Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
SANDERSON FARMS INC
2081 SANDERSON WAY, KINSTON, NC, 28504
Parent company: SANDERSON FARMS LLC
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Ammonia | Hydrogen sulfide | Total (lbs) | ||
| 2024 | 240,194 | 2,051 | 1,694 | 243,939 | ||
| 2023 | 108,801 | 11,015 | 897 | 120,713 | ||
| 2022 | 139,097 | 2,959 | 1,102 | 143,158 | ||
| 2021 | 125,138 | 11,564 | 879 | 137,581 | ||
| 2020 | 117,586 | 7,661 | 1,023 | 126,270 | ||
| 2019 | 43,301 | 8,538 | 859 | 52,698 | ||
| 2018 | 55,875 | — | 682 | 56,557 | ||
| 2017 | 94,841 | — | 654 | 95,495 | ||
| 2016 | 21,784 | — | 647 | 22,431 | ||
| 2015 | 44,544 | 9,790 | 395 | 54,729 | ||
| 2014 | 63,090 | — | 890 | 63,980 | ||
| 2013 | — | — | 580 | 580 | ||
| 2012 | — | — | 508 | 508 | ||
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.