EPA TRI Facility · Food
Dairy Farmers of America Inc
Fort Morgan, CO · Parent: Dairy Farmers of America Inc
- Total releases
- 16.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Dairy Farmers of America Inc: how the 16.6K lbs splits
16.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 16.6K lbs 100.0%
Dairy Farmers of America Inc's 16.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Dairy Farmers of America Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Morgan, CO, in the food sector. It reported 2.7K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 16.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,674 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Colorado's 277 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Dairy Farmers of America Inc is pounds #88 and chemical-count #167 at 16.6K lbs. Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co leads reported pounds (22.9M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #13). Suncor Energy Commerce City Refinery leads chemical count at 33 chemicals (460.2K lbs, pounds #24). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Leprino Foods Co; Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Western Sugar Cooperative; Public Service Co of Colorado Pawnee Station. Similar-scale Food peers outside Colorado: Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC; Florida Beef Inc.; Chelated Minerals Corp; Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant. Other Dairy Farmers of America Inc sites in this extract: Dairy Farmers of America Inc; Dairy Farmers of America Inc.; Dairiconcepts L.P.; Portales Dairy Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Dairy Farmers of America Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 16.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC and Florida Beef Inc..
Dairy Farmers of America Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
17K lbs Top 33% higher than 67% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Dairy Farmers of America Inc: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Dairy Farmers of America Inc reports the 850th-largest volume (16.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Colorado include Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC and Florida Beef Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Dairy Farmers of America Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Dairy Farmers of America Inc's total reported releases fell from 3.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dairy Farmers of America Inc's off-site transfers fell from 3.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Dairy Farmers of America Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Dairy Farmers of America Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 16.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 221% (853 lbs to 2.7K lbs).
Dairy Farmers of America Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Dairy Farmers of America Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 221% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 853 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 5.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 4.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 3.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.7K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 16.6K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 7 lbs | - |
Dairy Farmers of America Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Dairy Farmers of America Inc
Closest other reporters in Colorado - including Leprino Foods Co, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Western Sugar Cooperative, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 276 other reporting facilities in Colorado.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Colorado - e.g. Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC, Florida Beef Inc., Chelated Minerals Corp.
Compare beyond Colorado
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Dairy Farmers of America Inc on cumulative reported pounds (16.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include General Metal Coatings LLC, Grede Holdings LLC, Staker & Parson- Spanish Fork Facility. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- General Metal Coatings LLC Aledo, IL · Fabricated Metals 16.6K lbs reported
- Grede Holdings LLC Wauwatosa, WI · Primary Metals 16.6K lbs reported
- Staker & Parson- Spanish Fork Facility Spanish Fork, UT · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 16.6K lbs reported
- Microseal Inc Paterson, NJ · Textiles 16.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Dairy Farmers of America Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Dairy Farmers of America Inc, Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Dairiconcepts L.P..
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Leprino Foods Co. Dairy Farmers of America Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Dairy Farmers of America Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Dairy Farmers of America Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Morgan, CO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311514 · Food. 0.2% of Morgan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: General Metal Coatings LLC (Δ 11 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Dairy Farmers of America Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov