Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Foremost Farms USA Cooperative Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$67M
Total assets Below avg plan size
86
Participants Small participant base
90th
Percentile by assets National rank
$782,960
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Foremost Farms USA Cooperative · Wisconsin · Manufacturing

$67M in assets, 86 participants

Foremost Farms USA Cooperative's Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan reported $67M in total assets and 86 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #17,628 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Where Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan sits by assets

Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $67M for 86 participants (~$782,960/participant), down 29.4% in 2022.

#17,628
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-29.4%
assets change YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $28M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$67,334,556 Top 10% higher than 90% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan is a small filing (86 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 391805431 · Foremost Farms USA Cooperative PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan · $67M · 86 · 90th

  • PCT $67M
  • PCT 86
  • PCT 90th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near Whittaker Corporation Employees' Pension Plan
  • PCT ind #17628

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Wisconsin →

Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$95M
Net Assets (End of Year)$67M
Net Income-$28M
Employer EIN391805431
Plan Effective Date1965-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Foremost Farms USA Cooperative)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Foremost Farms USA Cooperative plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$143M 24.920798747792947% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$120M$140M$160M$180M$200M 202220232024 $191M $143M ▼ -24.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 1,188 $191M
2023 4 1,024 $137M
2024 3 946 $143M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Wisconsin

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.067334556 · Participants: 86Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement PlanThe Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.074208374 · Participants: 7377The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement PlanBuilding Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity, Total assets ($B): 2.951985172 · Participants: 9724Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and VicinityRockwell Automation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.144532065 · Participants: 3077Rockwell Automation Pension PlanThe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.927367772 · Participants: 7278The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement PlanHarley-Davidson Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.826706645 · Participants: 1744Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan
Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
Compare Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Wisconsin, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Whittaker Corporation Employees' Pension Plan in CA ($67M); by covered participants it is Angus Chemical Company Defined Benefit Plan in IL (86 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (86 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 29.4% during 2022, from $95M to $67M. Reported net income was -$28M.
How have Foremost Farms USA Cooperative plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Foremost Farms USA Cooperative's sponsor-wide assets declined 24.9%, from $191M to $143M.
Where does Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan ranks in the 90th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Whittaker Corporation Employees' Pension Plan in CA ($67M, 27 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Angus Chemical Company Defined Benefit Plan in IL (86 participants, $9M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 391805431.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.