Stephanie Mercier
@samara334.bsky.social
Agricultural policy geek, fan of women’s sports and constitution-loving Democrats.
Please check out my new blog on AgWeb about the use of AI in global agriculture.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Please check out my new blog on AgWeb about the use of AI in global agriculture.
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Please check out my new blog about what’s driving the U.S. cattle and beef sector right now.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Please check out my new blog about what’s driving the U.S. cattle and beef sector right now.
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Please check out my new blog on AgWeb on benefits from and benefits from adoption of more diversified farming systems.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Please check out my new blog on AgWeb on benefits from and benefits from adoption of more diversified farming systems.
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I am happy to share this link to a white paper on diversified farming systems that I co-wrote with Rob Myers and Vanessa Kulick Price.
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September 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I am happy to share this link to a white paper on diversified farming systems that I co-wrote with Rob Myers and Vanessa Kulick Price.
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Please check out my new blog on AgWeb about the dead (hypoxic) zones around the world’s oceans.
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August 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Please check out my new blog on AgWeb about the dead (hypoxic) zones around the world’s oceans.
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Please check out my new blog posted on AgWeb, which looks at key provisions normally found in farm bills but instead were added to the reconciliation bill.
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July 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Please check out my new blog posted on AgWeb, which looks at key provisions normally found in farm bills but instead were added to the reconciliation bill.
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Please check out my new blog on AgWeb, which discusses how certain Native American agricultural practices are re-emerging as part of conservation agriculture.
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July 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Please check out my new blog on AgWeb, which discusses how certain Native American agricultural practices are re-emerging as part of conservation agriculture.
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The #NoKings protest I attended in the Kingstowne section of Fairfax County (VA). There were several hundred people there stretched along several blocks of South Van Dorn, with more arriving constantly.
June 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The #NoKings protest I attended in the Kingstowne section of Fairfax County (VA). There were several hundred people there stretched along several blocks of South Van Dorn, with more arriving constantly.
Please check out my new blog about water management issues faced by California farmers.
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June 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Please check out my new blog about water management issues faced by California farmers.
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Please check out my new blog on AgWeb, which looks at the impact of the DOGE-enabled cuts in USDA staff and programs.
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May 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Please check out my new blog on AgWeb, which looks at the impact of the DOGE-enabled cuts in USDA staff and programs.
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Please check out my new blog on why reliable broadband access is important to U.S. farmers.
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April 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Please check out my new blog on why reliable broadband access is important to U.S. farmers.
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Please check out this clip from last night’s PBS newshour on Haiti’s food issues. It includes a portion of an interview on food aid issues that I did with the reporter, Marcia Biggs.
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How efforts to send Haiti cheap rice made it hard for the nation to produce its own
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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April 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Please check out this clip from last night’s PBS newshour on Haiti’s food issues. It includes a portion of an interview on food aid issues that I did with the reporter, Marcia Biggs.
youtu.be/PtO5LnGScKM
youtu.be/PtO5LnGScKM
Please check out my blog on AgWeb, which looks at the U.S. agricultural economy from a farmer’s viewpoint.
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March 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Please check out my blog on AgWeb, which looks at the U.S. agricultural economy from a farmer’s viewpoint.
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Reposted by Stephanie Mercier
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is delegating oversight of what’s left of USAID to a staffer with Elon Musk’s DOGE in another step toward dismantling the international aid agency.
Rubio Delegates DOGE Staffer to Oversee What’s Left of USAID
Secretary of State Marco Rubio delegated oversight of what’s left of USAID to a staffer with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, in another step toward dismantling the aid agency despite ...
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March 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is delegating oversight of what’s left of USAID to a staffer with Elon Musk’s DOGE in another step toward dismantling the international aid agency.
Please check out my latest blog on AgWeb, which looks at recent developments in the U.S. bird flu outbreak.
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U.S. Bird Flu Outbreak Persists
A Priority Issue for new Secretary of Agricultur
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March 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Please check out my latest blog on AgWeb, which looks at recent developments in the U.S. bird flu outbreak.
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Please check out my new blog on the national school lunch program. www.agweb.com/opinion/curr...
The Current State of the National School Lunch Program
Some School Children are Falling Through the Cracks
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February 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Please check out my new blog on AgWeb, written with my friends Skip Hyberg and Andy Manale, refuting the notion that modern agriculture and conservation are incompatible.
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Farm Profitability and A Conservation Ethos Are not Mutually Incompatible
Response to New York Times op-ed
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January 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Please check out my new blog on AgWeb, written with my friends Skip Hyberg and Andy Manale, refuting the notion that modern agriculture and conservation are incompatible.
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Reposted by Stephanie Mercier
Posting this story about how Ann Telnaes got censored not least bc it'll disseminate the image Jeff Bezos censored.
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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January 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Posting this story about how Ann Telnaes got censored not least bc it'll disseminate the image Jeff Bezos censored.
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Please check out my new blog on AgWeb, which looks at how U.S farmers are coping with farm labor concerns by adopting robotic technology.
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Use of Robotics in U.S. Agriculture
Farmers scrambling to replace migrant workers
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January 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Please check out my new blog on AgWeb, which looks at how U.S farmers are coping with farm labor concerns by adopting robotic technology.
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Please check out my new blog on AgWeb on how the conservation practice of prairie strips was developed and the benefits from adopting it.
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A Big Bang for Conservation Bucks—Why Not Try Prairie Strips?
restoring natural habitat to Midwest fields one strip at a time
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December 4, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Please check out my new blog on AgWeb on how the conservation practice of prairie strips was developed and the benefits from adopting it.
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Please check out my AgWeb blog on the recent shift to a negative U.S. net trade balance.
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Why Has U.S. Agricultural Trade Reached a Net Import Position in Recent Years
Farm Groups Raise the Alarm
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September 21, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Please check out my AgWeb blog on the recent shift to a negative U.S. net trade balance.
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Please check out my new blog, which looks at disruptions in both the Panama and Suez Canals are affecting agricultural trade flows.
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January 21, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Please check out my new blog, which looks at disruptions in both the Panama and Suez Canals are affecting agricultural trade flows.
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Please check out my new blog, which looks at some of the factors driving the recent rise in non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, and what policy steps might help address this problem.
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November 21, 2023 at 9:19 PM
Please check out my new blog, which looks at some of the factors driving the recent rise in non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, and what policy steps might help address this problem.
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Check out my new blog about Agrivoltaics, an approach to allow renewable (solar) energy generation and agricultural production on the same site.
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November 2, 2023 at 6:08 PM
Check out my new blog about Agrivoltaics, an approach to allow renewable (solar) energy generation and agricultural production on the same site.
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Check out my follow-up blog on ways some jurisdictions are taking steps to address the looming groundwater crisis.
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October 13, 2023 at 2:21 AM
Check out my follow-up blog on ways some jurisdictions are taking steps to address the looming groundwater crisis.
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