EPA TRI Facility · Food
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City
Garden City, KS · Parent: Dairy Farmers of America Inc
- Total releases
- 68.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City: how the 68.0K lbs splits
68.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 68.0K lbs 100.0%
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City's 68.0K 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
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Garden City, KS, in the food sector. It reported 4.7K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 68.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,433 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. Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City is pounds #90 and chemical-count #179 at 68.0K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Reeve Agri Energy; Bonanza Bioenergy LLC; Concrete Industries; Tex Ok Kan Oil Field Services LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Kansas: Gibbon Packing LLC; Pilgrim's Pride Corp Moorefield Fresh Facility; Blommer Chocolate Co/e Greenville Plt; Adm Animal Nutrition. Other Dairy Farmers of America Inc sites in this extract: Dairy Farmers of America Inc; Dairy Farmers of America Inc.; Dairiconcepts L.P.; Portales Dairy Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 68.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Gibbon Packing LLC and Pilgrim's Pride Corp Moorefield Fresh Facility.
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
68K lbs Top 21% higher than 79% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City reports the 569th-largest volume (68.0K 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 Kansas include Gibbon Packing LLC and Pilgrim's Pride Corp Moorefield Fresh Facility.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City'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
- Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City's total reported releases fell from 6.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City's off-site transfers fell from 6.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City Form-R facts
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See how Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
2.1× more than the comparison
50% 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 Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 68.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 89% (42.4K lbs to 4.7K lbs).
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City: 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 Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 89% 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 | 42.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 8.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 6.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 6.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 4.7K 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) | 68.0K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Reeve Agri Energy, Bonanza Bioenergy LLC, Concrete Industries, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Gibbon Packing LLC, Pilgrim's Pride Corp Moorefield Fresh Facility, Blommer Chocolate Co/e Greenville Plt.
Compare beyond Kansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City on cumulative reported pounds (68.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Neenah Paper Inc - Appleton Mill, Consolidated Metal Products, Eog Resources Inc Smiley Hub. 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.
- Neenah Paper Inc - Appleton Mill Appleton, WI · Paper 68.0K lbs reported
- Consolidated Metal Products Cincinnati, OH · Primary Metals 68.0K lbs reported
- Eog Resources Inc Smiley Hub Smiley, TX · Natural Gas Processing 68.0K lbs reported
- Rosenboon Machine & Tool Inc Sheldon, IA · Machinery 67.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Dairy Farmers of America Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Dairy Farmers of America Inc, Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Dairiconcepts L.P..
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 Reeve Agri Energy. Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City 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 Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City 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.
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Garden City, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311514 · Food. 2.1% of Finney TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Neenah Paper Inc - Appleton Mill (Δ 9 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Dairy Farmers of America - Garden City 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