August 10, 2010

With over 100 million users and 2 billion "tweets" per quarter, Twitter is taking the social media landscape by force. Unsurprisingly, there's a lot of discussion about the agriculture in the 140-character micro-blogging website.

Farms.com recognizes the importance of communication within the ag community and connects with thousands on Twitter everyday. Here is a guide for the best way to connect:

@FarmsNews   Farms.com the online community for agriculture posts links to featured commentary, top headlines and videos. Posts, retweets and replies from the whole Farms.com Team.

@FarmsMedia  The advertising group for Farms.com. Tweets relevant information to our community and responds to queries. Looking for social media or other online advertising opportunities? Connect with Andrew Bawden and other experts at Farms.com to learn about online marketing tools, trends and opportunities in the agriculture industry.

@FarmsSwine JoAnn Alumbaugh is the editor of Swine.Farms.com This website provides pork producers and other ag producers news & information on the swine industry. Expert Swine Commentary, related videos and jobs in the swine industry are some of the top posts. A great spot to connect with JoAnn and be in touch at trade shows such as the World Pork Expo.

@FarmsBeef  Beef.Farms.com, a comprehensive beef news site, posts links to commentary, news and jobs; interacts with followers.

@OntAg – The Twitter address for OntAg  - Ontario Agriculture's online community and Farms.com Canada East  portal page. Daily tweets and conversation on what’s current in Ontario agriculture – commentary/blogs, events, chat, crops, jobs, real estate, videos, and  more.

@Agriville– The Twitter address for Agriville – Western Canada ’s #1 interactive website. Get a current perspective on what is happening in Western Canada . Also includes links from the Farms.com Canada West portal page

Follow us on Twitter.

For More information, please contact:

Andrew Campbell
Interactive Media Editor
Farms.com
andrew.campbell@farms.com
877 438 5729 x5023

--------------------------

Farms.com Ltd. is a leading provider of innovative information products and services for the global agriculture and food industries. Farms.com can be accessed through its internationally recognized agriculture information portal, which has business services and resources for up to 20,000 agribusiness professionals and livestock and crop producers who use it each day. The Farms.com family includes AgCareers.com -- the leading human resources website for the agriculture and food industry; Farms.com Risk Management -- a crop and livestock marketing advisory service to producers across North America. PigCHAMP.com is the leading software company for the global pork industry. Farms.com operates across North America with offices in Ames, Iowa; Clinton, North Carolina; Fresno, California; and Guelph and London, Ontario, Canada. For more information, visit: www.Farms.com.