; California. 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: Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative; Spreckels Sugar Co Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Packaging Corp of America; Gerdau USA Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; California. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative ranks #364 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative accounts for most of Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Packaging Corp of America) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative sits among TRI parents
Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative sits on a disclosure ladder beside Xcel Energy and Allete Inc and Packaging Corp of America and Gerdau USA Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Xcel Energy · rank #362 · 22.8M lbs
- Allete Inc · rank #363 · 11.9M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Packaging Corp of America · rank #365 · 1.7M lbs
- Gerdau USA Inc · rank #366 · 1.3M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1.5M lbs |
| Ammonia | 1.4M lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 168.9K lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 16.2K lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 9.7K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 1 | 2.5M lbs |
| California | 1 | 589.6K lbs |
Facilities (2)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative Renville, MN | 2.5M lbs |
| Spreckels Sugar Co Inc. Brawley, CA | 589.6K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative on total disclosed release pounds (3.0M lbs) and reporting facility count (2). Release-volume peers include Tessenderlo Kerley Inc, Teijin Automotive Technologies Inc, Mountaire Farms 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.
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Minnesota, California; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative's TRI parent record
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- Open the largest Form R site for Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative in MN). Largest facility
- Compare against Allete Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
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Rank and peers (Xcel Energy, Allete Inc) 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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