Cargill Meat Solutions — United States
Food & Beverage in United States. Approximate location 37.73639, -99.95583.
Food & BeverageUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Cargill Meat Solutions is a food & beverage plant in United States. Its listed capacity is 649,914,260 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously. By capacity it ranks #116 among 391 food & beverage plants in United States. It emits about 52,824 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38485234.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Similar facilities by modelled emissions
- Complex Carni La Closa · 52,794 t CO₂e/yr · Spain
- Minnesota Soybean Processors - Brewster · 52,864 t CO₂e/yr · United States
- Lamb Weston Twin Falls · 52,907 t CO₂e/yr · United States
- Fábrica De Granada (Puleva Food, S.L. Sociedad Unipersonal) · 52,739 t CO₂e/yr · Spain
- El Pozo Alimentación · 52,958 t CO₂e/yr · Spain
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Fort Dodge · Gas · 149 MW · 1 km
- Spearville 3 LLC · Wind · 108 MW · 16 km
- Ironwood Wind · Wind · 168 MW · 18 km
- Spearville · Wind · 148 MW · 23 km
- Western Plains Wind Farm · Wind · 281 MW · 28 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 649,914,260 USD, Cargill Meat Solutions 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 52,824 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:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions
At its reported 53k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Cargill Meat Solutions 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 €4.0M/yr.
Measured CO₂: 55k t/yr — verified GHGRP (reporting year 2023) (5% above the modelled estimate). Modelled estimate 53k t/yr (Climate TRACE), high-confidence match, cross-checked via the measured-vs-modelled dataset (n=711).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: measured (GHGRP RY2023), cross-checked vs Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Local climate
Cargill Meat Solutions sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 37.7°N in the northern hemisphere.
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.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1374 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.06× 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
- Kirby Meat Co Inc · Food & Beverage
- National Beef Packing Co L.L.C. · Food & Beverage · 71,902 t CO₂
- Dodge City Fertilizers · Chemical Plant · 403,261 t CO₂
- KOCH FERTILIZER DODGE CITY, LLC · Chemical Plant · 1,665 t CO₂
- Hat Creek Butchery · Food & Beverage
- Tyson Fresh Meats Inc · Food & Beverage · 58,212 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 37.73639, -99.95583. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Cargill Meat Solutions?
Cargill Meat Solutions 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 Meat Solutions emit?
The page uses about 52,824 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #939 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.
Where is Cargill Meat Solutions located?
Cargill Meat Solutions is in United States at approximately 37.73639, -99.95583.