Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$45M
Total assets Below avg plan size
36
Participants Small participant base
83rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.3M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Farmer Bros. Co. · Texas · Manufacturing

$45M in assets, 36 participants

Farmer Bros. Co.'s Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan reported $45M in total assets and 36 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 83rd 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.

  • #13,498 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan sits by assets

Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $45M for 36 participants (~$1.3M/participant), down 45.3% in 2024.

#13,498
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-45.3%
assets change YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $37M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$45,109,109 Top 17% higher than 83% 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

Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan is a small filing (36 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan reported net income fell from $7M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$37M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $83M in the plan year 2023 filing to $45M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 43 in the plan year 2023 filing to 36 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 950725980 · Farmer Bros. Co. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan · $45M · 36 · 83rd

  • SCH $45M
  • SCH 36
  • SCH 83rd
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Retirement Plan for Flsmidth Inc. Salaried Employees
  • SCH ind #13498

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 Texas →

Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Plumbers Local Union No. 519 Pension FundPlumbers Local Union No. 519…$45MFarmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan$45MRetirement Plan for Flsmidth Inc. Salaried EmployeesRetirement Plan for Flsmidth…$45MPublic Health Solutions Retirement PlanPublic Health Solutions Reti…$45MThe Stride Rite Corporation Retirement Income PlanThe Stride Rite Corporation …$45M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$83M
Net Assets (End of Year)$45M
Net Income-$37M
Employer EIN950725980
Plan Effective Date1962-08-30
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Farmer Bros. Co.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Farmer Bros. Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$149M 15.525157559360705% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$140M$160M$180M$200M 202220232024 $176M $149M ▼ -15.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 1,166 $176M
2023 3 1,190 $188M
2024 3 1,053 $149M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

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

Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.045109109 · Participants: 36Farmer Bros. Co. Pension PlanAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.265893 · Participants: 100400AT&T Pension Benefit PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.095 · Participants: 22000Exxonmobil Pension PlanChevron Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.731784707 · Participants: 21297Chevron Retirement PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.694184685 · Participants: 12688Shell Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.1940497 · Participants: 11498Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan
Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan for Flsmidth Inc. Salaried Employees in PA ($45M); by covered participants it is Defined Benefit Plan for Employees of Epic in IL (36 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (36 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 Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan contracted severely - down 45.3% during 2024, from $83M to $45M. Reported net income was -$37M.
How have Farmer Bros. Co. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Farmer Bros. Co.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 15.5%, from $176M to $149M.
Where does Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan ranks in the 83rd 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 Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan for Flsmidth Inc. Salaried Employees in PA ($45M, 72 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Defined Benefit Plan for Employees of Epic in IL (36 participants, $9M 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 950725980.

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.