Ep. 003: Live from Squadfest

July 31, 2026

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What Four Conversations Taught Us About the State of Waterfowl

TrophyCast took the show on the road this time, broadcasting live from Squadfest at Dive Bomb Industries in Hazelwood. Over the course of the day, the crew, with added host and Trophy Agent Anthony Pozzi, sat down with four guests — a decoy company founder, a habitat nonprofit director, a hunting-tech entrepreneur, and a Ducks Unlimited regional director — and each conversation circled back to the same idea: this stretch of ground along the Mississippi Flyway is genuinely rare, and the people working to protect and understand it have a lot to offer anyone buying, selling, or developing property here.

July 31, 2026

Ep. 002: Zach Nixon - Beck's Hybrids

July 31, 2026

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Knee High by the 4th of July? Corn has changed…

TrophyCast's second episode brought in its first guest, and the crew didn't have to look far — Zach Nixon, District Sales Manager for Beck's Hybrids, covering nine counties in northeast Missouri. He's also cousins with co-host Jason Wallingford, a connection that came up more than once. Zach's a first-generation cattle farmer with a wife and three kids, six years into his career at Beck's, and he came prepared to talk shop — corn, cattle, dirt, deer, and everything in between.

First thing worth knowing: the old saying about corn being knee-high by the Fourth of July doesn't hold up anymore. Modern h...

July 10, 2026

Ep. 001: We're Back!

July 10, 2026

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TrophyCast Is Back — Here's What's Really Happening in the Land Market

TrophyCast just came back from a long break, and it's back with more voices at the table. Mike Meagher, Jason Wallingford, and Jake Brown sat down to catch up on everything that's changed in Midwest real estate over the last few years. No script, no fluff — just three guys who work in this market every day talking through what they're actually seeing.

Residential: It Depends Where You're Standing

Ask three agents how the housing market's doing and you might get three different answers, and that's basically what happened here. The read: the...

June 4, 2026

The Fight Happening on Your Land Right Now —And You're Probably Losing

June 4, 2026

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Spend enough time walking properties across Missouri — Ozark timber tracts, river bottom ground, CRP-edge farms — and a pattern emerges. About fifty yards into any tree line, the experienced land manager starts doing a silent inventory. Not of the deer sign or the turkey scratching or the mast crop, they're seeing the bad stuff... The stuff that's quietly doing what invasive species do best: winning.

The honest truth that nobody in the conservation world says loudly enough: a landowner can have perfect habitat in mind, spend real money on food plots and mineral stations and stand placement, and still be managing a broken ecosystem — because Bush Honeysuckle has eaten the understory, or Multiflora...

May 21, 2026

Midwest Land Market Update: What Buyers Should Know in 2026

May 21, 2026

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The Midwest land market doesn't behave like the stock market. It doesn't react to every headline or correct itself overnight. But it does move — and if you're buying or selling ground in 2026, understanding what's driving that movement matters more than people think.

At Trophy Properties and Auction, we work directly with landowners and buyers across the region. Every property tells its own story, but several trends are shaping values and driving buyer activity this year. Here's what you need to know.

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May 5, 2026

Food Plot Prep 101: Why Soil Testing Is the Most Important Step You're Probably Skipping

May 5, 2026

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A successful food plot doesn't start with the seed. It starts with what's beneath your feet. Most landowners who struggle with underperforming plots are quick to blame seed selection or planting timing. But in the majority of cases, the real issue is soil health — and it's entirely fixable. Here's what you need to know to get it right.

Start With a Soil Test — Every Time

A soil test is the single most important step in food plot preparation, and it's consistently the most skipped. For less than $20 through your local extension office, a basic test tells you:

Soil pH — how acidic or alka...

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Ep. 003: Live from Squadfest

What Four Conversations Taught Us About the State of Waterfowl

Ep. 002: Zach Nixon - Beck's Hybrids

Knee High by the 4th of July? Corn has changed…

Ep. 001: We're Back!

TrophyCast Is Back — Here's What's Really Happening in the Land Market

Residential: It Depends Where You're Standing

The Fight Happening on Your Land Right Now —And You're Probably Losing

Midwest Land Market Update: What Buyers Should Know in 2026

Food Plot Prep 101: Why Soil Testing Is the Most Important Step You're Probably Skipping

Start With a Soil Test — Every Time

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Ep. 003: Live from Squadfest

What Four Conversations Taught Us About the State of Waterfowl

Ep. 002: Zach Nixon - Beck's Hybrids

Knee High by the 4th of July? Corn has changed…

Ep. 001: We're Back!

TrophyCast Is Back — Here's What's Really Happening in the Land Market

Residential: It Depends Where You're Standing

The Fight Happening on Your Land Right Now —And You're Probably Losing

Midwest Land Market Update: What Buyers Should Know in 2026

Food Plot Prep 101: Why Soil Testing Is the Most Important Step You're Probably Skipping

Start With a Soil Test — Every Time

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