FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Jarnagin Joel 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/15/2018 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Green Plains Inc. [GPRE] (Last) (First) (Middle) 1811 AKSARBEN DRIVE 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP and GM Green Plains Cattle 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) OMAHA, NE 68106 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 16,753 (1) D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Jarnagin Joel 1811 AKSARBEN DRIVE OMAHA, NE 68106	Â	Â	  EVP and GM Green Plains Cattle	Â

Signatures

/s/ Joel Jarnagin		08/17/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Securities beneficially owned include the following. (1) 5,568 total shares granted on February 12, 2016, with one-third of the total shares vesting on each of the following three anniversaries of the grant, less shares disposed for tax withholdings related to vestings occurring on February 12, 2017 and February 12, 2018. (2) 6,379 total shares granted on March 2, 2017, with one-third of the total shares vesting on each of the following three anniversaries of the grant, less shares disposed for tax withholdings related to vesting occuring on March 2, 2018. (3) 4,132 total shares granted on March 19, 2018, with one-third of the total shares vesting on each of the following three anniversaries of the grant. (4) 2,755 total shares granted on March 19, 2018, with all shares cliff vesting on the third anniversary of the grant.

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