EPA TRI Facility · Food
Foremost Farms USA
Athens, WI · Parent: Foremost Farms USA Cooperative
- Total releases
- 423.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Foremost Farms USA: how the 423.0K lbs splits
423.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 422.8K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 200 lbs <0.1%
Foremost Farms USA's 423.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Foremost Farms USA is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Athens, WI, in the food sector. It reported 423.0K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 2,161 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Wisconsin's 836 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Foremost Farms USA is pounds #56 and chemical-count #324 at 423.0K lbs. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds (11.2M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #319). Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (2.2M lbs, pounds #16). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Henry G Meigs; Colby Metal Inc; A&b Process Systems; Mullins Cheese Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa; Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc; Gossner Foods - Magic Valley Inc.. Other Foremost Farms USA Cooperative sites in this extract: Foremost Farms USA; Foremost Farms USA; Foremost Farms USA; Foremost Farms USA. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Nitric acid.
Foremost Farms USA stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 423.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa and Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
Foremost Farms USA vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
423K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Foremost Farms USA: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Foremost Farms USA reports the 260th-largest volume, placing it in the top 13.1% of its sector. 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 Wisconsin include Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa and Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Foremost Farms USA'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.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Foremost Farms USA's total reported releases fell from 153.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Foremost Farms USA's off-site transfers fell from 153.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Foremost Farms USA Form-R facts
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4316630.8× more than the comparison
50% more 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 Foremost Farms USA releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 423.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (83.1K lbs to 0 lbs).
Foremost Farms USA: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Foremost Farms USA year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 83.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 143.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 43.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 153.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 422.8K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 200 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Foremost Farms USA · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Foremost Farms USA
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Henry G Meigs, Colby Metal Inc, A&b Process Systems, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 835 other reporting facilities in Wisconsin.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa, Prairie Farms Dairy Inc, Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Foremost Farms USA on cumulative reported pounds (423.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Jacuzzi Luxury Bath, Caribbean Can Manufacturing Co LLC, Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant. 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.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Jacuzzi Luxury Bath Valdosta, GA · Plastics and Rubber 422.7K lbs reported
- Caribbean Can Manufacturing Co LLC Cidra, PR · Fabricated Metals 422.5K lbs reported
- Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant North Charleston, SC · Chemicals 423.8K lbs reported
- Cc Metals & Alloys LLC Calvert City, KY · Primary Metals 423.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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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), Ammonia, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Henry G Meigs. Foremost Farms USA stamps MID 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.
Use and verify this record
This Foremost Farms USA TRI extract (MID · 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.
Foremost Farms USA totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Athens, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 1.9% of Marathon TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Jacuzzi Luxury Bath (Δ 298 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Foremost Farms USA stamps MID 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