EPA TRI Facility · Food
Foremost Farms USA
Reedsburg, WI · Parent: Foremost Farms USA Cooperative
- Total releases
- 56.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Foremost Farms USA: how the 56.1K lbs splits
56.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 56.1K lbs 100.0%
Foremost Farms USA's 56.1K 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
Foremost Farms USA is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Reedsburg, WI, in the food sector. It reported 573 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 56.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,865 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 #221 and chemical-count #489 at 56.1K 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: Grede Foundries; Saputo Cheese USA; Plateco Inc; Seats Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Bluegrass Dairy & Food Inc; Sanderson Farms Inc; Suiza Dairy Corp; Unilever Sikeston. 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); Nitric acid.
Foremost Farms USA stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 56.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bluegrass Dairy & Food Inc and Sanderson Farms Inc.
Foremost Farms USA vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
56K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% 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 605th-largest volume (56.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Bluegrass Dairy & Food Inc and Sanderson Farms 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 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Foremost Farms USA's total reported releases fell from 12.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 573 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Foremost Farms USA's off-site transfers fell from 12.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 573 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Foremost Farms USA Form-R facts
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See how Foremost Farms USA stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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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: 56.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 93% (7.7K lbs to 573 lbs).
Foremost Farms USA: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT 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 93% 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 | 7.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 19.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 16.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 12.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 573 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) | 56.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Foremost Farms USA · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Foremost Farms USA
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Grede Foundries, Saputo Cheese USA, Plateco Inc, 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. Bluegrass Dairy & Food Inc, Sanderson Farms Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Foremost Farms USA on cumulative reported pounds (56.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include General Dynamics Mission Systems, Bluegrass Dairy & Food Inc, Nevada Gold Mines- Emigrant Mine. 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.
- General Dynamics Mission Systems Cullman, AL · Transportation Equipment 56.1K lbs reported
- Bluegrass Dairy & Food Inc Glasgow, KY · Food 56.1K lbs reported
- Nevada Gold Mines- Emigrant Mine Carlin, NV · Metal Mining 56.2K lbs reported
- Silfex Inc Springfield, OH · Electrical Equipment 56.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Foremost Farms USA Cooperative Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Foremost Farms USA, Foremost Farms USA, Foremost Farms USA.
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 Grede Foundries. Foremost Farms USA 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.
Use and verify this record
This Foremost Farms USA 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.
Foremost Farms USA totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Reedsburg, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311512 · Food. 2.2% of Sauk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: General Dynamics Mission Systems (Δ 15 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Foremost Farms USA 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