About us
Helping people regenerate, steward, and share God’s creation for future generations
We know cover crops work. We’ve experienced it first hand. So we’re on a mission to help others find the same success with cover crops as we have.
In short
Green Cover is a cover crop seed company dedicated to providing the custom seed mixes to fit any cover crop situation in any area of the country with the use of high quality seed and vital educational content.
Our purpose
To help people regenerate, steward, and share God’s creation for future generations.
We believe cover crops are key to improving soil health, and healthy soils lead to healthy food and thus healthy people.
Green Cover strives to honor and glorify God through our business ethics and practices, and to follow the example of Jesus Christ when interacting with customers and team members.
Green Cover co-founders and co-owners Keith and Brian Berns
We educate first
We start by educating our team so we can help you. We provide countless hours of videos, webinars and podcast episodes, tons of informational articles, and a yearly publication called the Soil Health Resource Guide with over 90 pages of inspiration, insight and education on all things soil health. We’re learning new things about cover crops every year in our on farm test plots, where we test dozens of single species cover crops, mixes and even various practices like corn interseeding and livestock integration. Our sales force is busy during the winter season attending soil health conferences soaking up as much new information as possible from leading experts. Many of our team members farm themselves!
We know, grow, and deliver the seed
Providing high quality cover crop seed really stemmed from our own need for seed. When we started using cover crops on our own farm in south central Nebraska, there were few places providing the diversity of cover crop seed that we were looking for. So we pulled up our bootstraps and got to work starting a cover crop seed company, devoted to growing and selling the highest quality cover crop seed to be mixed and matched providing custom seed blends for any situation. We work closely with our network of seed growers to provide high quality seed and we’ve built relationships with many shipping companies over the years to ensure the seed you need is delivered on time.
Faith based, farmer build, family owned
Faith drives all our decision making and family comes first. We’re farmers just like many of you and our small town values run deep throughout our business. Our core values guide our team toward a unified goal.
Our Values
- Treat people right
- Family matters
- Teamwork
- Always growing
We ship to all 50 states
and several Canadian Provinces
Locations
Bladen, Nebraska
- 918 Rd X Bladen, NE 68928
- (402) 469-6784
Green Cover Seed is a leading national source for cover crops and forages, having shipped seed to more than 10,000 customers in all 50 states and most of the Canadian provinces. Because we carry so many different cover species and specialize in custom mixes, we are able to meet the specific needs of customers across the entire country.
Whether we are shipping a pound, a pallet, or a bulk semi load, we strive to provide each customer with the best shipping method for their situation. Being well-connected with freight companies, and having our own trucks, we are able to move seed throughout the country at a fair price.
Iola, Kansas
- 29 W Davis St - Iola, KS 66749
- (620) 557-8491
Green Cover Seed, Iola, is located in the Southeast portion of the state. Conveniently located 70 miles from Oklahoma, 45 miles to Missouri, and 140 miles to Arkansas. The facility is 54,000 square feet. Included in that is a new mixing system to allow us to handle any size mixes from this location. We have approximately 42,000 square feet of flat storage to be able to keep up with demand, and nearly ensure a full inventory at all times. We have spent the last year establishing infrastructure, personnel, and logistics to be better able to serve more of our customers with affordable freight and fast shipping time.
In addition to the warehouse and mixing areas, we are in the process of building an indoor grow room that we plan to utilize to demonstrate plant tours. This 1,750 square foot grow room will be located in the climate controlled portion of our warehouse allowing us the ability to grow both warm season and cool season plants all year. We plan to utilize this grow room to do elaborate demonstrations for our upcoming Southeast Kansas Soil Health Conference as well. As mentioned, it will be completely inside, out of the elements, therefore being the perfect plot at any time of the year.
Meet the Team
Adrienne Jacobus
Financial Controller
Arcelia Gabriel
Mix Floor Lead
Brian Berns
Co-Founder / Farm Manager
Bryce Jeffery
Shop Manager
Chance Menzie
Maintenance Lead - Bladen
Cheliz Roman-Gonzalez
Parcel Specialist
Clark Schultz
Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement Manager
Colton Toney
Sales Representative / Food Plots
Cory Simpson
Farm Technician / Truck Driver
Cristina Rodriguez
Mix Floor Specialist
Dan Fullerton
Maintenance Technician - Bladen
David Nelsen
CEO
Doug Hyler
Warehouse Specialist
Dylan Kuhn
Sales Representative
Elisa Rodriguez
Mix Floor Specialist - Bladen
Gavin Myers
Mechanic - Bladen
Jakin Berns
Sales Manager
Jared Hynes
Seed Cleaning Manager
Jarod Boldt
Production Manager
Jason Michael
Warehouse Lead
Jesse Bauer
Mix Floor Specialist - Iola
Jon Holl
CAO
Jonas Mentzer
Mix Floor Lead - Iola
Jonathan Ellis
Farm Technician
Jonathan Goodding
Marketing Director
Joseph Kirchner
Mix Floor Specialist
Josh Berns
Inventory Manager
Justin Clark
Iola Site Lead
Kate Smith
Marketing
Katie Faimon
Front Office - Bladen
Katie Sherman
Executive Sales Assistant
Keith Berns
Co-Founder / Business Development
Kurt Boyd
Mix Floor Specialist - Bladen
Kyle Golay
Mix Floor Specialist - Bladen
Mike Price
Outside Operations
Nathan Choat
Sales Representative
Niki Ard
Front Office
Riley Meredith
Warehouse Lead
Scott Ravenkamp
Contract Grower Manager
Scott Richert
Sales Agronomist
Shelby Walker
Events Director
Sophie Waechter-Cass
Marketing
Syn Dee Wulf
Parcel Lead
Tim Hinrichs
Maintenance Manager
Travis Berns
Operations Manager
Tyler Licking
Sales Representative
Vinnie Gonzaga
Mix Floor Specialist - Bladen
Zach Louk
Sales Representative / Seed Purchasing
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