The Prairie Farm Podcast

The Prairie Farm Podcast

All things conservation, prairie, gardening, permaculture, hunting, and agriculture. ”Conservation happens one mind at a time.”

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December 24, 2025 34 mins

Merry Christmas! Enjoy your festive peppermint mocha while tuning into this week's Coffee Time Wednesday!

 

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Zach Lahn joins us to discuss the future he envisions for Iowa, ag consolidation, chemical poisons, and more. Hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes, pollinator mixes, habitat mixes, and more)

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We had the privilege of being joined by previous guest Mike Swartzlander, Tim Brown (The Bearded Uplander), and former Hawkeye and NFL player, Parker Hesse, for another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday. hokseynativeseeds.com (for pheasant habitat, CRP mixes, and backyard prairie mixes)

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Tim Youngquist of Iowa State University and Practical Farmers joins us to share his experience on the Prairie Strips program at Iowa State and what farmers are able to do practically to bring income while boosting conservation. hokseynativeseeds.com (for prairie strip mixes and backyard prairie mixes and all your other native seed needs)

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Another exciting episode of The Prairie Farm Podcast where Riley and Nicolas take a deeper look into the infamous "dead zones" in the water around the world. hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie and hunting habitat mixes)

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David Mizejewski, from Natural Wildlife Federation, joins us to talk conservation, but specifically why leaving your leaves even matters. hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes and other fun habitat mixes)

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Nicolas is down with Tuberculosis and Dysentery... again. But don't worry because Riley and Kent are as healthy as two fine horses and are here to talk current events in Prairie Country.

 

 

Keep snow off the road --> Order Prairie

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We joined some of the crew from Abundant Design to discuss creating food forests in your own yard. We had a great time and we believe you will as well. hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes and other native seed)

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Happy Thanksgiving! Another riveting episode of The Prairie Farm Podcast. This week, we have an intriguing question from a guest that had us thinking about the Thanksgiving Holiday. hokseynativeseeds.com (to fight consumerism with conservation)

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We had the privilege of hosting Steve Hanson and Ryan Lynton (Upland Social Podcast) for a pheasant hunt and naturally we had to get them on the podcast. We discuss bird numbers in Iowa, land prices and trends, and whatever else came up in the conversation. This was supposed to be a coffee time episode, but the conversation was too good to not make it a full length episode. Enjoy!

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Welcome back to another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! This time we discuss the responsibility of Iowa's Water Monitors and the organizations who are making it happen. Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Backyard Prairie Mixes) Izaak Walton Foundation The Article We Read

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Brad Sherman was kind enough to open his house to us and sit down for a full conversation on the state of Iowa. We discuss taxes, schools, small farms, water quality, cancer, and a lot more. We deeply enjoyed it and believe you will as well! hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes and hunting habitat)

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Welcome back to another riveting episode of The Prairie Farm Podcast- Coffee Time Wednesday! We deeply enjoyed this conversation, and we believe you will as well.

 

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Welcome back to another in depth, nerdy episode of The Prairie Farm Podcast. You'll love this one. We dive deeper into the science of fire and its historic use. hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and other prairie mixes)

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Welcome back to another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! This week we're back with a soybean update for the markets and what that means for the future of ag in the midwest, as well as the current shortgrass prairie shortage. hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie and pollinator mixes)

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What happened to the prairie? Kent does a historical deep dive to find out exactly what happened to the prairie and why. Then Nicolas and Kent argue about what's the best way forward. We had a great time with this podcast, and we believe you will as well. Hokseynativeseeds.com (for native seed to help restore the prairie and habitat that was once here)

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October 29, 2025 32 mins

Join us for another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday, as we discuss the impending demise of meat as we know it. We greatly enjoyed this conversation and believe you will as well. hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie and pollinator mixes and hunting mixes)

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Nicolas and Kent relisten and join you to discuss the second episode of The Prehistoric Prairie. If you haven't already listened to it, enjoy. If you have, we highly recommend listening again!

 

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This week we dive into the what does the world look like on the road in 10 years. Agriculture is often a dangerous job, and vehicle collision is a big part of that. Join us for another riveting episode of the Prairie Farm Podcast. hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes, hunting habitat, and bee and butterfly gardens)

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Kent, Riley, and Nicolas sat down and listened to the Prehistoric Prairie docuseries they made in 2023. At the very end they give commentary on it. We discuss part 1 "The Ice Age" and what questions we have two years later. We greatly enjoyed this conversation, and we believe you will as well. Hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes, hunting habitat, and more)

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