Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $50M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 124
- Participants Small participant base
- 84th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $399,705
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Farm Bureau Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Iowa Farm Bureau Federation · Iowa · Other Services
$50M in assets, 124 participants
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation's Farm Bureau Retirement Plan reported $50M in total assets and 124 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 84th 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.
- #7,164 in Other Services (7,719 peers)
Coverage in Iowa
Farm Bureau Retirement Plan covers 124 participants in Iowa, about 20% of the average Iowa filer (state average ~609 per filing). Assets: $50M.
- #7,164
- in Other Services (7,719 peers)
- +3.5%
- assets growth YoY
- 0.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Farm Bureau Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Farm Bureau Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$49,563,447 Top 16% higher than 84% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Farm Bureau Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Farm Bureau Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (124 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Farm Bureau Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $5M in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Farm Bureau Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 111 in the plan year 2023 filing to 124 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Farm Bureau Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $48M in the plan year 2023 filing to $50M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 420331840 · Iowa Farm Bureau Federation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Farm Bureau Retirement Plan · $50M · 124 · 84th
- VS-ST $50M
- VS-ST 124
- VS-ST 84th
- VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
- VS-ST near The Adirondack Trust Company Employees' Pension Plan
- VS-ST ind #7164
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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in Iowa →
Farm Bureau Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Iowa filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $48M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $50M |
| Net Income | $2M |
| Employer EIN | 420331840 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1994-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Iowa Farm Bureau Federation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Iowa Farm Bureau Federation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $547M 28.003412050411914% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2,196 | $427M |
| 2023 | 2 | 2,218 | $488M |
| 2024 | 2 | 2,318 | $547M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Iowa
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Transamerica Pension Plan $2.2B · 7,170
- Principal Cash Balance Plan $1.5B · 11,945
- Midamerican Energy Company Retirement Plan $521M · 2,805
- Employers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement Plan $362M · 1,908
- Pension Plan of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 33 Retirement Trust $331M · 1,233
Farm Bureau Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Iowa, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Adirondack Trust Company Employees' Pension Plan in NY ($50M); by covered participants it is Cotton Incorporated Pension Plan in NC (124 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($50M here).
- The Adirondack Trust Company Employees' Pension Plan (NY) $50M · 40
- IBEW Local No. 246 Pension Plan (PA) $50M · 174
- Brach's Confections, Inc. Retirement Plan (IL) $50M · N/A
- Itg Cigars, Inc. Retirement Plan (NC) $50M · 309
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (124 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Cotton Incorporated Pension Plan (NC) 124 · 0 off
- Radiology Associates of North Texas, P.a. Cash Balance Pension Plan (TX) 124 · 0 off
- Fmc Corporation Employees' Retirement Program (PA) 124 · 0 off
- Amended Employees' Pension and Investment Plan of the Hunt Corporation and Related Companies (TX) 124 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.