FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND YOUTUBE CAN BE EFFECTIVE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT AGRICULTURE. Be my friend. Follow my blog. Check out my status update. Did you see what I tweeted last night? Wait...what? Social media is blowing up in our faces and is becominga part of daily life for many people -farmers included. "I try to put in an hour or so a day using social media," says Matt Widboom, who farms with his father near Windom, MN, and is a member of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association. "It depends onthe day and if there's a hot issue to be spreading the word on." Widboom grows 1,200 acres of corn and soybeans and also finishes 1,000 head of cattle. He started using social media to connect with friends on Facebook, and now sees it as an opportunity to share the positive story of agriculture.
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