EPA TRI Facility · Food
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant
Farmerville, LA · Parent: Foster Poultry Farms
- Total releases
- 2.7M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant: how the 2.7M lbs splits
2.7M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 2.5M lbs 90.9%
- Land Disposal 128.9K lbs 4.8%
- Air Releases 115.5K lbs 4.3%
- Off-site Transfers 1.3K lbs <0.1%
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant's 2.7M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 90.9% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 4.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Farmerville, LA, in the food sector. It reported 1.1M lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 2.7M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 698 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Louisiana's 417 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Foster Farms Farmerville Plant is pounds #48 and chemical-count #156 at 2.7M lbs. Bayer Cropscience LP leads reported pounds (81.9M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #52). Eco-Services Operations leads chemical count at 68 chemicals (163.5K lbs, pounds #136). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dubach Gas Plant; Ecological Tanks Inc; River City Ready Mix LLC - Ruston; Advancion Corp. Similar-scale Food peers outside Louisiana: F08 - Frankfort Oilseeds; Saputo Cheese USA Inc.; Riceland Foods Inc. - Soy Div; Incobrasa Industries Ltd. Other Foster Poultry Farms sites in this extract: Foster Farms Livingston Complex; Fresno Cherry Avenue; Foster Turkey Products FTP-1; Foster Farms Belgravia Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Peracetic acid; Certain glycol ethers.
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (90.9% water discharges) across 6 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.7M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include F08 - Frankfort Oilseeds and Saputo Cheese USA Inc..
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.7M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant inside Union Parish's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Foster Farms Farmerville Plant reports the 74th-largest volume, placing it in the top 3.7% of its sector. This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Union Parish. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 95.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Louisiana include F08 - Frankfort Oilseeds and Saputo Cheese USA Inc..
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Union Parish's reported pounds (2.7M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Foster Farms Farmerville Plant's total reported releases rose from 1.0 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Foster Farms Farmerville Plant's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Foster Farms Farmerville Plant's land releases fell from 715 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Foster Farms Farmerville Plant's chemicals reported rose from 5 in 2022 to 6 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant Form-R facts
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20% 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 Foster Farms Farmerville Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.7M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1087% (91.5K lbs to 1.1M lbs).
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Foster Farms Farmerville Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1087% 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 | 91.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 114.5K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 376.5K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 1.0M lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 1.1M lbs | 6 |
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) | 2.6M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 112.2K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 8.4K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 3.0K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 0 lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 0 lbs | - |
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Foster Farms Farmerville Plant
Closest other reporters in Louisiana - including Dubach Gas Plant, Ecological Tanks Inc, River City Ready Mix LLC - Ruston, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 416 other reporting facilities in Louisiana.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Louisiana - e.g. F08 - Frankfort Oilseeds, Saputo Cheese USA Inc., Riceland Foods Inc. - Soy Div.
Compare beyond Louisiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Foster Farms Farmerville Plant on cumulative reported pounds (2.7M lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Dcl - Bushy Park Facility, Scepter Inc, Basf Corp-Savannah Operations. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Foster Poultry Farms Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Foster Farms Livingston Complex, Fresno Cherry Avenue, Foster Turkey Products FTP-1.
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), Ammonia, Peracetic acid, Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Dubach Gas Plant. Foster Farms Farmerville Plant 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 Foster Farms Farmerville Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · 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.
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Farmerville, LA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 100% of Union Parish TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dcl - Bushy Park Facility (Δ 1.5K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Foster Farms Farmerville Plant stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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