Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Cargill Corn Milling North America have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Cargill Corn Milling North America
Total reported releases 518k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+18%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
650 INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE, Blair, Nebraska · 311221 · Food · operated by Cargill INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Isobutyraldehyde
Isobutyraldehyde releases at Cargill Corn Milling North America rose from 22k lb to 36k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Acrolein
Acrolein releases at Cargill Corn Milling North America fell from 32k lb to 14k lb (58% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations are up 48% since 2010.
Isobutyraldehyde
Isobutyraldehyde concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations are up 51% since 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations are up 40% since 2010.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations are up 88% since 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (4 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 4,275. Why we surface this →
30.9%
Low-income
2.5%
People of color
6.0%
Under age 5
19.9%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.