EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Cargill Inc
Blooming Prairie, MN · Parent: Cargill Inc
- Total releases
- 2.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cargill Inc: how the 2.7K lbs splits
2.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.7K lbs 100.0%
Cargill Inc's 2.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Formic acid.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Cargill Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Blooming Prairie, MN, in the chemicals sector. It reported 369 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 2.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,305 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Minnesota's 459 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cargill Inc is pounds #258 and chemical-count #273 at 2.7K lbs. Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant leads reported pounds (21.5M lbs) at 24 chemicals (chemical-count #4). 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility leads chemical count at 72 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #8). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tandem Products Inc; Al-Corn Clean Fuel; Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant; McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Minnesota: Ampacet Corp; Occidental Chemical Corp Niagara Plant; Chemaid Laboratories Inc.; Nova Molecular Recovery Qozb Holdings LLC. Other Cargill Inc sites in this extract: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Cargill Corn Milling; Cargill Inc; Cargill Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Formic acid; Peracetic acid.
Cargill Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ampacet Corp and Occidental Chemical Corp Niagara Plant.
Cargill Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.7K lbs Top 47% higher than 53% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cargill Inc in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Cargill Inc reports the 2,554th-largest volume (2.7K lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Ampacet Corp and Occidental Chemical Corp Niagara Plant.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cargill Inc's total reported releases fell from 941 lb in 2022 to 369 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Inc's air releases fell from 941 lb in 2022 to 369 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cargill Inc Form-R facts
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See how Cargill Inc stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
222.4× more than the comparison
60% 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 Cargill Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 7% (398 lbs to 369 lbs).
Cargill Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cargill Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 7% 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: Formic acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 398 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 445 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 516 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 941 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 369 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Formic acid | 1.4K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 1.2K lbs | - |
Cargill Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cargill Inc
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Tandem Products Inc, Al-Corn Clean Fuel, Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cargill Inc on cumulative reported pounds (2.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Ford Motor Co Dearborn Stamping Plant, Silent-Aire, J Charles Saunders Co Inc. 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.
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 Formic acid, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Tandem Products Inc. Cargill Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Cargill Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Formic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cargill Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Blooming Prairie, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 0.3% of Steele TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ford Motor Co Dearborn Stamping Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cargill Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Formic 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