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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1994
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
Economic analysis of chemical versus biological suppression of the European corn borer in Iowa corn production 1991-38 1994
Fall-planted spring oats: A low-risk cover crop to reduce erosion following soybean 1990-10 1994
Environmental effects of two contrasting farming systems in the Clarion-Nicollet-Webster soil association area 1990-14 1994
A comparison of agricultural systems at the Allee Research Center 1988-09 and 1991-36 1994
Oak regeneration response to thinning from below 1990-02 1994
Species and variety of conifers for Christmas tree production in Iowa 1990-04 1994
Prediction and field validation of sediment impacts on riffle insect communities 1992-29 1994
Bird use of restored wetlands on Conservation Reserve Program land 1991-33 1994
Improved disease resistance in dairy cattle: Correlation of health disorders with measures of immune status; and Genetic improvement of disease resistance by identifying sires whose daughters have fewer disease problems 1990-05 and 1992-04 1994
Renovation of established switchgrass with forage legumes 1990-08 1994
1995
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
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
Supporting Leopold Center research through on-farm trials and demonstrations 1992-43 1995
Integrating environmental awareness and sustainability issues in a beginning agronomy course 1992-08 1995
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
Ramifications of excessive use of soybean resistance to the soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines 1991-31 1995
Use of planting date to avoid injury from soybean insect pests 1991-09 1995
Calculation of specific economic thresholds for the commercially available yellow sticky traps used for adult corn rootworm monitoring 1992-35 1995
Influence of native roadside plants on biological control of Iowa crop pests 1992-53 1995
Evaluation of a biological control agent for musk thistle 1991-24 1995
Plant pathogens as biological agents for the control of weeds 1991-32 1995
Interactions of VAM fungi, pesticides and crops 1992-48 1995
Control of soil-borne pathogens with strategic use of animal manures 1990-65 1995
Biomass production and ethanol potential from sweet sorghum 1991-46 1995
Wildlife use of and productivity in diverted cropland 1992-24 1995
Composting for environmentally sound management of poultry and swine mortalities in Iowa 1992-38 1995
GIS-based environmental and economic analysis of integrated crop-livestock production systems in southern Iowa 1992-56 1995
1996
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
Low-input sustainable sow housing for Iowa 1993-03 1996
Conservation Reserve Program research and demonstration project 1991-58 1996
Integrating sustainable concepts with the ISU Beef Feedlot Performance Projects Program 1992-46 1996
Production of a videotape series to promote forage-based livestock production in the Upper Midwest 1995-04 1996
Manure management education and demonstration project 1992-19 1996
The effect of organic versus chemical fertilizers on insect pathogens 1992-18 1996
Calibration of the late-spring soil nitrate test for manured soils 1992-28 1996
Animal manure utilization in crop nutrient planning 1993-10 1996
Southeast Iowa on-farm demonstration of sustainable tillage systems and weed profile developments on those systems 1992-11 1996
Biorational insecticides for the control of corn rootworm 1992-55 1996
Alternative production systems for high-value horticultural crops 1992-33 1996
Sustaining Iowa soybean production through education about soybean cyst nematode 1993-12 1996
Effect of row spacing and seeding rates on soybean yields and weed management programs 1993-02 1996
Native willow stream-bank plantings: a local resource to control erosion and provide an acceptable alternative riparian planting technique 1992-09 1996
Agriculture and science link through the Living Soil 1995-09 1996
1997
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
Agricultural chemical dealers: Shifting from selling products to services 1997-ECEDT 1997
Agriculture and science teaching link 1996-23 1997
Expanding the audience of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture 1997-SWEDT 1997