EPA TRI Facility · Food
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative
Wahpeton, ND
- Total releases
- 1.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 11
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative: how the 1.2M lbs splits
1.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 927.3K lbs 79.2%
- Water Discharges 207.1K lbs 17.7%
- Land Disposal 36.8K lbs 3.1%
- Off-site Transfers 30 lbs <0.1%
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative's 1.2M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 79.2% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 17.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide.
HEAVY volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wahpeton, ND, in the food sector. It reported 381.8K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 1.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,192 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Dakota's 94 reporting TRI sites, Basin Electric Antelope Valley Station leads both reported pounds (167.8M lbs) and chemical count (55 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dakota Yeast LLC; Masonite Wahpeton; Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment; Cargill Inc Wet Corn Milling - Wahpeton. Similar-scale Food peers outside North Dakota: Ag Processing Inc a Cooperative; Cargill Inc.; Chs Hallock; American Crystal Sugar Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Barium And Barium Compounds.
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (79.2% air releases) across 11 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.2M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ag Processing Inc a Cooperative and Cargill Inc..
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.2M lbs Top 5% higher than 95% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative inside Richland's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative reports the 162nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 8.2% of its sector. This one site accounts for 60.3% of every pound reported in Richland. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrogen sulfide alone is 65.7% of the total. Scale peers outside North Dakota include Ag Processing Inc a Cooperative and Cargill Inc..
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Richland's reported pounds (1.9M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative's total reported releases fell from 385.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 381.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative's water releases rose from 13.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 57.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative's air releases fell from 364.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 317.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative's land releases fell from 7.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 515% (62.1K lbs to 381.8K lbs).
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative year-over-year reported totals (increased by 515% 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: Hydrogen sulfide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 62.1K lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 188.4K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 153.5K lbs | 8 |
| 2022 | 385.5K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 381.8K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 11 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen sulfide | 770.0K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 207.8K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 147.4K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 33.1K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 10.0K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 2.3K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 608 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 48 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 34 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative
Closest other reporters in North Dakota - including Dakota Yeast LLC, Masonite Wahpeton, Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 93 other reporting facilities in North Dakota.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Dakota - e.g. Ag Processing Inc a Cooperative, Cargill Inc., Chs Hallock.
Compare beyond North Dakota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative on cumulative reported pounds (1.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (11). Release-pound peers include Honeywell - Uop LLC, Ag Processing Inc a Cooperative, Wild Boar Mine. Chemical-count peers include Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal, Lanco Manufacturing Corp, Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi). 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).
- Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal Bayamon, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Lanco Manufacturing Corp San Lorenzo, PR · Chemicals 11 chemicals
- Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi) Yabucoa, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Limetree Bay Terminals LLC DBA Ocean Point Terminals Christiansted, VI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
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 Hydrogen sulfide, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia, Barium And Barium Compounds; nearby reporters include Dakota Yeast LLC. Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen sulfide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wahpeton, ND, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311313 · Food. 60.3% of Richland TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Honeywell - Uop LLC (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen sulfide. 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