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All things conservation, prairie, gardening, hunting, and farming.
From the fore-most voices of conservation and prairie to your casual backyard garden lovers, we’ve picked some of the most interesting brains around. Don’t miss it.
From the fore-most voices of conservation and prairie to your casual backyard garden lovers, we’ve picked some of the most interesting brains around. Don’t miss it.
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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!
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Welcome back to another awesome episode of the Prairie Farm Podcast. This episode will make you think.
Iowa Sportsman Raffle (A Raffle for Conservation)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Join us for another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! Kent brings us a recent event that you'll want to hear about!
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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!
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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
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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!
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DougDuren.com (to learn more about Doug and how you can help in the conservation effort)
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.
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We have another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday where we discuss American Lawns and how they affect the ecosystem. We greatly enjoyed this episode, and we believe you will as well.
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Dr. Patrick Keyser from University of Tennessee joins us to talk about native warm season pastures. He's a foremost expert on the topic. We get into the weeds on this topic. If you or someone you know has pasture, you'll want to hear this episode.
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Center for Native Grasslands Management
Doug Duren joins us for this weeks Coffee Time Wednesday. And he's got some thoughts! (As per usual) You won't want to miss this episode.
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Dr. Larry Weber, Director at IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering and Iowa Flood Center, joins us to discuss Iowa's (and the Midwest's) water quality. Look friends, we're not going to sugar coat it. It's bad. And Dr. Weber helps explain to us how bad. We dive into Nitrates, flood plains, rivers, and a lot more.
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This was a fun one! We answer a great question about how to mitigate Big Bluestem from taking over native, then dive into how the Big Beautiful Bill affects rural hospitals and their importance as economic staples for rural America.
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Check out Dr. Turner's article on deer nutrition.
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This week we are talking about some of the biggest lessons our Founder and Mentor Carroll taught us while we were working with him.
Carroll Hoksbergen (1955 - 2025) passed away on Monday July 7th, 2025. We are deeply saddened but also very grateful for the time we got to spend with him. He will be missed.
This week we are re-releasing the first episode we recorded with him. This is actually a "redo recording" because the audio was so bad on that one. But if you really want to hear the FIRST FIRST interview with him, you can find it on our YouTube channel.
Welcome back to Coffee Time! With tick season in full swing across Iowa, this episode is a must-listen for anyone who works or plays outdoors.
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This week, we’re joined by Nick Larson of The Bird Shot Podcast. We explore the world of upland hunting, the urgent threat of copper mining near the Boundary Waters, and why the future of conservation depends on the passion of hunters who cherish wild places and pristine water.
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