EPA TRI Facility · Food
Prairie Farms
Dubuque, IA · Parent: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
- Total releases
- 13.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Prairie Farms: how the 13.4K lbs splits
13.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 13.4K lbs 100.0%
Prairie Farms's 13.4K 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
Prairie Farms is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dubuque, IA, in the food sector. It reported 2.6K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 13.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,171 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. Prairie Farms is pounds #231 and chemical-count #274 at 13.4K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dubuque Stamping & Manufacturing Inc; Eagle Window & Door Inc; Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC Dubuque; Morrison Brothers Co. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Ok Foods Oklahoma City; West Liberty Foods Tremonton; Ridley USA Inc (dba Ridley Feed Ingredients); Ice Cream Specialties. Other Prairie Farms Dairy Inc sites in this extract: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Prairie Farms-Rockford; Hiland Dairy Foods Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Prairie Farms stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 13.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ok Foods Oklahoma City and West Liberty Foods Tremonton.
Prairie Farms vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
13K lbs Top 35% higher than 65% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Prairie Farms: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Prairie Farms reports the 890th-largest volume (13.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Iowa include Ok Foods Oklahoma City and West Liberty Foods Tremonton.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Prairie Farms's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Prairie Farms's total reported releases fell from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Prairie Farms's off-site transfers fell from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Prairie Farms Form-R facts
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See how Prairie Farms stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
120.2× more than the comparison
2.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Prairie Farms releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 13.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 19% (3.2K lbs to 2.6K lbs).
Prairie Farms: 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 Prairie Farms year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 19% 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 | 3.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 2.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 2.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 2.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.6K 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) | 13.4K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Prairie Farms · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Prairie Farms
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Dubuque Stamping & Manufacturing Inc, Eagle Window & Door Inc, Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC Dubuque, 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. Ok Foods Oklahoma City, West Liberty Foods Tremonton, Ridley USA Inc (dba Ridley Feed Ingredients).
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Prairie Farms on cumulative reported pounds (13.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Buffalo Terminal LLC, Ok Foods Oklahoma City, Arkema Coating Resins. 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.
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 Dairy Inc, Prairie Farms-Rockford.
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 Dubuque Stamping & Manufacturing Inc. Prairie Farms 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 Prairie Farms 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.
Prairie Farms totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dubuque, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 5.6% of Dubuque TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Buffalo Terminal LLC (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Prairie Farms 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