(CNN) -- As he rolls across the wheat fields of his Nebraska farm, Steve Tucker often has his hands not on the wheel of his tractor, but on a smartphone. Steve Tucker, a Twittering farmer, pauses in front of his tractor in Nebraska. He sometimes posts a dozen messages per day on Twitter, commenting on everything from the weather to the state of his crops to his son's first tractor ride and even last night's cheeseburger. "Got rained out trying to finish up planting corn. Only 90 acres left. Maybe it will dry up today and I can finish Lord willin'," he wrote in one recent post.
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Smartphones and online social networks are gaining popularity on farms
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Farmers use Internet phones to check weather and monitor pesticides
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Nebraska farmer says his Twitter posts help bridge the urban-rural divide
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Another says phones and social media connect eaters with sources of food
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