Eric A Thalken

UNL Ag Econ - District 3 Nebraska Pea and Lentil Board Commissioner - Organic Row Crop

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@blackdirtpaul Much appreciated. Some luck, some skill!

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

Homeboy is in our organic popcorn 🤣

[Andrew Ozaki KETV @ketvlincoln]

Wednesdays Wild Hurricane-force winds flattened this corn field near Dorchester. See more on @KETV at 6pm

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@FarmrHuntr Spent years working for $800-$1,000/mo just to work with the best. Miserably poor, but wouldn't be where I am without those experiences.

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@blackdirtpaul . . . discounted by some dust breathing factor. 😁

[Morgan Housel @morganhousel]

Why forecasting is tempting even when the results are terrible:

"The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained." - Kahneman

[Morgan Housel @morganhousel]

“Lack of FOMO” has to be one of the most important investing skills.

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@NorthIowa OG soybeans. Drilled around October 15th.

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

Golden hour cover crop tillage. Life's good.

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@Bkitch1Bodie After monster truck organic soybeans. 20T of cattle manure applied this spring.

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@Bkitch1Bodie Horsch RT28. We'll finish with it as well. Any more biomass we'd have to switch out for Lemken Rubin 12.

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@partialtruth Looked crappy until not long ago. April was extremely cold and dry. 3" of rain and a few 90° days later. . .

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@MaxROIFarmer Horsch Joker RT28. 9570 is the pony. Finding 11.5 mph to be ideal.

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@Farmertom7 Pell gyp is the only input that's short . . . so far.

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@jenreesources is the quintessential extension educator - very valuable resource for Nebraska farmers.

[Jodi DeHate @FarmChicJodi]

Those of you that still have Extension - do you find land grant university Extension educators useful or research valuable? Why or why not?

[Average Joe Farmer @farmer_average]

When you don't know what else to do, make a meme.

[Eric @moiabama]

@nntaleb A wise man once said (Black Swan): “Our world is dominated by the extreme, the unknown, and the very improbable (according to our
current knowledge) and all the while we spend our time engaged in small talk, focusing on the known, and the repeated.”

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@bl_ag_inc Salary and benefits at the top end. Keeping the farm a satisfying and comfortable place to work.

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@NDubuc @carbon_robotics Thanks for sharing, Nick. Where can I see a machine in operation? Southeast Nebraska here.

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@drsplace always tells the truth. There's a lot of fresh energy in agriculture - it's awesome. Just hope it isn't co-opted by BS artists, because they're piling up. Reminds me of agtech euphoria 5 or 6 years ago.

[Sara Place @drsplace]

GHG emissions & potential to increase carbon stocks in soils are not easy to measure or alter in agriculture. Both are largely driven by microbes that are a part of complex ecological systems influenced by climate, soil types, animal diets, host animal genetics, and so on.

[Eric A Thalken @eric_thalken]

@TylerLorenzen @NicoleWeavingTV @NTVNEWS @PURISfoods Let's make some moves here! Whaddya say?