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On-Farm: Conversations with Practical Farmers
by Practical Farmers of Iowa
Each week, we'll interview a different member of Practical Farmers of Iowa about their farm. We'll hear practical information from all types of farmers: new and experienced; young and old; small and large; horticulture, livestock and row-crop farmers. We'll talk with farmers about the issues most relevant to the farming community: the nitty gritty of growing and raising all sorts of plants and animals; on-farm research; protecting and improving soil and water quality; farm profitability; the challenges facing beginning farmers; building community in rural areas; and of course, food.
Episodes
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On-Farm, Episode 022: Jorgen Rose
In this episode, we talk with Jorgen Rose, who is the habitat and policy coordinator for Practical Farmers of Iowa. We talk a little about what PFI is up to in the habitat world, why we started doing habitat programming at PFI, and how people can get involved. You can learn more about creating...
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On-Farm, Episode 021: Adam Janke
In this episode, we talk with Adam Janke, who is the Wildlife Extension Specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. We talk a little about what wildlife habitat actually means, how the landscape has changed and how that has affected wildlife, and a few things that landowners or...
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On-Farm, Episode 020: John Rock
In this episode, we talk with John Rock, who raises cattle and row crops in northwest Iowa near near the picturesque Little Sioux River. We chat about his experience grazing cattle on neighboring land owned by The Nature Conservancy and cedar tree removal and native prairie restoration on his own...
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On-Farm, Episode 019: Mark Quee
In this episode, we talk with Mark Quee, the Farm Manager at Scattergood Friends School, a boarding school near West Branch. The farm there raises organic fruits, vegetables and animals that the staff and students eat. We talk about beneficial insects, integrated pest management, flowers and the...
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On-Farm, Episode 018: Dick Sloan
In this episode, we talk prairie strips with northeast Iowa farmer Dick Sloan. We talk about why Dick decided to plant prairie strips, what they are, and what it takes to install and manage them. He was just featured in a new video series from PFI - Bringing Back the Edges: Creating Wildlife...
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Bonus Episode: Consider the Soil
In this special bonus episode in three acts, PFI member Gina Nichols weaves together the fiction and the non-fiction, science and art, past and future to paint a portrait of one of farming's most important resources in "Consider the Soil." If you're curious about the soil, and you like a good...
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On-Farm, Episode 017: Maria and Ron Rosmann – Rosmann Family Farms
For the final episode of the first season of On-Farm, we visited the farm of Maria and Ron Rosmann of Rosmann Family Farms near Harlan. The Rosmanns have been instrumental in many of the most important agricultural movements of the last 30 years: They were pioneers in organic livestock and row...
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On-Farm, Episode 016: Jamie Hostetler – Rolling Meadows Farm
This week on the show, we have Jamie Hostetler of Rolling Meadows. Jamie farms with his family near Bellevue in eastern Iowa, where they raise 100% grass-fed beef and sell Red Devon cattle for seed stock. In 2010, shortly after moving to the area, they seeded row crop ground down to pasture and...
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On-Farm, Episode 015: Earl Canfield – Canfield Family Farm
This week on the show, we have Earl Canfield of Dunkerton in northeast Iowa. Earl farms with his wife Jane and their four children. Their children represent the sixth generation of the Canfield family to be on the land since the mid-1860s, for which they received a Heritage Farm Award at the Iowa...
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On-Farm, Episode 014: Chris Teachout
Chris Teachout (left) This week on the show, we had Chris Teachout, who farms near Shenandoah in southwest Iowa with his wife Janenne. Chris is a fifth-generation farmer, and he and his family have been using conservation practices on their farm since the mid-80s. He raises corn, soybeans and…
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On-Farm, Episode 013: Kevin Dietzel – Lost Lake Farm
This week, On-Farm traveled to Lost Lake Farm, the farm of Kevin and Ranae Dietzel, to talk to Kevin while he made mozzarella cheese and cheese curds. Lost Lake Farm is a small, grass-fed cow dairy that produces artisanal cheese in an on-farm cheesery. The Dietzels operate the farm with low…
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On-Farm, Episode 012: Tyson Allchin – Allchin Acres
Tyson Allchin of Allchin Acres (photo courtesy of Muscatine Area Farmers Market) This week on the show, we have Tyson Allchin of Allchin Acres near Columbus Junction. Tyson has spent much of the last 10 years of his life learning everything he can about mushroom cultivation. He's grown a variety…
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On-Farm, Episode 011: Russ Wischover – Windswept Acres
St. Croix sheep graze at Russ Wischover's farm in southwest Iowa. This week, On-Farm is back on the road and we visited the farm of Russ Wischover – Windswept Acres – right on the Missouri border in south west Iowa. Several years ago, Russ retired from his job as a herdsman at the University of...
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On-Farm, Episode 010: Wendy Johnson – Joia Food Farm
Wendy Johnson and Johnny Rafkin of Joia Food Farm. This week on the show, On-Farm was back on the road, this time stopping at Joia Food Farm near Charles City to talk to PFI Board Vice President Wendy Johnson. Wendy and her husband Johnny own and operate the farm, where they raise a little of...
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On-Farm, Episode 009: Marty Schnicker – Schnicker Specialties
Marty Schnicker's state-record-winning watermelon Have you ever wondered how they grow those giant veggies at the state fair? This week on the show, we have Marty Schnicker of Schnicker Specialities, who has your answers. Marty, who farms with his wife Mary near Mt. Pleasant in southeast Iowa,...
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On-Farm, Episode 008: Scott Ausborn
Jack and Scott Ausborn This week on the show, Scott Ausborn stopped by the KHOI studios. Scott farms with his parents, Jack and Linda, where they raise corn, soybeans, hay and pasture as well as sheep and cattle. He also works for Blue River Hybrids, an organic seed company based in Ames, and he...
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On-Farm, Episode 007: Tom Frantzen – Frantzen Farm
Tom Frantzen in his hybrid rye This week on the show, On-Farm was on the road – I traveled to Frantzen Farm in northern Chickasaw County to talk to Tom Frantzen. He and his wife Irene run a diversified organic farm where they raise organic hogs, cattle, corn, soybeans, hay and small grains. They...
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On-Farm, Episode 006: Jon Yagla – The Millet Seed Farm
Jon Yagla and Wren Almitra of The Millet Seed Farm Jon Yagla of The Millet Seed Farm in Iowa City was our guest this week on the show. Jon runs this urban farm with his partner Wren Almitra in the Longfellow Historic Neighborhood of Iowa City. The farm consists primarily of a series of vegetable...
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On-Farm, Episode 005: Phil Specht – Pearlmaker Holsteins
Phil Specht Phil Specht of Pearlmaker Holsteins was our guest this week on the show. Phil farms with his wife Sharon near MacGregor in northeast Iowa. He's been running a grass-based, rotationally grazed dairy in the hills of Clayton County since the 1970s, and conservation has always been...
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On-Farm, Episode 004: Maggie McQuown and Steve Turman – Resilient Farms
Maggie and Steve on Resilient Farms Maggie McQuown and Steve Turman of Resilient Farms were our guests on the show this week. Maggie and Steve moved to the their farm near Red Oak in southwest Iowa where they "retired" about five years ago. Since then, they've been working to improve the…
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On-Farm, Episode 003: Deb Finch – Finch Livestock
This week on On-Farm is Deb Finch of Finch Livestock. Deb farms with her husband Eric near Marshalltown in east-central Iowa, where they raise meat goats for direct to consumer sales. They began raising goats a little more than 15 years ago. On the show, I talk with Deb about all things goats –...
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On-Farm, Episode 002: T.D. Holub – Garden Oasis Farm
T.D. Holub was featured on this week's On-Farm. This week on On-Farm, T.D. Holub of Coggon in eastern Iowa. T.D. and his fiancée, Sarah Gericke, grow fruits and vegetables for farmers' markets, restaurants, grocery stores and for a 100-person CSA. On the show, I talk to T.D. about his upcoming...
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On-Farm, Episode 001: Jill Beebout – Blue Gate Farm
"On-Farm: Conversations with Practical Farmers" is a new podcast from Practical Farmers of Iowa. Each week, I'll interview a different farmer. We'll hear from new and experienced; young and old; small and large; horticulture, livestock and row-crop farmers. We'll talk with farmers about the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Each week, we'll interview a different member of Practical Farmers of Iowa about their farm. We'll hear practical information from all types of farmers: new and experienced; young and old; small and large; horticulture, livestock and row-crop farmers. We'll talk with farmers about the issues most relevant to the farming community: the nitty gritty of growing and raising all sorts of plants and animals; on-farm research; protecting and improving soil and water quality; farm profitability; the challenges facing beginning farmers; building community in rural areas; and of course, food.
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Each week, we'll interview a different member of Practical Farmers of Iowa about their farm. We'll hear practical information from all types of farmers: new and experienced; young and old; small and large; horticulture, livestock and row-crop farmers. We'll talk with farmers about the issues most...
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