About Us
“We strive to work closely with our farmers, maintaining integrity, and building prosperity through profitability, so that we can all leave behind something to be proud of for generations to come.”
– Glen, Co-Owner of AgVenture High Plains
ABOUT AGVENTURE HIGH PLAINS
Glen Long started promoting AgVenture’s Maximum Profit System™ to Nick Vos, a Southwest Kansas farmer, back in 2010. They had no idea at the time, that the native from South Africa and the Nebraska farm boy would end up being lifelong friends, and now co-owners of AgVenture High Plains. AgVenture High Plains is a brand new AgVenture Independent Seed Company, representing Southwest Kansas, parts of Nebraska and surrounding areas.
Glen has been in the seed industry for over four decades, and Nick has been growing and selling AgVenture seed products for the last 12 years. “We are very excited about this new venture with the freedom to select, grow and sell truly local hybrids, and offer the best, industry-leading, high-quality seed in the market. We strive to work closely with our farmers, maintaining integrity, and building prosperity through profitability, so that we can all leave behind something to be proud of for generations to come.”
AgVenture is a seed company with a different approach to help farmers produce more bushels. By partnering with AgVenture, the nation’s largest network of independently owned and managed seed companies, AgVenture High Plains is committed to helping farmers in Nebraska and Kansas produce more bushels. From putting together a customized cropping plan, to planting with elite standards, to managing your crops all-season long, we are dedicated to your success.
– Glen and Nick
Co-Owners of AgVenture High Plains
Meet The Team
Willem Pretorius
Distributor – Oklahoma Panhandle
Willem Pretorius was born and raised on a family farm in the Northwest province of South Africa. At age 16 he came to visit his Uncle, Nick Vos, and fell in love with the country. After school, Willem came back to the US and got his Bachelors in Agronomy at OPSU, pursued a career as an agronomist, and started a small farming operation on the side. He quickly got interested in the Maximum Profit System from AgVenture, taught and mentored by Glen Long, long time DSM and CCA, at the time, working for AgVenture Nebraska. Today, Willem and his dad farm several thousand acres, and still educate farmers on the principles installed by Glen, to help himself and all his customers achieve maximum profit from every acre.
Kelby Ross
Plains, KS Dealer
Kelby Ross was born and raised on a farm in Meade County, KS. Kelby is married to Rebi, and they have 2 blonde girls, Rylan and Brecken. Kelby graduated in 2016 from OPSU with a Major in Agronomy and a Minor in Agribusiness. Willem and Kelby started doing AgVenture Test Plots on his Father-In-Law, Shawn Jacobs’s farm in 2015, and he and Shawn became an AgVenture dealer after the 2016 growing season. Kelby currently farms about 900 acres on his own and helps out on Shawn’s operation with his row crops and cattle operation.
Nick Koehn
Nick Koehn was raised on a farm in Haskell County, Kansas. After school, he started working at the local John Deere dealership for a couple of years, then decided to get into the custom farming business in early 2010. He rented his first farm in 2013 and has been farming ever since. He has been planting AgVenture for a few years and became a dealer for the 2022 season. He and his wife Carla have two children (Esmae and Griffen), and farm around 2,000 acres north of Copeland, KS.
Damian Mendoza
Damian Mendoza grew up in Weld County, Colorado. He has always been involved in agriculture in one way or another, from helping on the farm or dairy where he grew up in Colorado. In 2007 Damian and family had the opportunity to move to the Texas Panhandle to expand on the family farm and dairy industry. In 2008, the family purchased Seed Inc., a seed company in Sunray, TX. Seed Inc. has been in business for more than 40 years, and is dedicated to bringing high quality seed at a price that is affordable to the average farmer, with competitive pricing that is hard to beat. Seed Inc. is a family-owned business run by Damian, Shawn, and Don. With a nearly 150 combined years of farming, they know the challenges that farmers face, and the importance of seed being high quality. That’s why in 2014, when Seed Inc. needed true local hybrids that offered what local farmers needed, they turn to Nick Vos who introduced them to the AgVenture seed products. Since then, not only have they been selling the AgVenture hybrids but have also been using them on their own farms.
Lynn Goossen
Lynn Goossen is a 3rd generation farmer that grew up and farm in Thomas County Kansas area. He lost his dad in a farm accident when he was 9. He started working for his grandfather and found a love for the farm. In 1983 he started with only 600 acres. In 1985, he got married to Tami, and they have two children. They incorporated the farm in 1994 with 2000 acres and are continuing to grow, farming 4000 acres now. Lynn become an AgVenture Dealer in 2010 under Glen Long, and believes in doing business with a trusted, local, seed company. He has known Glen since the year 2000 and fully relies on him to help him select the right hybrids, for the right fields, and Agventure’s local hybrid selection, and supreme germ standards, really works well to optimize yields every year.
Jon Wells
Jon Wells is a third-generation farmer, raised on a farm in Buffalo County, NE. After school, he went to Southeast Community College at Milford in the John Deere Ag tech program. He worked for John Deere for 5 years as a mechanic and then opened his own shop and began farming when his dad retired. He has been planting AgVenture corn since 2010. He and his wife Kari have a little girl named Mazie and they farm 1,300 acres around Elm Creek, Nebraska.
