Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
SANDERSON FARMS INC
2535 SANDERSON DR, LAUREL, MS, 39440
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 | Ammonia | Copper compounds | Manganese compounds | Zinc compounds | Total (lbs) | |
| 2024 | 10,017 | — | — | — | 10,017 | |
| 2023 | 17,399 | — | — | — | 17,399 | |
| 2021 | 15,580 | — | — | — | 15,580 | |
| 2020 | 7,515 | — | — | — | 7,515 | |
| 2019 | 7,000 | — | — | — | 7,000 | |
| 2017 | 9,996 | — | — | — | 9,996 | |
| 2015 | 12,713 | — | — | — | 12,713 | |
| 2012 | 15,233 | — | — | — | 15,233 | |
| 2011 | 10,000 | — | — | — | 10,000 | |
| 2010 | 10,000 | — | — | — | 10,000 | |
| 2009 | 10,000 | — | — | — | 10,000 | |
| 2007 | 11,200 | — | — | — | 11,200 | |
| 2005 | 18,000 | — | — | — | 18,000 | |
| 2004 | 16,860 | — | — | — | 16,860 | |
| 2003 | 36,200 | — | — | — | 36,200 | |
| 2002 | 27,800 | — | — | — | 27,800 | |
| 2001 | 14,100 | — | — | — | 14,100 | |
| 2000 | 25,800 | — | — | — | 25,800 | |
| 1999 | 31,400 | — | — | — | 31,400 | |
| 1998 | 21,900 | — | — | — | 21,900 | |
| 1997 | 16,350 | — | — | — | 16,350 | |
| 1996 | 16,640 | — | — | — | 16,640 | |
| 1995 | 26,700 | — | — | — | 26,700 | |
| 1994 | 16,700 | — | — | — | 16,700 | |
| 1993 | 10,620 | — | — | — | 10,620 | |
| 1992 | 35,740 | — | — | — | 35,740 | |
| 1991 | 26,000 | — | — | — | 26,000 | |
| 1990 | 27,500 | — | — | — | 27,500 | |
| 1989 | 16,000 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16,011 | |
| 1988 | 26,000 | — | — | — | 26,000 | |
▎ 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.