Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

American Crystal Sugar Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$133M
Total assets
82
Participants
94th
Percentile by assets
$1.6M
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company · Sponsored by American Crystal Sugar Company · Minnesota · Manufacturing

$133M in assets, 82 participants

American Crystal Sugar Company's Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company reported $133M in total assets and 82 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • 94th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
  • #18,733 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Where Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company sits by assets

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $133M for 82 participants (~$1.6M/participant), down 14.7% in 2022.

$133M
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
82
covered participants
94th
percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
$1.6M
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $23M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Where Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company sits by total assets

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company vs every filed plan by assets

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

$133,414,778 Top 6% higher than 94% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,010,000,000 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

State
Minnesota
Industry
Manufacturing

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company vs the 2022 asset distribution

By assets, Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company outranks 94% of the 139,126 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 1.3x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$156M
Net Assets (End of Year)$133M
Net Income-$23M
Employer EIN840004720
Plan Effective Date1976-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (American Crystal Sugar Company)

$250M$300M$350M$400M$450M$500M 202220232024 $459M $324M ▼ -29.3%
Total plan assets by year, all American Crystal Sugar Company plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 2,794 $459M
2023 3 2,617 $314M
2024 3 2,511 $324M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota

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

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan a fo…, Total assets ($B): 0.133414778 · Participants: 82Retirement Plan a fo…3M Employee Retireme…, Total assets ($B): 14.047885796 · Participants: 121603M Employee Retireme…Mayo Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.299849315 · Participants: 66434Mayo Pension PlanThe Travelers Pensio…, Total assets ($B): 3.940696075 · Participants: 25144The Travelers Pensio…U.S. Bank Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.73901396 · Participants: 55836U.S. Bank Pension PlanTarget Corporation P…, Total assets ($B): 3.348662968 · Participants: 50515Target Corporation P…
Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company assets move in 2022? ▼
Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company pulled back noticeably - down 14.7% during 2022, from $156M to $133M. Reported net income was -$23M.
How have American Crystal Sugar Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), American Crystal Sugar Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 29.3%, from $459M to $324M.
Where does Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company ranks in the 94th 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 Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hubbell Pension Plan F/K/a Hubbell Inc. for Collectively Bargained Hourly Employees in CT ($133M, 1,021 participants).

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  • By total assets, Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota. Compare plans
  • American Crystal Sugar Company's sponsor-wide assets have declined 29.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans

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 840004720.

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