EPA TRI Facility · Food
Foremost Farms USA
Sparta, WI · Parent: Foremost Farms USA Cooperative
- Total releases
- 15.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Foremost Farms USA: how the 15.3K lbs splits
15.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 15.3K lbs 100.0%
Foremost Farms USA's 15.3K 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 Sparta, WI, in the food sector. It reported 15.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 8,856 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 #353 and chemical-count #526 at 15.3K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Necal LLC; Northern Engraving Corp; Hartland Lubricants & Chemicals-Sparta; U.S. Army Fort McCoy Range Facility. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Rittiman Road Retail Support Center; Blommer Chocolate Co.; General Mills; Frito Lay 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); 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: 15.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Rittiman Road Retail Support Center and Blommer Chocolate Co..
Foremost Farms USA vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% 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 861st-largest volume (15.3K 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 Rittiman Road Retail Support Center and Blommer Chocolate Co..
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.
Foremost Farms USA Form-R facts
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39% less than the comparison
2.0× 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: 15.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
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. 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 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 13.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 2.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 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) | 15.3K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Foremost Farms USA · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Foremost Farms USA
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Necal LLC, Northern Engraving Corp, Hartland Lubricants & Chemicals-Sparta, 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. Rittiman Road Retail Support Center, Blommer Chocolate Co., General Mills.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Foremost Farms USA on cumulative reported pounds (15.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Bone Springs Gas Plant, Air Products & Chemicals Inc Luling Smr, Apex Anodizing. 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.
- Bone Springs Gas Plant Barstow, TX · Natural Gas Processing 15.3K lbs reported
- Air Products & Chemicals Inc Luling Smr Luling, LA · Chemicals 15.3K lbs reported
- Apex Anodizing Portland, OR · Fabricated Metals 15.3K lbs reported
- Shell Providence Terminal Providence, RI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 15.3K 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), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Necal LLC. 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.
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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 Sparta, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311514 · Food. 4.3% of Monroe TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bone Springs Gas Plant (Δ 1 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