Ammonia
Ammonia releases at Tyson Fresh Meats INC. Madison Nebraska rose from 14k lb to 38k lb (2.7×) between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 39k lb more than doubled year over year (+165%). Total releases concentrations are up 29% since 2010.
1200 INDUSTRIAL PKWY, Madison, Nebraska · 311613 · Food · operated by Tyson Foods INC
Ammonia releases at Tyson Fresh Meats INC. Madison Nebraska rose from 14k lb to 38k lb (2.7×) between 2023 and 2024.
Ammonia concentrations are up 27% since 2010.
Peracetic acid concentrations have more than doubled since 2019.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2023.
Within 3 miles of this facility (2 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 2,267. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
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.