Department of Labor filing

AGRONOMY SCIENCES, LLC DBA HEFTY SEED COMPANY

HEFTY SEED COMPANY 401(K) PLAN AND TRUST · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

Public filing 2024 · received Sep 9, 2025Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

How good does the filing look?

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out of 100

The filing looks somewhat better than typical peers on the measures we can compare. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support

$5,890

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 94% of comparable plans

#People in the filing

194

Active participants reported for 2024.

The filing does not say how many employees are currently contributing.

¢Visible plan-paid fees

$245 / participant

Reported administrative expense—not every fee an employee may pay.

Lower cost than about 22% of comparable plans

↗Investment performance

Not available

Plan assets changed 30.4%, but that includes contributions, withdrawals, and market movement.

Asset change is not investment performance.

What we still need to judge the benefit

Current match formula, vesting, eligibility, investment choices, fund expense ratios, and employee-level fees.

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Filing comparison · 202473out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions94th percentileTypical peer $1,636 · based on 176 comparable plans

Lower reported administrative expense22nd percentileTypical peer $127 · based on 184 comparable plans

This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.

The short version

What the latest filing tells us

For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024, AGRONOMY SCIENCES, LLC DBA HEFTY SEED COMPANY reported $1,142,649 in employer contributions across the plan and 194 active participants. That works out to $5,890 per active participant. It is useful context, but it is not the current match formula and it does not show what any one employee received.

Participation proxy86%

Active participants divided by all end-of-year plan participants. This is not the company participation rate because the filing does not report every eligible employee.

Employer money trendUp 35.5%

Change in reported employer contribution per active participant across the filing history shown.

Expense trendUp 20.1%

Change in reported administrative expense per participant. Investment expenses may not be included.

Peer context73/100

A filing comparison among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist.

Where the public filing stops

Current match, vesting, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices require a dated plan document. Until we have one, those details stay blank.

Latest financial record

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These figures are reported totals for the plan—not individual account balances or promises to any employee.

Employer contributions: $1,142,649
Participant contributions: $2,043,694
Other contributions: $41,630
Employer share of reported contributions: 35.9%
Beginning assets: $16,199,540
Ending assets: $21,128,933
Ending net assets: $21,128,933
Ending liabilities: Not reported
Total income: $5,481,907
Total expenses: $552,514
Administrative expenses: $47,439
Participant loans: Not reported

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

Each chart uses its own scale and starts at zero. When the filing has no value, the chart says so rather than turning it into a zero.

Employer contributions reported per active participant

2022

$4,347

2023

$5,316

2024

$5,890

Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant

2022

$204

2023

$195

2024

$245

Active participants

2022

155

2023

164

2024

194

Detailed filing history
Plan year	Per active participant	Active participants	Plan assets	Filing ID
2024	$5,890	194	21.1M	20250909152254NAL0043679090001
2023	$5,316	164	16.2M	20240805101520NAL0000983697001
2022	$4,347	155	12.4M	20230805120925NAL0029709888001

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance. Each row uses the selected public filing for that year.

Plan operations

Details worth knowing

Participant loans as a share of plan assets: Not stated in the filing
Independent accountant’s opinion: Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported: Not stated in the filing
Public plan identifier: 202149647-001

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type: Retirement plan
Employer arrangement: Single-employer plan
Plan effective date: Jan 1, 2003
Industry: Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
Amended filing: No
Final filing for this plan: No
Short plan year: No
401(k) feature reported: Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes
2F2G2J2K2T3B3D3H

Reported service providers

Organizations named in the latest filing

The public dataset does not always identify a provider’s exact role. Compensation stays blank when it was not separately reported.

Provider	Plan year	Direct compensation	Indirect compensation
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY	2024	Not reported	unknown

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