Defined Benefit (Pension) Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2024

Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative

Data updated 2026-05-15

$21M
Total assets
24
Participants
71st
Percentile by assets
$866,894
Avg per participant

Sponsored by United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative Β· Minnesota Β· Manufacturing

What the 2024 filing shows

Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative holds $21M for 24 participants - about $866,894 per participant, above the median plan by assets, down 40.8% over the 2024 plan year.

$21M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
24
covered participants
71st
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$866,894
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $14M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2024

What the Filing Says About Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative

Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative, headquartered in Minnesota. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $21M in total end-of-year assets and covers 24 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 922541418, and the plan has been effective since 2008-03-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets contracted severely from $35M at the beginning of 2024 to $21M at year-end - down 40.8%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $21M, with reported net income of -$14M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 1 prior plan-year filing from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 2 plan years United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative has on file with PlainRetire (2023-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $71M to $60M, a decline of 15.9%, while reported participants moved from 152 to 181 (+19.1%). Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2023 - $71M in assets across 2 plans covering 152 participants; 2024 - $60M in assets across 2 plans covering 181 participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$35M
Total Assets (End of Year)$21M
Net Assets (End of Year)$21M
Net Income-$14M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN922541418
Plan Effective Date2008-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2023 2 152 $71M
2024 2 181 $60M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative holds $21M in total assets with 24 participants. It is sponsored by United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative.
What type of plan is Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative?
Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 2008-03-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 922541418.
Who sponsors the Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative?
Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative is sponsored by United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative, located in Minnesota. The sponsor's EIN is 922541418 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative perform in 2024?
Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative contracted severely - down 40.8% during 2024, moving from $35M to $21M in total assets. Net income was -$14M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative's numbers.

  • By total assets, Retirement Plan a for Employees of United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative ranks above the median plan by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota. Compare plans
  • United Sugar Producers and Refiners Cooperative's sponsor-wide assets have declined 15.9% since 2023 across 2 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 922541418.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.