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Today between taste panel sessions, I made an executive decision to get a Twitter account.  My sister has been trying to convince me over the last few months to sign up, and after spending a weekend with her in Ames, I caved.  I have already received criticism from graduate student friends about joining the tweeting world: "why", "what for", "what's wrong with facebook".  Now I understand that a majority of twitter followers are the "younger" generation that post their thoughts and feelings about friends, life, and EVERYTHING else.  But the great thing about Twitter is you can choose who or what to follow!  I look at my decision to join Twitter as an opportunity to immerse myself further in the world's media outlets.  I mean, you can never be too educated right??  All of the major producer and commodity groups constantly tweet about changes in prices, proposed regulations, etc.  Even though I get daily emails from BEEF, AMSA, and ASAS, I still feel I miss out on news in agriculture.  So with that being said, I am going to give this tweeting deal a test drive to see if it shakes out.  If you have Twitter, look up farmers_gal and follow me!  Who knows, maybe I'll get the hang of these deal faster than expected :)