Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $101M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 353
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 91st
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $284,983
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. · Kansas · Manufacturing
$101M in assets, 353 participants
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.'s Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan reported $101M in total assets and 353 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.
- #16,265 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan sits by assets
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $101M for 353 participants (~$284,983/participant), down 43.1% in 2023.
- #16,265
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- -43.1%
- assets change YoY
- 1.0×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $76M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$100,598,912 Top 9% higher than 91% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan 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. Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (353 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $177M in the plan year 2022 filing to $101M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$85M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$76M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 385 in the plan year 2022 filing to 353 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 430905874 · Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan · $101M · 353 · 91st
- 5500 $101M
- 5500 353
- 5500 91st
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- 5500 near Pension Plan for Employees of Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc.
- 5500 ind #16265
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 Kansas →
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $177M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $100M |
| Net Income | -$76M |
| Employer EIN | 430905874 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1973-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $969M 12.516344937300005% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 6,962 | $861M |
| 2023 | 2 | 7,463 | $887M |
| 2024 | 2 | 7,081 | $969M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Kansas
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Koch Employees' Pension Plan $1.5B · 5,542
- Sprint Retirement Pension Plan $1.3B · 3,592
- Invista Pension Plan for Certain Grandfathered Employees $395M · N/A
- Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. $288M · 502
- Roadway LLC Pension Plan $193M · 290
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Kansas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan for Employees of Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc. in NH ($101M); by covered participants it is Sheet Metal Workers Local 7, Zone 2 Pension Plan in MI (353 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($101M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (353 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Sheet Metal Workers Local 7, Zone 2 Pension Plan (MI) 353 · 0 off
- Teamsters Employers Local 945 Pension Fund (NJ) 353 · 0 off
- Am General Hourly Retirement Plan (IN) 352 · 1 off
- Federation Employees' Retirement Income Plan (IL) 352 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.