EPA TRI Facility · Food
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc
Battle Creek, MI · Parent: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
- Total releases
- 11.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc: how the 11.9K lbs splits
11.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 10.7K lbs 89.6%
- Off-site Transfers 1.2K lbs 10.4%
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc's 11.9K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 89.6% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 10.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Peracetic acid.
LIGHT volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Battle Creek, MI, in the food sector. It reported 220 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 11.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,440 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Prarie Farms Dairy Inc is pounds #360 and chemical-count #371 at 11.9K lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Basf Toda America Inc; Trmi Inc; Cosma Casting Michigan; Bleistahl N.a. LP. Similar-scale Food peers outside Michigan: Associated Milk Producers Inc.; Plumrose DBA Jbs Prepared Foods - Council Bluffs 1; West Liberty Foods Bolingbrook Il; Kerry Inc. 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: Peracetic acid; Certain glycol ethers; Nitric acid.
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (89.6% land disposal) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 11.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Associated Milk Producers Inc. and Plumrose DBA Jbs Prepared Foods - Council Bluffs 1.
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
12K lbs Top 36% higher than 64% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc: Peracetic acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Prarie Farms Dairy Inc reports the 911th-largest volume (11.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Peracetic acid alone is 99.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Associated Milk Producers Inc. and Plumrose DBA Jbs Prepared Foods - Council Bluffs 1.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Prarie Farms Dairy Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Peracetic acid at 99.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Prarie Farms Dairy Inc's total reported releases rose from 163 lb in 2022 to 220 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Prarie Farms Dairy Inc's off-site transfers rose from 163 lb in 2022 to 220 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Prarie Farms Dairy Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Prarie Farms Dairy Inc 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: Peracetic acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 11.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 163 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 220 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 11.9K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 46 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc · LAND-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Prarie Farms Dairy Inc on cumulative reported pounds (11.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Zinkpower Waco, Stern Williams, Menasha Pkg Llc/york. 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.
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Similar chemical count
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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 Peracetic acid, Certain glycol ethers, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Basf Toda America Inc. Prarie Farms Dairy Inc stamps LIGHT volume · LAND 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 Prarie Farms Dairy Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · LAND · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Battle Creek, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (4 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.4% of Calhoun TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Zinkpower Waco (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Prarie Farms Dairy Inc stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Peracetic 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