EPA TRI Facility · Food
Cargill Inc
Fort Dodge, IA · Parent: Cargill Inc
- Total releases
- 163.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cargill Inc: how the 163.0K lbs splits
163.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 163.0K lbs 100.0%
Cargill Inc's 163.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Acetaldehyde.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Cargill Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Dodge, IA, in the food sector. It reported 31.7K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 163.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,594 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Iowa's 460 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cargill Inc is pounds #92 and chemical-count #92 at 163.0K lbs. Climax Molybdenum Co leads reported pounds (16.4M lbs) at 5 chemicals (chemical-count #117). Helena Industries LLC leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (9.4K lbs, pounds #247). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cj Bio America; Valero Renewable Fuels LLC; Elanco Fort Dodge; Green County Redi-Mix. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Commonwealth Dairy LLC; Proliant Dairy Ingredients; Riviana Foods; Omega Protein-Abbeville Plant. Other Cargill Inc sites in this extract: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Cargill Corn Milling; Cargill Inc; Cargill Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Acetaldehyde; n-Hexane; Methanol; Benzene.
Cargill Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 163.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Commonwealth Dairy LLC and Proliant Dairy Ingredients.
Cargill Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
163K lbs Top 14% higher than 86% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cargill Inc: carcinogen-lbs share on Form-R
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Cargill Inc reports the 404th-largest volume, placing it in the top 20.4% of its sector. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 53.3% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Iowa include Commonwealth Dairy LLC and Proliant Dairy Ingredients.
Carcinogen-heavy means ≥50% of pounds (53.3% here), not of chemical count. EPA/IARC classification ≠ site risk.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cargill Inc's total reported releases rose from 30.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 31.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Inc's air releases rose from 30.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 31.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cargill Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cargill Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 163.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 17% (38.0K lbs to 31.7K lbs).
Cargill 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 Cargill Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 17% 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: Acetaldehyde.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 38.0K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 31.7K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 31.3K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 30.4K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 31.7K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaldehyde | 86.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 38.7K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 37.4K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylbenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 0 lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 0 lbs | - |
Cargill Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cargill Inc
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Cj Bio America, Valero Renewable Fuels LLC, Elanco Fort Dodge, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 459 other reporting facilities in Iowa.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Commonwealth Dairy LLC, Proliant Dairy Ingredients, Riviana Foods.
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cargill Inc on cumulative reported pounds (163.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include M.s. Ambrogio N.a. LLC, Cobalt Boats LLC, Glacial Lakes Energy LLC. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
- M.s. Ambrogio N.a. LLC Auburn, ME · Fabricated Metals 163.0K lbs reported
- Cobalt Boats LLC Neodesha, KS · Transportation Equipment 163.0K lbs reported
- Glacial Lakes Energy LLC Watertown, SD · Chemicals 162.9K lbs reported
- Fiberdome Products LLC Plant 2 Lake Mills, WI · Plastics and Rubber 163.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Cargill Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Cargill Corn Milling, Cargill Inc.
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 Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane, Methanol, Benzene; nearby reporters include Cj Bio America. Cargill Inc stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Cargill Inc TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Acetaldehyde) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cargill Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Dodge, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311221 · Food. 4.0% of Webster TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: M.s. Ambrogio N.a. LLC (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cargill Inc stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Acetaldehyde. 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