EPA TRI Facility · Food
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
Fort Wayne, IN · Parent: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
- Total releases
- 427.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc: how the 427.3K lbs splits
427.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 426.7K lbs 99.9%
- Off-site Transfers 630 lbs 0.1%
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's 427.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Wayne, IN, in the food sector. It reported 60.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 427.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,148 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Indiana's 871 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc is pounds #103 and chemical-count #486 at 427.3K lbs. Uss Gary Works leads reported pounds (77.4M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #9). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC leads chemical count at 98 chemicals (11.9M lbs, pounds #12). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream; Dr Lubricants Inc.; Pyromation Inc; Dana Light Axle Products LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Indiana: Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa; Saputo Cheese USA Inc; Foremost Farms USA. Other Prairie Farms Dairy Inc sites in this extract: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Prairie Farms-Rockford; Hiland Dairy Foods Co; Hiland Dairy Foods Co LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Peracetic acid.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.9% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 427.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc and Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
427K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Prairie Farms Dairy Inc reports the 258th-largest volume, placing it in the top 13% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 97.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc and Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 97.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's total reported releases fell from 126.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 60.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's off-site transfers fell from 434 lb in 2022 to 93 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's air releases fell from 125.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 60.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Prairie Farms Dairy Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 427.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 23% (78.4K lbs to 60.3K lbs).
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Prairie Farms Dairy Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 23% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 78.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 103.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 58.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 126.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 60.3K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 416.6K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 10.7K lbs | - |
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Dr Lubricants Inc., Pyromation Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa, Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Prairie Farms Dairy Inc on cumulative reported pounds (427.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Curia Missouri-Springfield (formerly Amri-Missouri Inc.), Pine Hall Brick Co Inc, Wolverine Advanced Materials. 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.
- Curia Missouri-Springfield (formerly Amri-Missouri Inc.) Springfield, MO · Chemicals 427.3K lbs reported
- Pine Hall Brick Co Inc Madison, NC · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 427.4K lbs reported
- Wolverine Advanced Materials Blacksburg, VA · Fabricated Metals 427.4K lbs reported
- Axillon Aerospace (rockmart) Inc. Rockmart, GA · Plastics and Rubber 427.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Prairie Farms Dairy Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Prairie Farms Dairy Inc, Prairie Farms-Rockford, Hiland Dairy Foods Co.
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 Nitric acid, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc stamps MID volume · AIR 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 Prairie Farms Dairy Inc TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Wayne, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 4.1% of Allen TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Curia Missouri-Springfield (formerly Amri-Missouri Inc.) (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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