Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Completed Grants

This is where you will find all of our grant reports. The Leopold Center has operated a competitive grants program since 1988, funding more than 420 Iowa-based projects in every county in Iowa.

The most recently completed projects are listed first. Click on the title to see the abstract, key findings and links to printable summaries of findings from each project. For more details about a project than what is included in the project summary documents, contact the lead investigator (email address is in the longer project summary).

  • To see grant reports from projects just in the Ecology Initiative, go here
  • To see grant reports from projects just in the Marketing and Food Systems Initiative, go here
  • To see grant reports from projects just in the Policy Initiative, go here
  • To see grant reports from the Cross-Cutting Initiative, go here
  • Grant reports from earlier projects not part of any initiative are on the list that starts below.

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1995
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Control of soil-borne pathogens with strategic use of animal manures 1990-65 1995
Use of planting date to avoid injury from soybean insect pests 1991-09 1995
Evaluation of a biological control agent for musk thistle 1991-24 1995
Ramifications of excessive use of soybean resistance to the soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines 1991-31 1995
Plant pathogens as biological agents for the control of weeds 1991-32 1995
Biomass production and ethanol potential from sweet sorghum 1991-46 1995
Integrating environmental awareness and sustainability issues in a beginning agronomy course 1992-08 1995
Wildlife use of and productivity in diverted cropland 1992-24 1995
Calculation of specific economic thresholds for the commercially available yellow sticky traps used for adult corn rootworm monitoring 1992-35 1995
Agriculture's impact on the living soil 1992-37 1995
Composting for environmentally sound management of poultry and swine mortalities in Iowa 1992-38 1995
Supporting Leopold Center research through on-farm trials and demonstrations 1992-43 1995
Interactions of VAM fungi, pesticides and crops 1992-48 1995
Alternatives for implementation of integrated crop management (ICM) programs in local agricultural input firms 1992-51 1995
Influence of native roadside plants on biological control of Iowa crop pests 1992-53 1995
GIS-based environmental and economic analysis of integrated crop-livestock production systems in southern Iowa 1992-56 1995
Long-term holistic study of two Iowa watersheds 1995-AGRO 1995
High-intensity, year-round rotational grazing 1995-ANM 1995
Potential economic, environmental benefits of narrow strip intercropping 1995-CS 1995
Studies of social, economic, and policy factors affecting farming practices and technology in Iowa 1995-HS 1995
Integrated pest management for alfalfa 1995-IPM 1995
Managing livestock manure for profitability and water quality protection 1995-MM 1995