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Farmers Edge Inc.401(k)

FARMERS EDGE INC. 401(K) PLAN · GRIMES, IA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
1.20%

Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Farmers Edge Inc. reported $40,480 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 1.20% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,341 per active participant. 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 rose from 1.09% to 1.18%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (751st of 878), and 717th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2023, employees put in $2.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 105 to 55 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,468,983
Participants with balances173
Active participants55
Employer contributions$128,776
Employee contributions$351,347
Employer contribution per active participant$2,341
Average account balance$20,052
Benefits paid to participants$829,235
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.3M · 109 accts · $5K emplr
2023$3.5M · 173 accts · $129K emplr
2022$3.3M · 169 accts · $228K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$40,480
Total administrative$40,480
The Farmers Edge Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,341
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$137 per active participant
2023$2,341 per active participant
2022$2,171 per active participant

Farmers Edge Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

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Service providers · 20231
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE CO USA · Recordkeepingindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$39,937 · 1.18%
2023$40,480 · 1.20%
2022$37,886 · 1.09%
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Eichelberger Farms, Inc. IA$8.1M · 0.56%
Farmers Co-Op Association IA$5.3M · 0.45%
Oak View Farms, L.L.C. IA$4.9M · 0.18%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 452128268 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.