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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2002
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Chariton Valley Beef Initiative 1999-71 2002
Biologically intensive manipulation of foxtail seed banks for enhanced mortality 1999-37 2002
1999
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Characterization of the Rose Rosette Disease causal agent: potential for biological control and multiflora rose 1989-16 1999
Botanicals as part of an integral value-added pork production system 1998-52 1999
Biocontrol of Sclerotinia stem rot in soybeans with Sporidesmium sclerotivorum 1996-31 1999
1993
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Changes in soil structural characteristics following establishment of prairie grass 1990-46 1993
Bird use of roadsides in an agricultural system 1990-29 1993
Biological control of the strawberry leaf roller, Ancylis comptana, in Iowa 1988-13 1993
2008
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Cash flow and product profitability analysis and improvement for small meat processors M2007-16 2008
Business organization and coordination in niche hog marketing M2004-22 2008
Bridging the gap: What does it take to bring small- and medium-sized producers and retail and foodservice distributors together? M2006-05 2008
Bird nesting on rotationally grazed warm- and cool-season grass paddocks in southern Iowa E2006-05 2008
Assessing needs and fostering agricultural entrepreneurship among immigrants in several Iowa communities M2006-07 2008
2007
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Case studies and benchmark transaction costs for select food products 2006-M02 2007
Assessment of triticale varieties for swine feeding performance, late planting 2004-E27 2007
Assessing the market potential for goat meat among recent immigrants to Siouxland 2005-M33 2007
1996
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Calibration of the late-spring soil nitrate test for manured soils 1992-28 1996
Biorational insecticides for the control of corn rootworm 1992-55 1996
Animal manure utilization in crop nutrient planning 1993-10 1996
Alternative production systems for high-value horticultural crops 1992-33 1996
1995
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Calculation of specific economic thresholds for the commercially available yellow sticky traps used for adult corn rootworm monitoring 1992-35 1995
Biomass production and ethanol potential from sweet sorghum 1991-46 1995
Alternatives for implementation of integrated crop management (ICM) programs in local agricultural input firms 1992-51 1995
2011
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Building the Iowa wine culture through improved quality M2010-03 2011
Building student awareness and involvement in the Farm to ISU program M2009-14 2011
Assessing the business development strengths and needs of women and Latino farmers in Iowa M2010-07 2011
1997
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Building in Integrated Pest Management network in cooperation with Iowa fruit and vegetable growers 1992-47 1997
Biological control of the tarnished plant bug in Iowa 1993-15 1997
Animal and plant responses for steers grazing switchgrass and big bluestem pastures 1993-06 1997
2001
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Building Hope in the Heartland: a training program 2001-HH 2001
Botanicals as part of an integrated value-added pork production system 2000-37 2001
Biologically intensive pest management: Iowa apple growers take the next step toward sustainability 1998-45 2001
Biological control and sustainable horticulture principles of Iowa's vocational agriculture curriculum 1998-24 2001
2012
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Building a food system framework to advance the health of Iowans - A blueprint for action M2010-02 2012
Assessment of woody biomass as a niche feedstock for biobased products in Iowa E2009-26 2012
2010
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Building a direct-to-consumer distribution system in Iowa M2007-19 2010
Beginning and mid-size Farm Bill analysis: Policy option development and education initiative P2006-09 2010
1994
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Buffer strips for controlling herbicide losses 1991-15 1994
Bird use of restored wetlands on Conservation Reserve Program land 1991-33 1994
2004
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Black walnut cultivar performance 2002-01 2004
Alternative swine cost of production project 2002-PNMWG5 2004
2005
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Biotic interference of biological control of purple loosestrife 2001-33 2005
Assessing the market potential of specialty forest products in local food systems 2004-M8 2005
An internship program to help institutional food buyers develop links to local farms in northeast Iowa 2001-13 2005
2006
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Biological control of the soybean aphid in organic and sustainable soybean production systems 2003-E02 2006
Beef cattle feeding in deep-bedded hoop barns 2004-DSP01 2006
2000
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Biocontrol of purple loosestrife by two host-specific European leaf feeding beetles in Iowa wetlands 1997-41 2000
Assessing the impact of instructors and students as transfer agents 1999-07 2000
2009
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Assessing soil quality impacts after conversion of marginal cropland to productive conservation E2006-17 2009
1998
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Animal manure-municipal yard waste composting project in Wright County, Iowa 1996-06 1998