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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1993
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
"Full Circle Forestry" in southeast Iowa 1989-34 1993
A developmental approach to the adoption of low-input farming practices 1989-35 1993
A sustainable agriculture course delivered nationally via AG*SAT 1989-41 1993
Biological control of the strawberry leaf roller, Ancylis comptana, in Iowa 1988-13 1993
1994
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
A biorational approach to soybean cyst nematode management in Iowa 1990-31 1994
A comparison of agricultural systems at the Allee Research Center 1988-09 and 1991-36 1994
Adapting predictive models to reduce fungicide sprays on tomatoes in Iowa 1990-16 1994
2011
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
A feasibility study for the creation of a meat processing training program in Iowa M2009-28 2011
A food distribution network for the Northern Iowa Food and Farm Partnership M2009-19 2011
Adapting land retirement programs in response to Iowa's changing economy EP2007-30 2011
Agronomic, ecological and economic comparisons of conventional and low-external-input cropping systems E2007-09 2011
Assessing the business development strengths and needs of women and Latino farmers in Iowa M2010-07 2011
2001
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
A simple method to increase alfalfa yields in the establishment year 2000-47 2001
Biological control and sustainable horticulture principles of Iowa's vocational agriculture curriculum 1998-24 2001
Biologically intensive pest management: Iowa apple growers take the next step toward sustainability 1998-45 2001
2006
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
A study of place-based food tourism in northeast Iowa communities 2005-MSP01 2006
Alternative farrowing systems during cold weather 2003-E29 2006
Beef cattle feeding in deep-bedded hoop barns 2004-DSP01 2006
Biological control of the soybean aphid in organic and sustainable soybean production systems 2003-E02 2006
2009
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
A study of the factors that influence consumer attitudes towards beef products using the conjoint market analysis tool M2005-27 2009
Assessing soil quality impacts after conversion of marginal cropland to productive conservation E2006-17 2009
2007
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
A survey of broilers from organic, free-range and conventional systems for cooked meat yields, composition, relative value 2006-M01 2007
Assessing the market potential for goat meat among recent immigrants to Siouxland 2005-M33 2007
Assessment of triticale varieties for swine feeding performance, late planting 2004-E27 2007
1992
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
A wood-fired furnace and timber management research and demonstration system 1988-08 1992
2010
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Adding a new generation to Iowa's sustainable farms M2008-15 2010
Beginning and mid-size Farm Bill analysis: Policy option development and education initiative P2006-09 2010
1997
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Agricultural chemical dealers: Shifting from selling products to services 1997-ECEDT 1997
Agriculture and science teaching link 1996-23 1997
Animal and plant responses for steers grazing switchgrass and big bluestem pastures 1993-06 1997
Biological control of the tarnished plant bug in Iowa 1993-15 1997
1996
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Agriculture and science link through the Living Soil 1995-09 1996
Alternative production systems for high-value horticultural crops 1992-33 1996
Animal manure utilization in crop nutrient planning 1993-10 1996
Biorational insecticides for the control of corn rootworm 1992-55 1996
1995
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Agriculture's impact on the living soil 1992-37 1995
Alternatives for implementation of integrated crop management (ICM) programs in local agricultural input firms 1992-51 1995
Biomass production and ethanol potential from sweet sorghum 1991-46 1995
2004
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Agronomic and environmental soil testing for phosphorus and threshold levels in soils 2001-11 2004
Alternative swine cost of production project 2002-PNMWG5 2004
2002
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Alternative and horticulture crop education and marketing pilot project 1999-56 2002
Biologically intensive manipulation of foxtail seed banks for enhanced mortality 1999-37 2002
2005
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
An internship program to help institutional food buyers develop links to local farms in northeast Iowa 2001-13 2005
Assessing the market potential of specialty forest products in local food systems 2004-M8 2005
1998
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Animal manure-municipal yard waste composting project in Wright County, Iowa 1996-06 1998
2008
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Assessing needs and fostering agricultural entrepreneurship among immigrants in several Iowa communities M2006-07 2008
2000
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Assessing the impact of instructors and students as transfer agents 1999-07 2000
Biocontrol of purple loosestrife by two host-specific European leaf feeding beetles in Iowa wetlands 1997-41 2000
2012
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Assessment of woody biomass as a niche feedstock for biobased products in Iowa E2009-26 2012
1999
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Biocontrol of Sclerotinia stem rot in soybeans with Sporidesmium sclerotivorum 1996-31 1999