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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2005
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Biotic interference of biological control of purple loosestrife 2001-33 2005
Company environmental and societal positions as sources of competitive advantage 2004-M5 2005
2008
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Bird nesting on rotationally grazed warm- and cool-season grass paddocks in southern Iowa E2006-05 2008
Bridging the gap: What does it take to bring small- and medium-sized producers and retail and foodservice distributors together? M2006-05 2008
Business organization and coordination in niche hog marketing M2004-22 2008
Cash flow and product profitability analysis and improvement for small meat processors M2007-16 2008
Cooperation: A survival strategy for small and medium-sized farms P2003-16 2008
1994
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Bird use of restored wetlands on Conservation Reserve Program land 1991-33 1994
Buffer strips for controlling herbicide losses 1991-15 1994
1993
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Bird use of roadsides in an agricultural system 1990-29 1993
Changes in soil structural characteristics following establishment of prairie grass 1990-46 1993
Corn tissue tests for excess phosphorus and potassium 1991-45 1993
Crops of ancient Iowa: Native plant use and farming systems 1990-34 1993
2004
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Black walnut cultivar performance 2002-01 2004
Co-location of industries with small livestock slaughter facilities 2003-M4 2004
Complementary grazing systems for beef cattle production 2000-06 2004
1999
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Botanicals as part of an integral value-added pork production system 1998-52 1999
Characterization of the Rose Rosette Disease causal agent: potential for biological control and multiflora rose 1989-16 1999
Compensation of farm employees 1998-64 1999
Constructed wetlands to reduce agricultural chemical transport to water resources 1995-48 1999
2001
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Botanicals as part of an integrated value-added pork production system 2000-37 2001
Building Hope in the Heartland: a training program 2001-HH 2001
Community and economic regeneration through strengthening the local food economy 1998-13 2001
Dairy manure quantification and characterization in grazing systems 1999-16 2001
2010
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Building a direct-to-consumer distribution system in Iowa M2007-19 2010
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
Connecting family, community and health from a food system perspective M2010-30 2012
Conversion to perennial vegetation: Quantifying soil water regime, aeration, and implications for enhancing soil resilience to climate change E2009-18 2012
Credit, crop insurance and sustainable agriculture P2009-07 2012
Defining the grazing season of restored natural grasslands E2010-19 2012
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
2011
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Building student awareness and involvement in the Farm to ISU program M2009-14 2011
Building the Iowa wine culture through improved quality M2010-03 2011
Corn silage test plot to increase profitability for dairy farmers and reduce winter wind & water erosion E2009-02 2011
Custom grazing contracts: Successful models to grow profit, avoid pitfalls E2007-11 2011
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
Composting for environmentally sound management of poultry and swine mortalities in Iowa 1992-38 1995
Control of soil-borne pathogens with strategic use of animal manures 1990-65 1995
1996
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Calibration of the late-spring soil nitrate test for manured soils 1992-28 1996
Conservation Reserve Program research and demonstration project 1991-58 1996
2007
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Case studies and benchmark transaction costs for select food products 2006-M02 2007
2002
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Chariton Valley Beef Initiative 1999-71 2002
Closing the loop, expanding the circle: Educational outreach for institutional food waste on small farms 2002-YE 2002
Crop response to zinc as a micronutrient in Iowa 2000-04 2002
1998
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Collection of forage crop germplasm throughout Iowa 1997-38 1998
2009
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Community economic impact assessment for a multi-county local food system in northeast Iowa M2008-05 2009
2000
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Community Guide to Agriculture (Johnson County) 1999-NFG 2000
Coupling swine technologies: swine system options 1997-31 2000
2006
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Company environmental and societal positions as sources of competitive advantage 2005-M07 2006
Consumer perceptions of place-based foods, food chain profit distribution, and family farms 2004-MSP05 2006