Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Michigan Farm Bureau Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$272M
Total assets Near avg plan size
280
Participants Below avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$972,851
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Michigan Farm Bureau · Michigan · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

$272M in assets, 280 participants

Michigan Farm Bureau's Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan reported $272M in total assets and 280 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #1,510 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,523 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan covers 280 participants in Michigan, about 44% of the average Michigan filer (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $272M.

#1,510
in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,523 peers)
+0.4%
assets growth YoY
2.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$272,398,349 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (280 participants).

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 381718391 · Michigan Farm Bureau PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan · $272M · 280 · 97th

  • BOY $272M
  • BOY 280
  • BOY 97th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund
  • BOY ind #1510

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 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing retirement plans → · Plans in Michigan →

Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$271M
Net Assets (End of Year)$272M
Net Income$997K
Employer EIN381718391
Plan Effective Date1957-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Michigan Farm Bureau)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Michigan Farm Bureau plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$523M 16.74658971166747% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$400M$450M$500M$550M 202220232024 $448M $523M ▲ +16.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,443 $448M
2023 2 1,431 $482M
2024 2 1,420 $523M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan

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

Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.272398349 · Participants: 280Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement PlanGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.23255743 · Participants: 18766General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension PlanFord Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.279653433 · Participants: 27567Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement PlanFord Motor Company General Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.42905347 · Participants: 11760Ford Motor Company General Retirement PlanDow Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.018181682 · Participants: 13759Dow Employees' Pension PlanFca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement, Total assets ($B): 8.553889919 · Participants: 14563Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement
Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund in OH ($273M); by covered participants it is St. John's Riverside Hospital Retirement Assistance Plan in NY (280 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (280 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 Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan held essentially flat - up 0.4% during 2022, from $271M to $272M. Reported net income was $997K.
How have Michigan Farm Bureau plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Michigan Farm Bureau's sponsor-wide assets grew 16.7%, from $448M to $523M.
Where does Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund in OH ($273M, 4,343 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is St. John's Riverside Hospital Retirement Assistance Plan in NY (280 participants, $139M 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 381718391.

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.