EPA TRI Facility · Food
Cargill Inc
Kansas City, MO
- Total releases
- 3.6M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cargill Inc: how the 3.6M lbs splits
3.6M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.6M lbs 100.0%
- Off-site Transfers 197 lbs <0.1%
Cargill Inc's 3.6M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.
HEAVY volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Cargill Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kansas City, MO, in the food sector. It reported 842.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 3.6M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 544 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Missouri's 491 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cargill Inc is pounds #17 and chemical-count #270 at 3.6M lbs. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds (48.2M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #66). Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads chemical count at 87 chemicals (904.5K lbs, pounds #44). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Paseo Cargill Energy LLC; Northeast Generating Station; General Mills Operations LLC; Dayton Superior (unitex). Similar-scale Food peers outside Missouri: Bunge N.a. (opd West) Inc.; Roquette America Inc; Sanderson Farms LLC; Sanderson Farms LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Cyclohexane.
Cargill Inc stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.6M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bunge N.a. (opd West) Inc. and Roquette America Inc.
Cargill Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.6M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cargill Inc inside Jackson's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Cargill Inc reports the 46th-largest volume, placing it in the top 2.3% of its sector. This one site accounts for 43.4% of every pound reported in Jackson. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 84.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Missouri include Bunge N.a. (opd West) Inc. and Roquette America Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Jackson's reported pounds (8.4M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cargill Inc's total reported releases rose from 805.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 842.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Inc's off-site transfers rose from 5 lb in 2022 to 45 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Inc's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Inc's air releases rose from 805.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 842.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cargill Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cargill Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.6M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 55% (544.0K lbs to 842.0K lbs).
Cargill Inc: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Cargill Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 55% 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: n-Hexane.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 544.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 786.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 658.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 805.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 842.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 3.1M lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 573.0K lbs | - |
Cargill Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cargill Inc
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Paseo Cargill Energy LLC, Northeast Generating Station, General Mills Operations LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 490 other reporting facilities in Missouri.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Bunge N.a. (opd West) Inc., Roquette America Inc, Sanderson Farms LLC.
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cargill Inc on cumulative reported pounds (3.6M lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Huntsman Petrochemical LLC Port Neches Facility, Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC - San Juan Mine, Structural Metals 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.
- Huntsman Petrochemical LLC Port Neches Facility Port Neches, TX · Chemicals 3.6M lbs reported
- Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC - San Juan Mine Waterflow, NM · Coal Mining 3.6M lbs reported
- Structural Metals Inc Seguin, TX · Primary Metals 3.6M lbs reported
- Marathon Petroleum Co LP Garyville, LA · Petroleum 3.6M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 n-Hexane, Cyclohexane; nearby reporters include Paseo Cargill Energy LLC. Cargill Inc stamps HEAVY 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 (HEAVY · AIR · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane) 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 Kansas City, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311224 · Food. 43.4% of Jackson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Huntsman Petrochemical LLC Port Neches Facility (Δ 529 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cargill Inc stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane. 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