Cargill is a food & beverage plant in United States. Its listed capacity is 566,572,966 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously. By capacity it ranks #142 among 391 food & beverage plants in United States. It emits about 46,040 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE.

46,040t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#1033CO₂ rank in United States

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38484810.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityCargill Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States Climate TRACE
Coordinates34.2907, -83.81149 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity566,572,966 USD Climate TRACE
EPA parent companyCARGILL INC US EPA GHGRP
EPA NAICS311224 US EPA GHGRP
TRI facility recordCARGILL GAINESVILLE US EPA TRI
TRI parent companyCARGILL INC US EPA TRI
TRI NAICS311224 US EPA TRI
TRI reported chemicalsn-Hexane US EPA TRI
TRI on-site releases476,677 lb/yr US EPA TRI
Modelled CO₂e46,040 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

United States rank#1033 of 1910 · top 54.1% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#254 of 560 · top 45.4% calculated
Climate contextderived from coordinates calculated

Not available

Fuel typeNot available not in dataset
Thermal capacity (MW)Not available not in dataset

Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.

Similar facilities by modelled emissions

Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.

Operating power plants within 50 km

PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.

In context: how this facility compares

At 566,572,966 USD, Cargill is well above the median food & beverage plant in United States (452,469,926 USD). Subsector: food-beverage-tobacco. As food & beverage plant, it requires high process heat (typically 80–200°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 46,040 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

840million cubic feet of natural gas burned
9.6khomes' electricity use for a year
767ktree seedlings grown for 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions

At its reported 46k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Cargill carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €3.5M/yr.

46k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€3.5M/yrindicative carbon value (not a CBAM liability)

Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.

Parent company

Cargill Inc US EPA GHGRP
Parent company per US EPA GHGRP; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.

Local climate

Cargill sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 34.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

~18°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season
Humid subtropical: hot summers and mild winters

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C3ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
35/100environmental-severity index
20.5°Cseasonal temperature swing
384 kmdistance to coast
ModerateCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1340 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.03× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 34.2907, -83.81149. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Cargill?

Cargill is a food & beverage plant in United States. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

How much CO₂ does Cargill emit?

The page uses about 46,040 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #1033 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.

Where is Cargill located?

Cargill is in United States at approximately 34.2907, -83.81149.

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