Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Foremost Farms USA Cooperative Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$448K
Total assets Small plan by assets
63
Participants Small participant base
17th
Percentile by assets National rank
$7,117
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Foremost Farms USA Cooperative · Wisconsin · Manufacturing

$448K in assets, 63 participants

Foremost Farms USA Cooperative's Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan reported $448K in total assets and 63 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 17th 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.

  • #1,280 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Foremost Farms USA Cooperative multi-year trail

Foremost Farms USA Cooperative's plans moved -24.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan at $448K / 63 participants.

#1,280
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
-99.3%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $67M 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 among the smaller filed plans by assets

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

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

$448,345 17th percentile higher than 17% 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

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

Plan-year 2023 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 (63 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan reported net income fell from -$28M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$67M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $67M in the plan year 2022 filing to $448K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 86 in the plan year 2022 filing to 63 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 391805431 · Foremost Farms USA Cooperative PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan · $448K · 63 · 17th

  • ASSETS $448K
  • PCT 63
  • EIN 17th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Aleris Cash Balance Plan (Alsco)
  • IND ind #1280

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 2023.

Foremost Farms USA Cooperative multi-year asset trail

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

Foremost Farms USA Cooperative filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$67M
Net Assets (End of Year)$448K
Net Income-$67M
Employer EIN391805431
Plan Effective Date1965-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

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): 0.000448345 · Participants: 63Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement PlanThe Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.298151091 · Participants: 8348The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement PlanBuilding Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity, Total assets ($B): 3.267131995 · Participants: 9960Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and VicinityThe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.08393057 · Participants: 7368The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement PlanHarley-Davidson Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.912240682 · Participants: 1560Harley-Davidson Retirement PlanRockwell Automation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.77661124 · Participants: 2136Rockwell Automation Pension 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 Aleris Cash Balance Plan (Alsco) in GA ($448K); by covered participants it is Retirement Program Plan for Employees of United States Enrichment Corporation in MD (63 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (63 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 Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Foremost Farms USA Employees Retirement Plan contracted severely - down 99.3% during 2023, from $67M to $448K. Reported net income was -$67M.
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 17th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
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 Aleris Cash Balance Plan (Alsco) in GA ($448K, 34 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 Retirement Program Plan for Employees of United States Enrichment Corporation in MD (63 participants, $264M 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 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.