Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Landus Cooperative Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$92M
Total assets Below avg plan size
41
Participants Small participant base
90th
Percentile by assets National rank
$2.2M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Landus Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Landus Cooperative · Iowa · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

$92M in assets, 41 participants

Landus Cooperative's Landus Retirement Plan reported $92M in total assets and 41 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.

  • #1,159 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,217 peers)

Where Landus Retirement Plan sits by assets

Landus Retirement Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $92M for 41 participants (~$2.2M/participant), down 4.6% in 2024.

#1,159
in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,217 peers)
-4.6%
assets change YoY
0.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $4M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Landus Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Landus Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$91,861,892 Top 10% higher than 90% 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

Landus Retirement 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. Landus Retirement Plan is a small filing (41 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Landus Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Landus Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 67 in the plan year 2023 filing to 41 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Landus Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $96M in the plan year 2023 filing to $92M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 420243650 · Landus Cooperative PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Landus Retirement Plan · $92M · 41 · 90th

  • EBSA $92M
  • EBSA 41
  • EBSA 90th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Unify Financial Credit Union Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #1159

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 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing retirement plans → · Plans in Iowa →

Landus Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Landus Retirement 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)$96M
Net Assets (End of Year)$92M
Net Income-$4M
Employer EIN420243650
Plan Effective Date1992-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Landus Cooperative)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Landus Cooperative plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$172M 10.971993700547362% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$150M$160M$170M$180M 202220232024 $155M $172M ▲ +11.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 744 $155M
2023 2 778 $170M
2024 2 728 $172M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Iowa

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

Landus Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -0.500.511.522.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Landus Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.091861892 · Participants: 41Landus Retirement PlanTransamerica Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.198965485 · Participants: 7170Transamerica Pension PlanPrincipal Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.466387124 · Participants: 11945Principal Cash Balance PlanMidamerican Energy Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.521334295 · Participants: 2805Midamerican Energy Company Retirement PlanEmployers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.361826911 · Participants: 1908Employers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement PlanPension Plan of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 33 Retirement Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.330986539 · Participants: 1233Pension Plan of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 33 Retirement Trust
Landus Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants
Compare Landus Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Landus Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Iowa, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Unify Financial Credit Union Pension Plan in TX ($92M); by covered participants it is American Packaging Corporation Pension Retirement Plan in WI (41 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (41 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 Landus Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Landus Retirement Plan edged down modestly - down 4.6% during 2024, from $96M to $92M. Reported net income was -$4M.
How have Landus Cooperative plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Landus Cooperative's sponsor-wide assets grew 11.0%, from $155M to $172M.
Where does Landus Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Landus Retirement Plan ranks in the 90th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Landus Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Unify Financial Credit Union Pension Plan in TX ($92M, 249 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Landus Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is American Packaging Corporation Pension Retirement Plan in WI (41 participants, $14M 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 420243650.

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.