EPA TRI Facility · Food
Dairy Farmers of America Inc.
Reading, PA · Parent: Dairy Farmers of America Inc
- Total releases
- 37.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Dairy Farmers of America Inc.: how the 45.1K lbs splits
45.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 45.1K lbs 100.0%
Dairy Farmers of America Inc.'s 45.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Reading, PA, in the food sector. It reported 7.2K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 37.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 6,773 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Dairy Farmers of America Inc. is pounds #279 and chemical-count #595 at 37.9K lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Russell Standard Corp; Gai-Tronics Corp; Industrial Metal Plating Inc; Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div. Similar-scale Food peers outside Pennsylvania: Emmi Roth Platteville; Saputo Cheese USA Inc.; Kerry Inc; Hp Hood LLC. Other Dairy Farmers of America Inc sites in this extract: Dairy Farmers of America Inc; Dairy Farmers of America Inc.; Dairiconcepts L.P.; Portales Dairy Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 37.9K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Emmi Roth Platteville and Saputo Cheese USA Inc..
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
38K lbs Top 26% higher than 74% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Dairy Farmers of America Inc.: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Dairy Farmers of America Inc. reports the 686th-largest volume (37.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Emmi Roth Platteville and Saputo Cheese USA Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Dairy Farmers of America Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. Form-R facts
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2094670.7× more than the comparison
33% 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 Dairy Farmers of America Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 45.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 15% (8.4K lbs to 7.2K lbs).
Dairy Farmers of America Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Dairy Farmers of America Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 15% from 2019 to 2024). 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 | 8.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 8.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 7.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 6.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 6.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 7.2K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 45.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Dairy Farmers of America Inc.
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Russell Standard Corp, Gai-Tronics Corp, Industrial Metal Plating Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Emmi Roth Platteville, Saputo Cheese USA Inc., Kerry Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Dairy Farmers of America Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (37.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Bertram Yachts LLC, Franklin International, Green Plains York LLC. 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 Dairy Farmers of America Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Dairy Farmers of America Inc, Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Dairiconcepts L.P..
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), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Russell Standard Corp. Dairy Farmers of America Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Dairy Farmers of America Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · 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.
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Reading, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311514 · Food. 0.3% of Berks TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bertram Yachts LLC (Δ 10 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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