The Prairie Farm Podcast

Nicolas Lirio & Kent Boucher
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Oct 17, 2025 • 1h 41min

Ep. 298 Prehistoric Prairie Director's Cut (Part 1)

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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Oct 15, 2025 • 45min

Ep. 297 (Coffee Time) John Deere's Ethanol Tractor and Kent's Toe Fungus

Welcome back to another great episode of Coffee Time Wednesday. We had a great time discussing energy, John Deere, ethanol, and more. hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes, switchgrass, backyard prairie mixes)
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Oct 10, 2025 • 1h 1min

Ep. 296 Gubernatorial Candidate Julie Stauch

Julie Stauch generously sat down with us at Smokey Row in Des Moines to discuss Iowa's water quality, our public schools, vouchers, rural poverty, and a lot more. It was a great conversation. Whether you agree with her or not, we hope you will enjoy our conversation. And let the record show, we really enjoyed our time with her. She was lovely.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes and all your native prairie and wildflower needs)
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Oct 8, 2025 • 26min

Ep. 295 (Coffee Time) What the Government Shutdown Does to Conservation

Welcome back to another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday. Kent is gone this week, so Riley and Nicolas take on topics much too big for them without Kent to make sure they don't get canceled. They discuss how government spending affect conservation, and what it will take to longevity to our conservation practices in the US. Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes, Backyard Prairie Mixes, and Hunting Mixes)
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Oct 3, 2025 • 1h 16min

Ep. 294 Hairy Sheep, Vallet Nightmares, and a Little Announcement

Our good friend, Judd McCullum, joins us to discuss his new hairy sheep and a philosophical discussion on consumerism. We are deep into harvest, so we don't have our normal guest lineup right now, but we deeply enjoyed this podcast and believe you will as well.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP Mixes and Native Pasture Mixes)
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Oct 1, 2025 • 48min

Ep. 293 (Coffee Time) The Soybean Crisis... China, Trump, and the Agriculture Midwest

Another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday. We dive DEEP into the soybean price market, and what is causing China to turn away our soybeans. Are soybeans something we should even be growing? What is the current administration doing about it? We jump into all of these topics and more...   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for native pasture mixes and bee and butterfly mixes)
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Sep 26, 2025 • 1h 36min

Ep. 292 Cows Eat Milkweed, and Are Brushy Prairies That Bad? with Chris Helzer (The Prairie Ecologist)

Chris Helzer is the Director of the Nature Conservancy in Nebraska and a fantastic blogger/photographer, The Prairie Ecologist. We had a great time with him, and we believe you will as well!   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and for hunting habitat mixes)
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Sep 24, 2025 • 36min

Ep. 291 (Coffee Time) Is AI Using Too Much Water?

Join us for another exciting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! This week we discuss how much water AI data centers are using, and if AI is a net positive or net negative force in our world.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for native pasture mixes and backyard prairie mixes)
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Sep 19, 2025 • 1h 5min

Ep. 290 Inheriting a 500 Acre Prairie Farm Over Night

Nicolas sits down to interview Kent to discuss the pressures of taking over the farm after Carroll passed and what Kent learned from Carroll in their time together.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes, Backyard Prairie mixes, and Hunting Habitat mixes)
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Sep 17, 2025 • 54min

Ep. 289 (Coffee Time) The SNAP Cuts and Harvesting Prairie

Give us some grace on this topic. It's hard to discuss SNAP because it's a complicated topic, but with how related to agriculture it is, we thought it necessary to discuss.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator mixes and CRP mixes)

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