Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

American Crystal Sugar Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$62M
Total assets Below avg plan size
54
Participants Small participant base
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.1M
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

$62M in assets, 54 participants

American Crystal Sugar Company's Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company reported $62M in total assets and 54 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th 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.

  • #14,280 in Manufacturing (17,777 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, $62M for 54 participants (~$1.1M/participant), up 5.7% in 2024.

#14,280
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+5.7%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$61,623,297 Top 14% higher than 86% of 123,620 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 2024

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 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 (54 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company reported net income rose from -$75M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company reported participants fell from 68 in the plan year 2023 filing to 54 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company end-of-year assets rose from $58M in the plan year 2023 filing to $62M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 840004720 · American Crystal Sugar Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company · $62M · 54 · 86th

  • EIN $62M
  • EIN 54
  • EIN 86th
  • EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Pasadena Refining System, Inc. Retirement Plan
  • EIN ind #14280

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

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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 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$58M
Net Assets (End of Year)$62M
Net Income$3M
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): 0.061623297 · Participants: 54Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar CompanyMayo Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.816211651 · Participants: 71743Mayo Pension Plan3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.87866493 · Participants: 91323M Employee Retirement Income PlanWells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.278776602 · Participants: 46875Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance PlanU.S. Bank Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.38225088 · Participants: 62822U.S. Bank Pension PlanThe Travelers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.23694343 · Participants: 27237The Travelers 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 Pasadena Refining System, Inc. Retirement Plan in TX ($62M); by covered participants it is Credit Union West Retirement Pension Plan in AZ (54 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (54 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 2024? ▼
Retirement Plan a for Employees of American Crystal Sugar Company grew at a solid clip - up 5.7% during 2024, from $58M to $62M. Reported net income was $3M.
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 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 Pasadena Refining System, Inc. Retirement Plan in TX ($62M, 119 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 Credit Union West Retirement Pension Plan in AZ (54 participants, N/A in assets).

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 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.