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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2007
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Sustainable agriculture, marketing, entrepreneurship, and business planning skills 2005-M03 2007
Small/midsize Iowa farmer marketing, entrepreneurship, business planning training 2005-M06 2007
Retrospective assessment of landscape, land use change in the Clear Creek Watershed 2004-E08 2007
1997
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Sustainable agriculture practices in home gardening/ Disseminating research-based information applicable to both rural and urban clientele in Central Iowa 1997-CEDT 1997
Supporting Leopold Center IPM research through on-farm trials and demonstrations 1995-39 1997
1994
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Sustainable agriculture and wildlife: a multi-organizational field day 1992-23 1994
Species and variety of conifers for Christmas tree production in Iowa 1990-04 1994
Renovation of established switchgrass with forage legumes 1990-08 1994
2004
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Sustainability and community food systems in four Iowa counties 2000-69 2004
Squaw Creek watershed social assessment: Values, beliefs, and perceptions of water quality and landscape change 2003-E1 2004
Some alternatives for multiple use land management in southern Iowa 2003-P1 2004
2006
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Survey of Iowa organic farmers on the impact of the National Organic Program 2003-P08 2006
Supporting direct meat marketing in Iowa 2004-M17 2006
Southwest Iowa Entrepreneurial Center: An achievable product-to-market business model for niche ag producers 2005-M13 2006
1995
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Supporting Leopold Center research through on-farm trials and demonstrations 1992-43 1995
Studies of social, economic, and policy factors affecting farming practices and technology in Iowa 1995-HS 1995
2005
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Supply chain options for biobased businesses 2004-M13 2005
1992
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Strip intercropping systems 1988-05_1988-06 1992
Selection of herbaceous energy crops for sustainable agriculture 1988-01 1992
2009
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Strengthening the regional and local food systems in the Iowa Valley: Enhancing the sustainability of the University of Iowa food system, a Factor-10 approach M2007-22 2009
Strengthening the local and regional food system in the Iowa Valley: Iowa Valley Regional Food Initiative M2008-17 2009
Southwest Iowa institutional foods survey and producer training program M2005-12 2009
Safe food handling practices on the farm: Meeting the needs of foodservice operations M2007-36 2009
Researching and evaluating an effective web-based local food sales template M2007-31 2009
2008
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Strengthening the local and regional food system in the Iowa Valley M2007-17 2008
2010
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Strategies to stabilize locally grown produce for year-round sales: A feasibility study M2006-21 2010
Strategies to effectively promote and market on-farm retail enterprises M2008-16 2010
Shaping a functional and sustainable biofuels industry through bridging industrial needs with farmer production capabilities P2009-06 2010
1993
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Storm Lake watershed demonstration project: planning phase 1990-36 1993
Seed coating with environmentally acceptable polymers as an alternative to fungicide treatment of corn and soybeans 1989-01 1993
Reducing pesticide use through environmental monitoring for pest protection 1989-30 1993
2001
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Statewide manure management education initiative 1998-51 2001
Soil quality, yield stability and economic attributes of alternative crop rotations 1998-05 2001
Socio-technical and environmental dimensions of swine manure management decisions 1999-69 2001
Small grain and annual forage legume intercrops for Iowa 1998-68 2001
2011
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
State policy alternatives for biofuels industry support of sustainable production of biofuels feedstocks P2008-03 2011
Routing foods into southeast Iowa M2009-10 2011
Research and assistance in support of the Foodsheds in the Upper Midwest Initiative to measure the economic impacts of increased local food production and consumption M2009-07 2011
Reducing pesticide use in Iowa vineyards: Alternatives to herbicides for vineyard weed management E2008-18 2011
1999
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Spring-seeded smother plans for weed control in corn and soybeans 1996-03 1999
1996
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Southeast Iowa on-farm demonstration of sustainable tillage systems and weed profile developments on those systems 1992-11 1996
2012
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
South Central Iowa Area Partnership, local foods network M2010-20 2012
Soil moisture dynamics and plant transpiration under contrasting annual-perennial cover types E2008-17 2012
Site specific implementation of practices that alter the spatial/temporal distribution of grazing cattle to improve water quality of pasture streams in the Rathbun Lake watershed E2009-08 2012
Renewable energy feed-in tariffs: Potential opportunities for Iowa P2010-02 2012
Regional Flavors M2010-23 2012
2003
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Soil carbon quality and interactions in Iowa wetlands 2001-47 2003
Soil amendment effects of crop-weed interactions 2000-11 2003
Reducing anhydrous ammonia application by optimizing distribution 2000-34 2003
2000
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Rural regeneration through direct marketing of Audubon County meats 1998-12 2000