About us

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 youtube content, 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 the seed, grow the seed, 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 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 built, 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

  • Do the right thing
  • Treat people right
  • Family matters
  • Teamwork
  • Always growing

We ship seed to all 50 states

and several Canadian Provinces

Locations

Bladen, Nebraska

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. 

918 Road X – Bladen, NE 68928

 (402) 469-6784

Iola, Kansas

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.

29 W Davis St – Iola, KS 66749

(620) 363-0653

Meet the Team

Keith Berns

Co-Founder / Business Development

Brian Berns

Co-Founder / Farm Manager

Jakin Berns

Sales Manager

Davis Behle

Sales Representative

Nathan Choat

Sales Representative

Zach Louk

Sales Representative / Seed Purchasing

Colton Toney

Sales Representative / Food Plots

Dylan Kuhn

Sales Representative

Sophie Waechter-Cass

Sales Representative / Marketing

Shelby Walker

Executive Assistant / Events Director

Scott Ravenkamp

Contract Grower Manager

Travis Berns

Operations Manager

Adrienne Jacobus

Financial Controller

Doris Zuellner

Front Office

Lexi Ord

Front Office

Caleb Goss

Mix Floor Manager

Josh Berns

Inventory Manager

Caleb Berns

Logistics

Jonathan Goodding

Marketing Director

Kate Smith

Marketing

Arcelia Gabriel

Mix Floor Lead

Syn Dee Wulf

Small Mix Lead

Justin Clark

Iola Site Lead

Jared Hynes

Seed Cleaning Lead

Joseph Kirchner

Mix Floor Specialist

Riley Meredith

Warehouse Lead

Doug Hyler

Warehouse Specialist

Teri Andersen

Seed Sampling and Testing Specialist

Tim Hinrichs

Construction Manager

Bryce Jeffery

Shop Lead

Keaton Foster

Shop Technician

Justin McGee

Seed Handling Lead

Cristina Rodriquez

Mix Floor Specialist

Cheliz Roman-Gonzalez

Small Mix Specialist

Jonathan Ellis

Farm Technician

Cory Simpson

Farm Technician / Truck Driver

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