The Prairie Farm Podcast

Nicolas Lirio & Kent Boucher
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Sep 5, 2025 • 1h 9min

Ep. 286 The Actual Numbers of the Declining Wildlife in the Midwest

Dave Hoffman, Wildlife Research Staff of Iowa, joins us to discuss the declining numbers of faun in the Midwest and what he thinks should be done to improve the numbers.   Don't forget the Iowa Sportsman Club Raffle. Tickets are cheap, and you'll want to see what they have!   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for Habitat Mixes, CRP Mixes, and all your other native seeds)
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Sep 3, 2025 • 33min

Ep. 285 (Coffee Time) Is the World Getting Better? And Endangered Pallid Sturgeon Found in the DSM River

Welcome back to another awesome episode of the Prairie Farm Podcast. This episode will make you think.   Iowa Sportsman Raffle (A Raffle for Conservation) Hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator mixes and all your native seed needs)
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Aug 29, 2025 • 1h 11min

Ep. 284 Saving Our Soil and How to Grow a Food Forests

Louis De Jaeger, author of Save Our Soil and a farmland designer, joins us to discuss all things regeneration. We dive deep into the soil health, chemicals, tillage, and what to do to avoid these things. Louis is a very practically minded conservationist that has spoken all around the world on how to protect our resources.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator mixes, native pasture mixes, and all your other native seed needs)
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Aug 27, 2025 • 36min

Ep. 283 (Coffee Time) A Day in the Life of a Settler and A Day in the Life of a Prairie Farmer

Welcome back to another riveting episode of the Prairie Farm Podcast: Coffee Time Wednesday. This week we cover some of our harvest nightmares and what it was like for settlers to survive in the 1830's.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for wetland mixes, CRP mixes, backyard prairie mixes, and more!)
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Aug 22, 2025 • 1h 4min

Ep. 282 How to Fight for Conservation at the Legislative Level

Tayler Riggen is the founder of the Iowa Sportsman Club, a lobbying group that works on behalf of hunters and conservation concerns in the State Capitol. This episode explains how and why the ISC came to be and what it is doing on behalf of Iowans.   Join ISC   Plant A Prairie with Hoksey Native Seeds
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Aug 20, 2025 • 45min

Ep. 281 (Coffee Time): Recent Panel of Scientists Pinpoint Ag's Role in Water Quality in Iowa

Join us for another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! Kent brings us a recent event that you'll want to hear about!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for wetland mixes, native pasture mixes, and all your native seed needs)
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Aug 15, 2025 • 2h 43min

Ep. 280 Biofuel Energy, Evangelical Environmentalists, and an Organic Farmer

Welcome back to another incredible episode. We are joined by three different guests and we put them into one episode. You'll enjoy it as much as we did!   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie mixes and wildlife habitat and all the native seed you need)
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Aug 13, 2025 • 27min

Ep. 279 (Coffee Time) Plastic That Biodegrades in Hours and WE'RE HIRING!!

Welcome back to the Prairie Farm Podcast Coffee Time Wednesday! This week we discuss Kent's frustration on planes, an innovation in plastic that biodegrades within hours, and the exciting news that WE'RE HIRING! If you want to work with the Hoksey Team, reach out at social@theprairiefarm.com or info@hokseynativeseeds.com   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes, wildlife habitat mixes, and all your native seed needs)
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Aug 12, 2025 • 1h 7min

Listen to the Land: Conversations about Conservation w/Doug Duren Ep. 1

We at The Prairie Farm Podcast are very excited to host Doug's new show. He will be joining us quarterly to have deep, and thought provoking conversations about our land ethic and how we can make a difference for the future. Because... "It's not ours. It's just our turn."   In this first episode, we discuss CWD, land fragmentation, Sharing The Land, our founder Carroll, and a lot more. We deeply enjoyed this conversation, and we believe you will as well!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your native prairie and wildflower seed needs)   DougDuren.com (to learn more about Doug and how you can help in the conservation effort)
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Aug 8, 2025 • 1h 18min

Ep. 278 High Quality Timber, Perennial Food Plots, and Healthy Hunting Ecosystems w/ Jared Van Hees

What does it really take to create a deer paradise? We’re joined by Jared Van Hees of The Habitat Podcast to get the dirt on what truly matters. We cover everything from smart timber stand improvement and working with loggers to building effective perennial food plots for year-round wildlife health.   HokseyNativeSeeds.com (for deer habitat and perennial food plot mixes)

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