EPA TRI Facility · Food
Cargill Animal Nutrition
Mc Pherson, KS · Parent: Cargill Inc
- Total releases
- 2.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cargill Animal Nutrition: how the 2.4K lbs splits
2.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.4K lbs 98.6%
- Air Releases 20 lbs 0.8%
- Water Discharges 15 lbs 0.6%
Cargill Animal Nutrition's 2.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Cargill Animal Nutrition is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mc Pherson, KS, in the food sector. It reported 2.4K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2020, and 2.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 12,486 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kansas's 317 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cargill Animal Nutrition is pounds #168 and chemical-count #157 at 2.4K lbs. Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies LLC leads reported pounds (19.3M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #32). Ash Grove Cement Co leads chemical count at 45 chemicals (929.5K lbs, pounds #26). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Viega Logistics Facility; Johns Manville; Ics Inc; Certainteed LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Kansas: Columbia Farms/house of Raeford; Mars Petcare US Inc.; Schreiber Foods; Crider Inc. - Stillmore. Other Cargill Inc sites in this extract: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Cargill Corn Milling; Cargill Inc; Cargill Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese compounds; Copper compounds.
Cargill Animal Nutrition stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.6% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.4K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Columbia Farms/house of Raeford and Mars Petcare US Inc..
Cargill Animal Nutrition vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.4K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cargill Animal Nutrition in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Cargill Animal Nutrition reports the 1,108th-largest volume (2.4K lbs). Scale peers outside Kansas include Columbia Farms/house of Raeford and Mars Petcare US Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Cargill Animal Nutrition Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cargill Animal Nutrition releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Cargill Animal Nutrition: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Cargill Animal Nutrition year-over-year reported totals. 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 2.4K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 1.4K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 760 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 260 lbs | - |
Cargill Animal Nutrition · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cargill Animal Nutrition
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Viega Logistics Facility, Johns Manville, Ics Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Columbia Farms/house of Raeford, Mars Petcare US Inc., Schreiber Foods.
Compare beyond Kansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cargill Animal Nutrition on cumulative reported pounds (2.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Ashtabula Rubber Co., Superior Battery Manufacturing Co Inc., State Industrial Products. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Ashtabula Rubber Co. Ashtabula, OH · Plastics and Rubber 2.4K lbs reported
- Superior Battery Manufacturing Co Inc. Russell Springs, KY · Electrical Equipment 2.4K lbs reported
- State Industrial Products Hebron, OH · Chemicals 2.4K lbs reported
- Little Giant Ladder Systems Springville, UT · Primary Metals 2.4K 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 Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds, Copper compounds; nearby reporters include Viega Logistics Facility. Cargill Animal Nutrition 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.
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This Cargill Animal Nutrition TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cargill Animal Nutrition totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mc Pherson, KS, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 311119 · Food. 0.1% of Mcpherson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ashtabula Rubber Co. (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cargill Animal Nutrition stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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