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Farm Service Cooperative401(k)

THE RESTATED THRIFT/PROFIT SHARING PLAN FOR COOPERATIVES · HARLAN, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

Farm Service Cooperative reported $12,470 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.14% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (570th of 878), and the 439th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,320,479
Participants with balances141
Active participants123
Employer contributions—
Employee contributions$448,305
Employer contribution per active participant—
Average account balance$73,195
Benefits paid to participants$434,280
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMERIWETHER, WILSON AND CO., PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.3M · 141 accts
2023$9.1M · 138 accts
2022$7.6M · 133 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,183
Investment management$3,287
Total administrative$12,470
What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20245
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$7,183
WELLINGTON TRUST CO., NA · Custodial (securities)indirect comp
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO · Custodial (securities)indirect comp
DST ASSET MANAGER SOLUTIONS, INC. · Custodial (securities)indirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$12,470 · 0.13%
2023$11,505 · 0.14%
2022$11,863 · 0.14%
Similar plansAgriculture, Forestry & Fishing · Iowa
Farmers Win Cooperative IA$13.5M · 0.11%
Mid Iowa Coop IA$12.5M · 0.11%
Lloyd, Inc. IA$11.0M · 0.41%
Country Landscapes, Inc. IA$9.4M · 0.55%
Eichelberger Farms, Inc. IA$8.1M · 0.56%
Farmers Co-Op Association IA$5.3M · 0.45%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420519835 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.