Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $508K
- Total assets Small plan by assets
- 29
- Participants Small participant base
- 18th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $17,506
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. · Iowa · Manufacturing
$508K in assets, 29 participants
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.'s Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust reported $508K in total assets and 29 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 18th 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.
- #1,363 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. multi-year trail
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.'s plans moved +12.0% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust at $508K / 29 participants.
- #1,363
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- -97.1%
- assets change YoY
The plan reported a net loss of $17M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust among the smaller filed plans by assets
Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$507,673 18th percentile higher than 18% 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
Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust is a small filing (29 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust reported net income fell from -$5M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$17M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust end-of-year assets fell from $17M in the plan year 2022 filing to $508K in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust reported participants fell from 33 in the plan year 2022 filing to 29 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 370811846 · Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust · $508K · 29 · 18th
- IND $508K
- IND 29
- IND 18th
- IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
- IND near Ufcw Local 2013 Pension Plan
- IND ind #1363
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 Iowa →
Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. multi-year asset trail
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $638M 12.036131958493986% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 7,004 | $569M |
| 2023 | 3 | 7,095 | $632M |
| 2024 | 1 | 5,678 | $638M |
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. filing trail (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $17M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $508K |
| Net Income | -$17M |
| Employer EIN | 370811846 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1964-05-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Iowa
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
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Swiss Valley Farms, Co. Employees' Pension Plan and Trust's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Iowa, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ufcw Local 2013 Pension Plan in NY ($507K); by covered participants it is The York Water Company Pension Plan for General and Administrative Employees in PA (29 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($508K here).
- Ufcw Local 2013 Pension Plan (NY) $507K · N/A
- Holly Hall Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (TX) $507K · 8
- The Davisboyz Collective Inc. Cash Balance Plan (CA) $506K · 2
- Bryan Tunney Retirement Plan and Trust (NY) $511K · 3
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (29 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.