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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2009
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
Expanding grass-based organic dairy enterprises among southeastern Iowa farmers D2007-02 2009
Variations in water and nutrient cycling and soil properties during agricultural landscape restoration 2004-E14 2009
2008
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
Bird nesting on rotationally grazed warm- and cool-season grass paddocks in southern Iowa E2006-05 2008
Developing ecologically sound and profitable alternative fertilizer and manure phosphorus management strategies E2004-29 2008
Developing potatoes with horizontal resistance to the Colorado potato beetle E2004-26 2008
Integrating hunting and grazing: Loess Hills and south central Iowa on-farm management experiences E2004-43 2008
Integration of natural seed treatments in organic and open-pollinated corn systems E2004-28 2008
Pawpaw trial maintenance E2004-23 2008
Whiterock Conservancy baseline data project ESP2006-04 2008
Assessing needs and fostering agricultural entrepreneurship among immigrants in several Iowa communities M2006-07 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
Determining the methods for measuring the economic and fiscal impacts associated with organic crop conversion in Iowa M2006-12 2008
Development of a niche agriculture small business money map and process to disseminate information M2007-06 2008
Growing Farm to ISU: The first five months MSP2007-01 2008
Growing Your Small Market Farm Business Planning Program M2005-19 2008
Investigation of the economic feasibility of pasture-based dairy operations in northwest Iowa M2006-09 2008
New food entrepreneurs: Value added enterprises for farm profitability, facilitating understanding between producers, processors and policymakers M2006-23 2008
Organic, natural and grass-fed beef: Profitability and constraints to production in the Midwestern United States M2005-30 2008
Pilot project to identify and measure the relevant costs of production for sustainable agriculture products M2004-05 2008
Potential to operate greenhouses and aquaculture in conjunction with Iowa's ethanol plants M2007-08 2008
Strengthening the local and regional food system in the Iowa Valley M2007-17 2008
Cooperation: A survival strategy for small and medium-sized farms P2003-16 2008
Fostering an effective green payment program P2003-21 2008
Local food, local policy: A case study on engaging policy makers in the development of their foodshed PSP2007-03 2008
Taking the next step P2003-15 2008
Reduced stormwater runoff via increased use of rain gardens ESP2007-02 2008
2007
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
Assessment of triticale varieties for swine feeding performance, late planting 2004-E27 2007
Devising a framework for implementing cattle-grazing, fire on grassland in southern Iowa 2006-E18 2007
Economically sustainable riparian buffer to promote bank stability and reduce gully erosion and phosphorus runoff in the Loess Hills 2002-E30 2007
Retrospective assessment of landscape, land use change in the Clear Creek Watershed 2004-E08 2007
Naming and graphing entrepreneurial and community based agriculture linkages 2004-M04 2007
Assessing the market potential for goat meat among recent immigrants to Siouxland 2005-M33 2007
Case studies and benchmark transaction costs for select food products 2006-M02 2007
Development of a rural wine culture in Iowa 2005-M14 2007
Economic viability of local food marketing for Iowa restaurants, growers/producers 2005-M17 2007
Life in Iowa Homecoming Institute 2003-M02 2007
Market Maker for Iowa 2005-M29 2007
The role of collaborative community supported agriculture: Lessons from Iowa 2005-M01 2007
Small/midsize Iowa farmer marketing, entrepreneurship, business planning training 2005-M06 2007
A survey of broilers from organic, free-range and conventional systems for cooked meat yields, composition, relative value 2006-M01 2007
Sustainable agriculture, marketing, entrepreneurship, and business planning skills 2005-M03 2007
Taste of Place: Place-based foods in Iowa 2005-M02 2007
Taste of Place Project, Phase II: Outreach 2006-M13 2007
Using contracts to expand produce market opportunities 2005-M18 2007
Farm Bill listening sessions 2006-P01 2007
Women, land and legacy: Agricultural policy for changing landownership 2006-P10 2007
2006
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
Alternative farrowing systems during cold weather 2003-E29 2006
Beef cattle feeding in deep-bedded hoop barns 2004-DSP01 2006