EPA TRI Facility · Food
Prairie Farms
Luana, IA · Parent: Prairie Farms
- Total releases
- 1.5M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Prairie Farms: how the 1.5M lbs splits
1.5M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 1.5M lbs 100.0%
Prairie Farms's 1.5M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Prairie Farms is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Luana, IA, in the food sector. It reported 244.4K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 1.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,031 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 #25 and chemical-count #104 at 1.5M 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: Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC; Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.; Rockwell Collins - Decorah Operations; Gemini-Decorah. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC - Decatur; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Danville Complex; 293 - Memphis Oilseeds; Pilgrim's Pride Sumter Processing Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Peracetic acid; Certain glycol ethers.
Prairie Farms stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (100.0% water discharges) across 6 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.5M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC - Decatur and Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Danville Complex.
Prairie Farms vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.5M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Prairie Farms inside Clayton's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Prairie Farms reports the 137th-largest volume, placing it in the top 6.9% of its sector. This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Clayton. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 74.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Iowa include Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC - Decatur and Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Danville Complex.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Clayton's reported pounds (1.5M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Prairie Farms's total reported releases fell from 319.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 244.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Prairie Farms's water releases fell from 319.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 244.4 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.
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14% less 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: 1.5M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 35% (378.2K lbs to 244.4K lbs).
Prairie Farms: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER 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 35% 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 | 378.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 251.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 302.7K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 319.2K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 244.4K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 1.1M lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 378.2K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 4.3K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 440 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 79 lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 57 lbs | - |
Prairie Farms · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Prairie Farms
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC, Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc., Rockwell Collins - Decorah Operations, 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. Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC - Decatur, Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Danville Complex, 293 - Memphis Oilseeds.
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Prairie Farms on cumulative reported pounds (1.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Lawrence Energy Center, Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re : Chicago Plant, Catlettsburg Refining LLC. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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.
- Lawrence Energy Center Lawrence, KS · Electric Utilities 1.5M lbs reported
- Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re : Chicago Plant Chicago, IL · Fabricated Metals 1.5M lbs reported
- Catlettsburg Refining LLC Catlettsburg, KY · Petroleum 1.5M lbs reported
- Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC - Decatur Decatur, IL · Food 1.5M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid, Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC. Prairie Farms stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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 (HEAVY · WATER · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) 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 Luana, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 100% of Clayton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lawrence Energy Center (Δ 1.6K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Prairie Farms stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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