Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

American Crystal Sugar Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$58M
Total assets Below avg plan size
68
Participants Small participant base
87th
Percentile by assets National rank
$857,222
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company · Sponsored by American Crystal Sugar Company · Minnesota · Manufacturing

$58M in assets, 68 participants

American Crystal Sugar Company's Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company reported $58M in total assets and 68 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.

  • #15,174 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company sits by assets

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $58M for 68 participants (~$857,222/participant), down 56.3% in 2023.

#15,174
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
-56.3%
assets change YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $75M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company vs every filed plan by assets

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

$58,291,103 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company is a small filing (68 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company reported net income fell from -$23M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$75M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company end-of-year assets fell from $133M in the plan year 2022 filing to $58M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company reported participants fell from 82 in the plan year 2022 filing to 68 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 840004720 · American Crystal Sugar Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company · $58M · 68 · 87th

  • BOY $58M
  • BOY 68
  • BOY 87th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Pension Plan and Employees' Trust of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
  • BOY ind #15174

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 Minnesota →

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company in the asset neighbourhood

Pasadena Refining System, Inc. Retirement PlanPasadena Refining System, In…$58MPension Plan and Employees' Trust of Father Flanagan's Boys' HomePension Plan and Employees' …$58MRetirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar CompanyRetirement Plan a for Employ…$58MComposition Roofers Local 42 Pension PlanComposition Roofers Local 42…$58MRetirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees of Alfred Nickles Bakery, Inc.Retirement Plan for Non-Barg…$58M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$133M
Net Assets (End of Year)$58M
Net Income-$75M
Employer EIN840004720
Plan Effective Date1976-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (American Crystal Sugar Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All American Crystal Sugar Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$324M 29.332687440863896% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$250M$300M$350M$400M$450M$500M 202220232024 $459M $324M ▼ -29.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 2,794 $459M
2023 3 2,617 $314M
2024 3 2,511 $324M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota

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

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company, Total assets ($B): 0.058291103 · Participants: 68Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company3M 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 Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan and Employees' Trust of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home in NE ($58M); by covered participants it is Michigan Health and Hospital Association Staff Pension Plan in MI (68 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (68 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 Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company assets move in 2023? ▼
Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company contracted severely - down 56.3% during 2023, from $133M to $58M. Reported net income was -$75M.
How have American Crystal Sugar Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), American Crystal Sugar Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 29.3%, from $459M to $324M.
Where does Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company ranks in the 87th 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 Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension Plan and Employees' Trust of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home in NE ($58M, 14 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Michigan Health and Hospital Association Staff Pension Plan in MI (68 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 840004720.

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.