Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Kws Seeds, Inc. (Delaware) Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$28M
Total assets Below avg plan size
208
Participants Below avg headcount
78th
Percentile by assets National rank
$135,957
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group · Sponsored by Kws Seeds, Inc. (Delaware) · Minnesota · Management of Enterprises

$28M in assets, 208 participants

Kws Seeds, Inc. (Delaware)'s Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group reported $28M in total assets and 208 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 78th 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.

  • #662 in Management of Enterprises (1,137 peers)

Coverage in Minnesota

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group covers 208 participants in Minnesota, about 18% of the average Minnesota filer (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $28M.

#662
in Management of Enterprises (1,137 peers)
+14.2%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$28,279,145 Top 22% higher than 78% of 127,068 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 2023

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group sits mid-pack in the medium band (208 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group reported net income rose from -$4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group end-of-year assets rose from $25M in the plan year 2022 filing to $28M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group reported participants fell from 219 in the plan year 2022 filing to 208 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 570676870 · Kws Seeds, Inc. (Delaware) PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group · $28M · 208 · 78th

  • TYPE $28M
  • NET 208
  • BOOK 78th
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Pension Plan for Salaried Ees of the B & C Hb & Pen Fds
  • SCH ind #662

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 Management of Enterprises retirement plans → · Plans in Minnesota →

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group in the asset neighbourhood

Plasterers' Local 8 Pension FundPlasterers' Local 8 Pension …$28MEntergy Corporation Cash Balance Plan for Bargaining EmployeesEntergy Corporation Cash Bal…$28MPension Plan for Salaried Ees of the B & C Hb & Pen FdsPension Plan for Salaried Ee…$28MRetirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds GroupRetirement Income Plan for E…$28MChiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC Cash Balance PlanChiesa Shahinian & Giantomas…$28M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Minnesota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$25M
Net Assets (End of Year)$28M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN570676870
Plan Effective Date1952-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Kws Seeds, Inc. (Delaware))

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Kws Seeds, Inc. (Delaware) plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$70M 33.39888143630286% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$50M$60M$70M$80M 202220232024 $52.8M $70.5M ▲ +33.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 447 $53M
2023 2 453 $63M
2024 2 485 $70M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota

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

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group, Total assets ($B): 0.028279145 · Participants: 208Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.281991028 · Participants: 106383M Employee Retirement Income PlanMayo Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.032936702 · Participants: 69155Mayo Pension PlanThe Travelers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.150985971 · Participants: 24884The Travelers Pension PlanGeneral Mills Pension Plan I, Total assets ($B): 3.991064596 · Participants: 383General Mills Pension Plan IU.S. Bank Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.969502742 · Participants: 56287U.S. Bank Pension Plan
Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan for Salaried Ees of the B & C Hb & Pen Fds in MD ($28M); by covered participants it is Southwestern Energy Company Pension Plan in TX (208 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (208 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group assets move in 2023? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group grew at a solid clip - up 14.2% during 2023, from $25M to $28M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Kws Seeds, Inc. (Delaware) plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Kws Seeds, Inc. (Delaware)'s sponsor-wide assets grew 33.4%, from $53M to $70M.
Where does Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group ranks in the 78th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension Plan for Salaried Ees of the B & C Hb & Pen Fds in MD ($28M, 15 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Kws Seeds Group? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Southwestern Energy Company Pension Plan in TX (208 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 570676870.

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.