Are farmers online?

There is said to be 3000 farmers in Herefordshire. Our Rural Hub and the National Farmers Union have about 800 on their mailing list - of which just 300 are emailable. I think that the problem is partly age but also partly that many of the younger folk involved in agriculture are not confident with computers and IT. Although I must say texting and using your mobile phone seems to be no problem at all. The figures regionally are 1100 out of 5500 NFU members receive an e-news and this has risen recently because of the Foot and Mouth crisis where it became more important to get up to the minute news. The NFU sent texts and phone messages to mobiles updating on the latest spread. You can now listen to podcasts over your mobile phone - phone +16502939105 to hear the Wiggly Podcast. I set this up with Michael Sharp from Phonecasting while I was at the excellent New Media Expo in Ontario.
Do you know of any rural communities that have become really really really connected? Let me know please.