The Prairie Farm Podcast

Johnathon Swanson from Polk County Conservation joins Nicolas and Kent talk about Iowa's water quality crisis. They dig into tile drainage, nitrates, saturated buffers, constructed wetlands, and what's actually working on the ground. Plus data centers, farm diversification, and quail nostalgia.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your backyard prairie, hunting habitat mixes, CRP mixes, pollinator mixes, and more)   Mckayinsagency.com (for all your insurance and financial advising needs)   BirdHunterSupply.com (for all your bird hunting needs, and for your bird dogs' supplies as well)

A new ISU study is shaking up how we think about prairies. It turns out pollinators don't just need the prairie, the prairie needs them back. Kent, Nicolas, and Riley dig into what declining pollinator populations mean for plant diversity, then shift to the Boundary Waters mining fight and what's actually at stake ecologically.   Hoksey Native Seeds (for all your backyard prairie, CRP, Prairie Strip Mixes, Hunting Habitat and More)   IowaCoverCrop.com (for all your cover crop and small grain needs)

Val Van Kooten, administrator at the State of Iowa Historical Society, returns for her third episode. The conversation digs into pioneer journal entries, pre-tractor farm life, an April Fool's fact-or-fiction game, the phenomenon of declinism, claim jumper clubs, and what autonomous tractors might do to Midwest culture. hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your CRP mixes, backyard prairie mixes, hunting habitat mixes, and more) Oh and check out our new Prairie Farm Forum! Iowa Cover Crop (for all your cover crop needs) McKay Insurance (for all your insurance and financial planning needs)

This week on Coffee Time Wednesday Nicolas breaks down what would actually happen if the Corn Belt set aside 10% of its acres for conservation. Using over 40 sources, he walks through the county level economics of lost grain sales, higher commodity prices, hunting revenue, and CRP payments. The math might surprise you. hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your CRP, native mixes, butterfly wildflower patches, hunting habitat mixes, and more!) BirdHunterSupply.com (to give back to conservation while purchasing your bird hunting supplies)

Thomas Mlsna is a habitat consultant and biologist who's spent 16 years rethinking how hunters manage land. In this episode, he breaks down the deer food pyramid, makes the case for smaller food plots in smarter locations, connects native plant diversity to EHD prevention, and challenges the entire model of chemical-heavy whitetail land management. hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your native seed, habitat mixes, perennial food plot, CRP, backyard prairie, and native pasture mixes) Iowa Cover Crop (for all your cover crop and small grain needs)

Grab your coffee folks, it's time for another Coffee Time Wednesday! This week Nicolas, Kent, and Riley kick off Coffee Time debating whether Nicolas's cargo pocket jeans are fashion-forward or a complete disaster. From there the guys swap their best farm mistakes. Tractors buried in mud, discs wrapped around power poles, and $5,000 worth of hand-collected seed dumped on gravel. Then the crew digs into the US Forest Service's move from DC to Salt Lake City and what it might really mean for conservation.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP, backyard pollinator, native pasture mixes and more!)   McKay Insurance (for all your insurance and financial advising needs)   birdhuntersupply.com (for all your bird hunter supplies)

Molly Pickering, Policy Director for Illinois Stewardship Alliance, joins Nicolas and Kent for a wide-ranging conversation on what's actually broken in America's food system. From monopoly meat packers to cottage food laws to pesticide drift hitting small farms, Molly brings the policy perspective that most farmers never get to hear.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your native seed, native pastures, native habitat mixes, and more) BirdHunterSupply.com (for all your bird hunting supply needs)

Welcome back to another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! The Nebraska Sandhills just went through the largest wildfire in state history. What does that mean for the prairie and the cattle on that prairie? Then the conversation shifts to Iowa's water. Two new reports just tied nitrates and pesticides to Iowa's extremely high cancer rate. Who's responsible? Who pays? hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your backyard prairie, native pasture, and native seed mixes) Iowa Cover Crop (for all your cover crop and alternative crop needs) McKay Insurance (for all your insurance and financial planning needs)

Ray Geroff is a district heritage biologist for the Illinois DNR and has burned over 100,000 acres of prairie. 3,900 were just the day before the podcast. In Episode 344, Kent and Nicolas break down burn safety, proper weather windows, what each season of fire does to your landscape, using fire against sericea and brome, and what happens when a prairie never burns. This is burning 101 from someone who does it for a living every single year. hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your native seed needs. And we also do prairie restoration and management and site visits.) McKay Insurance (for all your insurance needs) BirdHunterSupply.com (for all your bird hunting supply needs, as well as bird dog gear, and more!)

Nicolas and Kent start this one recanting how a man tried to steal two tractors from them through their recent farm auction. Tim Brown, The Bearded Uplander, is back, and this one gets real fast. His bird dog Mac nearly died from a grass awn that migrated through his body — and it happens way more than people think. The guys break down which wild ryes are dangerous for hunting dogs, how to protect them at the tailgate, and then get into building pheasant habitat that actually works. Informative, honest, and a little terrifying if you run a bird dog.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your CRP, backyard prairie, and pollinator mixes)   Iowa Cover Crop (for all your cover crop and alternative crop needs)

Eddie Andrews joins us to discuss the riff between republicans and democrats in Iowa, property taxes, school ESA's, and of course water quality. We enjoyed this conversation and believe you will as well! hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes, backyard prairie mixes, native pasture mixes, and hunting habitat mixes) Iowa Cover Crop (for all your cover crop needs) McKay Insurance (for all your insurance and financial planning needs)

Kent, Riley, and Nicolas talk about what's going on with the Farm Bill today, and what status it has in the legislative pipeline. They also discuss what would need to happen for Iowa to have a higher tax bracket for out of state land owners. There's a lot of uncertainty for the rural United States, especially with farming. What can we do to enhance it? What needs to change? hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes, habitat mixes, CRP mixes, EQIP mixes, and a lot more)

Justin Meissen, Research and Restoration Program Manager at the Tallgrass Prairie Center, joins the Prairie Farm Podcast to talk prairie establishment from the ground up — literally. Why native annual weeds aren't always your enemy. What months to plant and which ones to avoid at all costs. How seed size predicts establishment success. And what "coefficient of conservatism" actually means. This one's packed.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie, CRP mixes, hunting habitat mixes, native pasture mixes, and more)   Iowa Cover Crop (for all your cover crop needs)

Kent's very own father, Alan Boucher, joined us to discuss a journal entry from a woman in the 1800's. We also discuss whether or not someone should burn a prairie field now or in May to eliminate brome. hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP, Backyard Prairie, and Hunting Mixes) Iowa Cover Crop (for all your cover crop needs) Bird Hunter Supply (for all your bird hunting supplies)

Derek Orth, a fourth general dairy farmer, joins us to discuss if small dairy farms could have a spot in the US market in the future. Dairy farmers do a lot of work for very little pay, and we get into the nitty gritty on the podcast.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie, pollinator, native pasture mixes, and more) birdhuntersupply.com (for all your bird hunting gear and to give back to conservation)

Join us for another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday. Today we discuss Bayer's Tort Immunity at the federal level and the chance they have at succeeding. We also talk about Iowa Secretary of Ag Mike Naig's recent conversation about grazing CRP.    Hoksey Native Seeds (for Midwest CRP Mixes, Wildflower Patch Mixes, and More) Iowa Cover Crop (For all your cover crop and small grain needs) McKay Insurance (For a better insurance experience)

Black Hawk is a mythological character at this point. But why is that? What did he do, or not do? Dr. Patrick Jung, author of The Black Hawk War of 1832, joins us to tell us the incredible story of the last Native American to resist in the Midwest. To order his book hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie and wildflower seeds and mixes)

It's finally here! Farm Bill Updates are coming. Kent was home with the kids, so the one and only Judd McCullum joined Riley and Nicolas to talk about the new Farm Bill. Our Hoksey Auction (filter with the keyword "Lynnville")   Hoksey Native Seeds (for prairie mixes, wildflowers, and more!)

Dr. Karen Vanderhoff joins us to discuss what she is seeing in the health crisis of Midwest farmers. The suicide rates are very high compared to other occupations, and we want to know why and what we can do about it.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes, hunting habitat mixes, and backyard pollinator mixes)

There's a lot of talk about how the price of living has shot through the roof. But is that actually true?? It's a complicated question that involves things like quality of life, inflation, hourly wages, median vs average, and more. We dive into this on Coffee Time Wednesday this week. You won't want to miss it. Hoksey Equipment Auction (You can filter by saying 50 mile radius with 50153)   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP Mixes, Backyard Pollinator Mixes, Hunting Habitat Mixes)

Laura Walter, of the Tall Grass Prairie Center, joins us to discuss the new species she is trying to grow at her facility. Also, which species is no one else growing that she has available for new growers. We also talk about hemiparasites and more.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator mixes, CRP mixes, hunting mixes, and more!)

There was a push at the Iowa Capitol to put the Buffer Strip Pollinator Program into a bigger setting for farmers to put onto their land. But it was killed in subcommittee. Why? We're trying to find out. Check out another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday on The Prairie Farm Podcast. hokseynativeseeds.com (for buffer strip pollinator mixes, backyard prairie mixes, CRP mixes, and a lot more!)

Produce in America is grown at unprecedented scale in human history. But how is it done. Who grows it, and how does it get to our tables? Should any changes be made to the system? We sit down with Seth Oren, who has been on produce farms all across America, and he gave us the inside story. hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator and prairie grass and all your other native seed needs)

Crop prices are freaky right now. We sit down and walk through the different major crops in America and if any farmer is making any money on their acres. hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes... because CRP at least cuts you a check)

Megan McKay is a legend in the Midwestern beer world. She founded Peace Tree and helped push legislation to allow for the microbreweries we love today. But what is she doing now? She is working hard to change the way Iowan's look at food, their health, food deserts, and cancer. hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator mixes, and all your other prairie and wildflower needs)

A lot going on in the world of conservation and ag this week. First, we dive into the new Healthy Water Act that the Iowa Democrats have put forward. Secondly, we discuss the E15 Fuel issue that the federal legislators are "figuring out". Both of these policies would have major ramifications for the Midwest. One for our health, and the second for our economy. hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie, buffer strip mixes, hunting habitat mixes)

Chase Brown, a 6th generation farmer in Illinois, joins us to discuss billionaires that gobble up land, farm organizations that aren't benefitting farmers, and how he would start farming if he was a new farmer today. hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie, CRP, and hunting habitat)

Join another riveting episode of The Prairie Farm Podcast Coffee Time Wednesday! This week Kent and Nicolas argue over ecological regulation, and we discuss which of the world's greatest apps are net negative and net positive.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator mixes, CRP mixes, native pasture mixes, hunting habitat mixes, and more)

In this episode Kent interviews Nicolas about his story of going from reluctant farm kid to Bible college to prairie farm CEO. Be warned, this interview is unfiltered and is as authentic as Nicolas and Kent know how to be. hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie and hunting habitat and CRP and wildflower needs)

Welcome back to another absolute banger Coffee Time Wednesday! This week the whole gang is back together-- Kent, Riley, and Nicolas. They discuss the new pilate prairie strips program that is currently being tested in Iowa. Need prairie or wildflower mixes. We've got them at hokseynativeseeds.com. We have pollinator mixes, hunting habitat mixes, CRP mixes, Prairie Strip Mixes, Perennial Food Plot mixes, Native Pasture Mixes, and a lot more.

Lyndsey Braun, Doug Duren, and Brock Rosenkranz join us to discuss the issues with hunting access and the joys of Deer Camp. hokseynativeseeds.com (for hunting habitat mixes, backyard prairie mixes, and more native seed needs)

Welcome back to another riveting Coffee Time Wednesday! This week Nicolas and Riley sit down to discuss what is going on with these beef prices and when will they come down. hokseynativeseeds.com (for pasture mixes, CRP mixes, and more native seed needs)

Power couple, Bart George and Dr. Brook Lang, join us to discuss Bart's study on Mountain Lions' interaction with humans, Dr. Lang's interactions with grizzly bears, and cat poop coffee. We deeply enjoyed this episode, and you will as well! hokseynativeseeds.com (for prairie and wildflower mixes)

Welcome back to another Coffee Time Wednesday! We review the best podcasts, best wins in conservation, worst personal losses, and the worst conservation disgraces of the year. You'll love to hear these. hokseynativeseeds.com (for prairie mixes and other native seed needs)

Welcome to another installment of Doug Duren's "Listen to the Land". He joins Nicolas and Kent, and brought guests Ben and James O'Brien to recap the deer derby and discuss what it takes to pass conservation on to the next generation.

Tim and Joy join us again, this time at the same time, to talk hunting, bird numbers, bird habitat, and dogs. hokseynativeseeds.com (for Pheasant Habitat Mixes and Perennial Native Food Plots)

Merry Christmas! Enjoy your festive peppermint mocha while tuning into this week's Coffee Time Wednesday!   Sign Up for the Iowa Prairie Network Winter Conference  

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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!

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

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)

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.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes, hunting habitat mixes, and backyard prairie mixes)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes, backyard prairie, and native pasture mixes)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Josh Tickell, a film director, explains why making these movies actually helps in the aid for conservation. Nicolas had some connection issues, but we enjoyed the podcast nonetheless and believe you will too!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP Mixes, Native Pasture Mixes, and Backyard Prairies)

Join for another riveting episode of The Prairie Farm Podcast: Coffee Time Wednesday!    hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP Mixes, Backyard Prairies, and Hunting Habitat)

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)

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)

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)

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!)

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

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)

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)

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 [email protected] or [email protected]   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes, wildlife habitat mixes, and all your native seed needs)

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)

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)

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.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator mixes and all your native seed needs)

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.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for Native Pasture Mixes and all your other native seed needs) 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.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your prairie and wildflower seed needs)

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.   hokseynativeseeds.com (For wetland mixes and all your other native seed needs)

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.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for Backyard Pollinator mixes and Hunting Habitat mixes)

Check out Dr. Turner's article on deer nutrition.   Check out hokseynativeseeds.com for prairie seed for your own project!

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.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and all your native seed needs)

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.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for pheasant and quail habitat mixes)

We're unpacking the new Texas food law, SB 25, and what it means for your family. This bill requires warning labels for certain food additives that are banned in other countries but approved by the FDA. We get into the debate over consumer rights and what you'll actually see on shelves.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator, hunting mixes, and all your native seed needs)

Kelly Kindscher is an amazing man. Kent and Riley had a wonderful time picking his deep well of knowledge on all things prairie, outdoors, and utilizing prairie for sustenance.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes and all your native seed needs)

This one is exciting! We boiled through this one the whole time. It was so hot! But we've got a great prairie and pasture question as well as a great topic about Styrofoam.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for native pasture mixes and Backyard Pollinator mixes)

Aaron Warbritton, with The Hunting Public, joins us to discuss a new venture The Habitat Association. We are very excited for this nonprofit conservation organization. We also discuss what's going on in public land today and our natural resources.   hokseynativeseeds.com (For native habitat mixes)

Another exciting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! Grab your coffee and join good people with good topics.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for firefly habitat and Hunting Habitat mixes)

Tabitha Panas was one of thousands of people fired by DOGE on February 14th. It's been a rocky and uncertain road for her since then. This is her version of the story.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and native pasture mix)

This was truly an awesome interview! (For our friends who are only here for Rob Sand, the interview starts at 15:15)   Merch for Conservation (Preorder closes at the end of the day June 12th) Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP, Hunting Mixes, and Backyard Prairies)

Hal Herring is an acclaimed writer on all things public land and outdoors. He has fought ruthlessly over the years to help preserve our Public Land and to save our natural resources. And frankly, he’s a really nice guy. We greatly enjoyed this conversation, and we believe you will as well.   Merch for Conservation hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and native pasture mixes)

Another great Coffee Time for you this week! There's still a little more time to pre-order our merch line. 50% (at least) of profits will go to Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Merch for Conservation   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie and wildflowers)

Chad Graeve joins us from Pottawattamie County and the Loess Hills to talk about how we can increase our quality of life by having less. We also discuss alternatives to glyphosate, and how to use fire and grazing.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for hunting mixes and CRP mixes)

Join us for another awesome episode of The Prairie Farm Podcast. In this episode discuss how honey locust are affecting the flora and fauna of water ways. We also answer a fantastic question about establishing a prairie over 10 acres.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for Merch for Conservation) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Backyard Pollinator Mixes)

Join Nicolas and Kent for this fantastic conversation with Kyle Lybarger of The Native Habitat Project.   Check out our merch line that fights for conservation!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Backyard Pollinator)

Another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! Join us for great topics and great people. Check out our merch line that fights for conservation!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Backyard Pollinator)

Ryan Kurtz is the Program Advisor for Natural Resources at Hawkeye Community College. He joined us to talk about what the future of conservation looks like, considering he is with the future generation regularly. We also discuss burning prairies and how to manage a high quality prairie.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for more information on managing prairie and to buy native seed)

Welcome back to another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie and CRP mixes)   Vermeer Drills on the Moon Source

Travis Frank, host of The Flush, joins us to share haunting stories of fishing, hunting, and how he aims to make a difference in the hunting/conservation world.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for hunting habitat mixes and native perennial food plots)

Another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! We kept this one short and sweet due to the craziness of May prairie farm season.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator and prairie mixes)

Dr. Julie Meach of Des Moines University joins us to talk in depth about the Pleistocene era, dire wolves, and conservation in science.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie and wildflower mixes)

It's time for another riveting Coffee Time Wednesday!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for wildflowers to interseed into your prairie)

Enjoy this rerelease in celebration of Tulip Time in Pella, Iowa. Val Van Kooten goes through the history of Pella and its incredible founding in the mid 1800's.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Welcome back to another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your prairie and wildflower needs)

The infamous, Steve Hanson, joins us to discuss land prices, tariffs, our outdoor resources, and a lot more!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native seed mixes)

Another great, and deep, Coffee Time Wednesday!  Send us your question at [email protected] to hopefully get your question answered and get free native seed mix.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your native seed, CRP,  hunting mixes need)

Jackie and Chase Burns, with Land Guys, join us to discuss how to help bring back the community and benefits of rural America's lifestyle.    hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your native seed needs and native pasture mixes and CRP mixes)

It's time for another great Coffee Time Wednesday episode!   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your native seed needs)

Hunter Lehman, with Grazing Labs, joins us to dive into how to graze cattle in a regenerative way.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie and wildflower seed and CRP mixes)

Welcome back to a riveting Coffee Time!  P.S. We merged our two websites. Both can be found at hokseynativeseeds.com

He's back and ready to tell it like it is. Longtime guest and friend of the show Luke Fritch joins the show to talk about how life is on the farm, the health of rural America and how good we could have it.     Hokseynativeseeds.com (for Native Seed, CRP, and Native Hunting Mixes)

Welcome back to The Prairie Farm Podcast! Grab your coffee; it's time to enjoy good company, good topics, and a great podcast!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native seed, CRP mixes, and backyard prairie mixes)

Jacob Hofer is a good friend of ours, host of The Land Podcast, and owner of White Tail Master Academy. We greatly enjoyed our conservation, and we believe you will as well!   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for Native Seed, CRP, and Native Hunting Mixes)

Grab your coffee and join for another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday, but this time we've got Judd McCullum joining us!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie grass and wildflower seed)

Tony Vorwald, a fellow prairie enthusiast, joins us to discuss the nuances of prairies and maintaining them.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie and wildflower seed) theprairiefarm.com (for bee and butterfly mixes)

Welcome back to Coffee Time Wednesday! Grab your coffee, because it's time!   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for native seed and CRP mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for bee and butterfly mixes)

Pete Berthelson of Conservation Blueprint joins us once again to talk about Doge, managing prairies, Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund, solar projects, and a lot more.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes, native pasture mixes, and more!)

It's time for your favorite Coffee Time of the week!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and Native Seed)

Skip has possibly fought harder than anyone at the legislative level in Iowa to help protect our natural resources, particularly our white tailed deer. We greatly enjoyed our conversation with him, and we think you will as well.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and Native Seed) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes and bee and butterfly mixes)

Join us for another great time on Coffee Time!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP Mixes and Native Seed) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie)

This one's for you Judd. And everyone else of course, but Judd is going to like it the most. We had the privilege of sitting down with Jeremiah Haas, an aquatic biologist at the Constellation Quad Cities Clean Energy Center in Cordova, IL. Jeremiah is a professional in every sense of the word, and he joined the show to talk about nuclear energy, it's impact on the Mississippi River, his role in bringing alligator gar back to their native home of Illinois, netting and tracking bald eagles and so much more.    hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Native Seeders) theprairiefarm.com (for bee and butterfly mixes)  

It's been a volatile and unsettling week in the conservation world over the past week as our country takes its first actions on our $36T debt, and begins eyeing public land fossil fuel and mineral resources. We don't have all the answers, but we do have some opinions. Buckle up and do your best to determine what makes sense!   Ittttt's Coffee Time!   We want to hear your conservation, habitat, and prairie questions! Send them our way at [email protected] hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and native habitat mixes)

Dr. Matt Helmers joins us to discuss his research in nutrient reduction in Iowa.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Native Seeders) theprairiefarm.com (for bee and butterfly mixes)

It's time to jump into another Coffee Time Wednesday!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native seed and CRP mixes)

We should probably clarify. Jill Beebout, founder of Blue Gate Farms, is not an organic farmer. She is Certified Naturally Grown farmer, which has more restrictions than organic. She is the real deal. We greatly enjoyed the conversation, and we believe you will as well.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for Native Seed) theprairiefarm.com (for Pollinator Garden Mixes)

We want to hear your conservation, habitat, and prairie questions! Send them our way at [email protected] Each week a question will be selected, and we'll read and answer the question on Coffee Time. Oh, AND we will give free seed to the asker of the question!   For now, enjoy this week's Coffee Time Wednesday!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and native habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard wildflower patches)

Tim Brand, founder of Many Hands, joins us to describe the destitute situation Haiti is in, and how Many Hands has used agriculture to start a movement of economical, spiritual, and physical freedom.   Donate at Many Hands for Haiti to support the mission.

It's time for another Coffee Time! Grab your coffee and join us for yet another incredible conversation on conservation.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native seed and CRP mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for bee and butterfly and perennial food plot mixes)

Mark Kenyon, host of Wired to Hunt, joins us to discuss public lands, white-tailed deer, and his care for conservation.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Hunting Habitat Mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for bee and butterfly mixes)

It's time for another Coffee Time argument with Kent Boucher, Nicolas Lirio, and Riley Rozendaal.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for Native Seed and Prairie Mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for bee and butterfly mixes)

Lance Roorda, founder and owner of Eunoia Counseling and avid lover of the outdoors and prairie, joins us to discuss the link between our mental health and being outdoors.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Native Pasture Mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for Bee and Butterfly Mixes)

Grab your coffee, and fill it extra full, because this Coffee Time is a little longer!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Pasture Mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for Bee and Butterfly Mixes)

Connie Mutel, author and/or editor of seven books on prairie ecology, joins us to discuss the extreme danger of our little talked about biodiversity loss. I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as we did.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for pasture mixes and CRP seed) theprairiefarm.com (for bee and butterfly and wildlife prairie seed)

Welcome back for another great episode of Coffee Time Wednesday!   theprairiefarm.com (for butterfly and bee mixes) hokseynativeseeds.com (for pasture mixes and CRP mixes)

Our dear friend, Laura Walter from Tallgrass Prairie Center, joins us to discuss her recent discoveries on how to practically preserve prairie species.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Native Pasture Mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes and native seeds)

Another Wednesday, another Coffee Time! Join us to dive into the world of cattle grazing.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for Pasture and CRP mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairies)

Our good friend Matt Hatala, founder of Ancestral Farms of Iowa, joins us to discuss his venture in farming a healthier and more sustainable way. But it's not without challenges.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Pasture Mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for bee and butterfly mixes)

Well, it's about that time again. Join us for another Coffee Time Wednesday!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and more) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie and butterfly mixes)

Justin Meissen, our friend from The Tallgrass Prairie Center, joins us to give an update on the latest research in the prairie world. We deeply enjoyed our conversation with him and we believe you will as well.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and pasture mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Another Wednesday, another Coffee Time! Join us as we discuss the best practices for managing your prairie fields.   hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

Kevin Griggs joins us to discuss goats, prairie management, water quality, and his pet bison. We deeply enjoyed our time with him, and we believe you will too.   If you're interested in Iowa Ag Mitigation, make sure to check them out!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and wildlife habitat) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie and wildflowers)

Join us for another riveting Coffee Time Wednesday! And don't forget your Wild Rivers Coffee while you are at it, the best coffee that fights for conservation!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Wildlife Habitat Mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie and wildflowers)

We're joined by Austin Frerick, author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry, joins us to discuss what happened to our food system as a country and what we can do about it.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Join us for another great Coffee Time Wednesday. We've got great people and great topics. All you need is good coffee from Wild Rivers Coffee.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and wildlife habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie and wildflower mixes) wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation)

Jeremy French, from the Southeastern Grasslands Institute, joins us to discuss what vast prairies that used to reside in large portions of the Southeastern United States.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and native prairie mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard pollinator and wildflower mixes)

Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for each of you! Enjoy another information and laughter filled episode of Coffee Time Wednesday.    

Bryan Vander Meiden, President of Midwest Sanitation and Recycling, joined us to teach us exactly where our trash and recycling goes here in the midwest. We felt like little kids learning about dump trucks. It was awesome!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes and native prairie) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Good people, good topics, good coffee. We've got two of those; Wild Rivers Coffee has the other.   wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and habitat mixes)

We sat down with Joe Crookham, founder of Musco Lighting and researcher of the late John F. Lacey, to hear about how Lacey changed the world as we know it for the better and for conservation.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

It's time for your coffee time! Join us for good people and good topics, and grab your Wild Rivers Coffee for good coffee.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard and butterfly mixes)

This was a special one. Thank you to everyone who has joined us on this journey this far. We enjoyed a great conversation with our founder, and Nicolas' dad, Carroll Hoksbergen. I am sure you will enjoy it as much as we did.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Welcome back to Coffee Time! Great coffee, great people, great topics.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP or wildlife habitat) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes) wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation)

Beth Hoffman, author of Bet the Farm, joins us to talk about the HUGE jump she made from her career to move to Iowa to run a farm with her husband, Jon. Navigating family dynamics, ecological factors, and agricultural markets, Beth has quite the story to tell. We thoroughly enjoyed the conversation, and we bet you will too.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for Native Pasture and CRP mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee and join us for another great Coffee Time!   wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and pasture mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Buddy Huffaker, Executive Director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, joins us to talk about the world-changing legacy that Aldo Leopold, "father of wildlife ecology", has left for us.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and native seed mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)  

Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee (the coffee that fights for conservation) and join us for another episode of Coffee Time Wednesday!   hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com wildriverscoffeeco.com

This is our last week of our podcast sabbatical at The Prairie Farm Podcast, but until next week, enjoy this episode from our co-host, Kent Boucher's, second podcast.   The guy who took on the quest to bag a rooster in all of Iowa's 99 counties. Nick Martin explains how he came up with his quest, as well as what he has noticed about the quality of hunting experiences available throughout the state of Iowa, and how many birds he still has to bag.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for pheasant habitat mixes and CRP mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairies and pollinators)

Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee and join us for Coffee Time!   wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that saves the earth) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and wildlife habitat) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Jake Debow of New England Naturals is an authority on trapping. He builds his life around the outdoors and spends much of his time hunting, but trapping is the thing he is known for. I had the privilege to sit down and learn from Jake about the trapper lifestyle- its history, its current popularity and where it's headed in the future. It truly was one of my favorite interviews I've recorded in a while, and I think Jake's perspectives will draw you in as well.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and wildlife habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Join us for coffee time this week. This one is fast and sweet. We walk through the best way to plant native prairie.   wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and wildlife habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Enjoy this episode from Kent's podcast- The First Gen Hunter Podcast.   Follow Jeremy   Support Jeremy's Cause

Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee and join us as we dive into some spicy topics on agriculture, conservation, hunting, and our beloved farmers.   Wildriverscoffeeco.com (for great coffee that fights for conservation) Theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and hunting Mixes)

Join us for a laid back conversation with our friend Myriam, a local watershed coordinator.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Hunting Mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)  

Welcome back to the Prairie Farm Podcast, Coffee Time Wednesday. Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee (certified 2% giver to conservation) and enjoy!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP seed and hunting mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairies and pollinators) wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation)

Riley Rozendaal, founder of Iowa Prairie Bison and the newest member of the Hoksey team, joins us to talk about raising Bison, growing prairie, making farming mistakes, and laughing a lot.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and pasture mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard pollinator mixes)

It's time for coffee time!    Wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that saves the earth) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie and hunting mixes) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes)

Drake and Justin are long-time friends of The Prairie Farm Podcast and Hoksey Native Seeds. They own and manage Vitality Visions, a habitat management company that focuses on deer habitat and native species. Also, their instagram has really cool photos...   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP or hunting habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard pollinator) vitalityvisionshabitat.com (to learn more about what Drake and Justin do)

We had a lot to share this coffee time. Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee and join us as we dive into the world of conservation and agriculture and laughter.   theprairiefarm.com (for backyard pollinator mixes) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP mixes) wildriverscoffeeco.com (to save the earth while drinking coffee)

Brian Reisinger, author of Land Rich, Cash Poor, is a journalist raised as a dairy farmer. Join us as we discuss the history of the American farmer and how farming and our food system have drastically changed over the last century. You're going to love this one.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and native seed mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie and pollinator mixes) amazon.com (to purchase the book, but you should try to buy locally if you can)

In every coffee time you need three things: Good people, good topics, and good coffee. We have the first two, Wild Rivers Coffee has the other.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your native seed needs) wildriverscoffeeco.com (for great coffee that fights for conservation) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie and hunting mixes)

Adam with Iowa Kiko Goats has made his living with goats. His story is curious and inspiring. Join us as we pick his impressive brain.   Hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Pasture Mixes) Theprairiefarm.com (for yard prairies)

Coffee time gets a little feisty this week. Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee and join Nicolas and Kent.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for prairie in your yard) wildriverscoffeeco.com (for the best coffee that fights for conservation)

Andy May joins us to discuss his journey with the conservation of his property and how it was spurred from deer hunting, plus a couple wild stories of his hunts.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for hunting mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee, and join us as we dive into this week's Coffee Time Wednesday!   hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP Seed) theprairiefarm.com (for prairie/pollinator seed) wildriverscoffeeco.com (for coffee that fights for conservation)

Genevieve Guerry is a PhD candidate at East Carolina University and has been studying Microplastics and PFAs for several years. Join us as we attempt to tackle such a huge topic within too short of time. We loved what we learned, and plan to talk with Genevieve again in the future.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie seed) theprairiefarm.com (for native yard and native hunting mixes) ewg.org (to find out what's in your water) Genevieve's Insta

When it's Coffee Time you need three things-- good people, good discussion topics, and good coffee. We've got the first two, and Wild Rivers has the third.   wildriverscoffeco.com hokseynativeseeds.com thepairiefarm.com

Andy James, founder of Prairie Fire Restoration, quickly became a gentleman we greatly enjoyed. Join us as we discuss the largest mono-crop in the United States... lawns.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for larger prairie areas and CRP) theprairiefarm.com (to turn your lawn into a prairie or pollinator patch)   Here are a few of the many studies he quoted in the podcast. Pet population increase from inital Kentucky study. 19 MILLION POUNDS anually in the 2018 study Our concept of the traditional lawn comes from Medieval Europe  Counter intuitive results from lawn fertilization, much of the issue is over application. Urban envrionments see an improvement in water quality. Solution: find a way to mitigate over application  

COFFEE TIME WEDNESDAY!! It's here. Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee, and join us.   wildriverscoffeeco.com (to save the earth while caffeinated) hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and hunting habitat mixes) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairie mixes)

Joe Dickie, founder of Joe Dickie Photography, has been behind the camera on some huge platforms, but he's dedicated his most recent efforts to telling the story of farmers who are changing to a more conservation friendly practice.   hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie and wild flower seed) theprairiefarm.com (for yard mixes and hunting habitat mixes)

Don't let the middle of the week get you down. Enjoy a good coffee time!   Ancestral Farms Iowa (for higher quality pork) Wild Rivers Coffee Co (for caffeine that gives back to the environment) theprairiefarm.com (for backyard prairies) hokseynativeseeds.com (for more native seed fun)

Chad Graeve, a natural resource specialist, shares his life lessons working with the prairie and how we as humans can move from being human consumers to human beings.   hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

Join us for this weeks coffee time, and don't forget your Wild Rivers Coffee. Wild Rivers gives 2% or more of every purchase to conservation causes, and we are proud to partner with them!   hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

Thomas Mlsna, founder of Untamed Ambition, sits down with us to talk through why shortcuts in habitat management never get the results we want.   theprairiefarm.com hokseynativeseeds.com

Get your Wild Rivers Ninja Creami ice cream, and join us for a little coffee time.   hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com  

Meredith Nunnikhoven, founder of Barnswallow Flowers, joins us to discuss why she came back from the film industry to the family farm and decided to dive into the world of alternative cropping. Also... she's an inventor, and we like that about her.   barnswallowflowers.com hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

It's controversial. It's complicated. It's heated. It's Coffee Time Wednesday.   wildriverscoffeeco.com hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

Margaret Spiegel is a historian at Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum. We interviewed her as a part of our Prehistoric Prairie. Here is the full interview.   hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee this morning as we jump into this week's coffee time.   wildriverscoffeeco.com hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

Part 3 is finally here! Jump into the final episode of Prehistoric Prairies, as we discuss their disappearance and the ramifications that follow.   theprairiefarm.com hokseynativeseeds.com

Refresh your memory on prairies with part 2 before you jump into the third episode of the Prehistoric Prairie Serious.   Hokseynativeseeds.com Theprairiefarm.com

Before jumping into Part 3 of the prehistoric prairie, catch yourself up on the history of pre-historic prairie.   hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

Grab your Wild Rivers Coffee and join us!   hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

The new administrator of the State Historical Society of Iowa and previous guest, Val Van Kooten, joined us to talk all things Iowa's history. history.iowa.gov theprairiefarm.com hokseynativeseeds.com

It's time to learn, laugh, and caffeinate ourselves. Coffee Time is here!   wildriverscoffeeco.com theprairiefarm.com hokseynativeseeds.com  

Joe is young, passionate shepherd and entrepreneur. Founder of earthgrazers.com his goal is to restore the earth's ecosystems using livestock and regenerative ag.   Looking for native seed? Check out our mixes. hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com

Coffee time is here! Don't forget to save the planet by getting your coffee from Wild Rivers Coffee.   hokseynativeseeds.com theprairiefarm.com