Scott County, Iowa and the surrounding area

Local seed,
expert advice.

We grow it, clean it and plant it on all our acres.

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Rye strips after a planter pass, May 2025
№ 1 seller · our own harvest IN STOCK

Cereal rye,
in bulk.

Cleaned and tested on the farm. By the bushel or by the truckload.

$14/bu
Pick up at the farm with your seed tender
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Everything else · Iowa Cover Crop dealer

Any species you need, one call away.

Winter wheatOatsTriticaleBuckwheatCrimson cloverHairy vetchTurnipRadishWinter camelinaCustom mixes
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Agronomy included
Rates, timing, herbicide plan — free with the seed.
02
Custom seeding
Drill or aerial into standing crops.
03
Seed cleaning
Same cleaner we run our own rye on.

Run your numbers
before you buy.

Free planning tools built on 15 years of our own field data.

Tool 01

Nitrogen Carbon-Penalty Estimator

Estimate the N tie-up from terminating cereal rye ahead of corn

Open the estimator → Tool 02

Seeding Rate + Cost Calculator

Build a single species or a mix at Iowa NRCS full seeding rates and see what it costs per acre, seed and application included.

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From our fields.
Not a stock library.

tall rye + planter, mid-May
tall rye + planter, mid-May Spring
evaluating stand, May 4
evaluating stand, May 4 Spring
rye strips after a planter pass, mid-May
rye strips after a planter pass, mid-May Spring
soybeans relay-cropped into rye
soybeans relay-cropped into rye Summer
rye residue mat, corn rows
rye residue mat, corn rows Summer
aerial seeded into corn
aerial seeded into corn Fall
drilling rye into corn stubble at sundown
drilling rye into corn stubble at sundown Fall
cover crop mix in the snow
cover crop mix in the snow Winter

Our Experience = Your Success

We use cover crops on every acre we farm, so we can help you figure out what will work on your acres. We've already made the mistakes so you don't have to!

Looking across a rye field toward the Paustian farm

One call
(or text).
Straight answers.

You'll talk to a farmer, not a sales desk. Ten minutes is usually all it takes.

Coy Claussen 563-349-5411 Text
Mike Paustian 563-447-0657 Text