PRWeek reports that the California Department of Food & Agriculture that could be worth up to $500,000 in the next year for “outreach and education on Pierce’s disease, which can devastate grapevines, and the glassy-winged sharpshooter, the insect that carries it.” You need a paid subscription for the full story, which I don’t yet have.

On this Thanksgiving holiday I want to say “thanks” to all of you who are regular AgWired readers and especially you subscribers. AgWired wouldn’t exist without you. Your kind words and encouragement have made it all worthwhile. I promise that we’ll continue to bring you the latest information about the business of agricultural marketing and throw in a little entertainment along the way. Who says we can’t we have fun doing what we love.

Since it’s the day before Thanksgiving I have to use this story from TheKSBWChannel.com. It’s about how a frozen turkey became a life-saving device. This was just posted yesterday.

Thanks to my good friend Adam Finley (AdJab), someone who I’ve never met, spoken with or written to, you can hear some strange songs about fruitcake. This is agricultural in a way. At least it’s in the holiday spirit.

The FAO just re-elected Jacques Diouf. If you need help pronouncing that give me a call.

Hello AgWired fans. I’m back. I’ve got lots of stuff to post for you over the next couple days so hang in there. Thanks for your patience as I took a couple of days off. It was very necessary and I highly recommend that you do the same.

Posting will be a little light over the next 4 or 5 days. It’s my annual pilgrimage to the woods but I will be online at least a little bit.

It’s a short posting day here on AgWired. It’s a big week of meetings in Kansas City. I’m heading that way as I know many of you are as well.

Let me take this opportunity to announce a new service just started by little ole ZimmComm. I know this is self serving but hey, it’s our website. What kind of promoters would we be if we didn’t use this opportunity too?

There’s a good little article on PRWeek that is worth reading called “Note to corporate bloggers: The truth shall set you free.”