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Farmward Cooperative401(k)

FARMWARD COOPERATIVE RETIREMENT PLAN · MORGAN, MN · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.13%

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

Farmward Cooperative reported $58,088 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,996 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 has held roughly steady near 0.133%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 518th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 99th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2023, employees put in $1.02 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$46,913,883
Participants with balances285
Active participants235
Employer contributions$1,409,120
Employee contributions$1,435,528
Employer contribution per active participant$5,996
Average account balance$164,610
Benefits paid to participants$3,545,537
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARLSONSV, LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$46.9M · 285 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$40.5M · 269 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,000
Investment management$54,088
Total administrative$58,088
The Farmward Cooperative 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$5,996
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$5,996 per active participant
2022$4,813 per active participant

Farmward Cooperative's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
EDWARD JONES · Investment advisory (plan)$54,088
CAPITAL RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT CO. · Trustee (directed) · Other servicesindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$58,088 · 0.13%
2022$58,403 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410425710 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.