NE LR93

Congratulates Keith Berns of Bladen, Nebraska for receiving the Nebraska Natural Resources Districts Outstanding Soil Conservation Award for his dedication to soil conservation, sustainable agriculture, and education

Recognizes Berns for over 25 years of no-till farming experience combined with a decade of teaching agriculture and computer science, and for maintaining a 1,500-acre farm that has been 100% continuous no-till for over a decade

Acknowledges his role as co-owner of Green Cover Seed, one of the leading cover crop seed providers in the United States, where he has researched over 120 different cover crop species

Credits Berns with developing the SmartMix Calculator, one of the most widely used online cover crop selection tools helping farmers nationwide

Notes his appointment by Governor Pete Ricketts to serve as chairman of the Nebraska Healthy Soil Task Force