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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2000
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
Evaluation of interactions within a shelterbelt agroecosystem 1997-53 2000
Biocontrol of purple loosestrife by two host-specific European leaf feeding beetles in Iowa wetlands 1997-41 2000
Coupling swine technologies: swine system options 1997-31 2000
Determination of early summer pasture conditions to optimize forage and calf productivity and profitability 1997-20 2000
Education based incentive program to enhance long-term adoption of sustainable nutrient/pest management - A demonstration with farmers in northeast Iowa 1997-21 2000
Iowa Lakes Controlled Grazing, Inc. (ILCG) project 1995-13 2000
2001
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
Building Hope in the Heartland: a training program 2001-HH 2001
Community and economic regeneration through strengthening the local food economy 1998-13 2001
Together in Tough Times 2001-TT 2001
Development and implementation of cost-effective fertilization and tillage management alternatives for improving soil quality in corn-soybean rotations 1998-36 2001
Evaluation of forage plants collected from permanent pastures throughout Iowa 1998-69 2001
Evaluation of three cropping systems grown under the influence of a shelterbelt 1998-26 2001
Genetic diversity and performance of oat variety blends 2000-50 2001
A simple method to increase alfalfa yields in the establishment year 2000-47 2001
Small grain and annual forage legume intercrops for Iowa 1998-68 2001
Soil quality, yield stability and economic attributes of alternative crop rotations 1998-05 2001
Ecology and restoration of farmland woods in central Iowa 1998-21 2001
The effects of transgenic soybeans and associated herbicide treatment upon soil-surface mesofauna 1999-29 2001
Toxicity of pesticides adsorbed to suspended sediment to larval fish in the Cedar River 1998-80 2001
Biological control and sustainable horticulture principles of Iowa's vocational agriculture curriculum 1998-24 2001
Statewide manure management education initiative 1998-51 2001
Botanicals as part of an integrated value-added pork production system 2000-37 2001
Dairy manure quantification and characterization in grazing systems 1999-16 2001
Nitrogen conservation in swine manure composting land 1999-62 2001
Socio-technical and environmental dimensions of swine manure management decisions 1999-69 2001
Biologically intensive pest management: Iowa apple growers take the next step toward sustainability 1998-45 2001
Development of alternative carriers for use of Beauveria Bassiana in Ostrinia nubilalis suppression on corn 1999-75 2001
Manipulation of predatory insects for enhanced biological control of insect pests 1998-72 2001
Transferring biological control technology to Iowa strawberry growers 1996-77 2001
Use of intra-field alfalfa trap cropping for management of the potato leafhopper 1998-43 2001
2002
Project Title Project ID Completion Yearsort icon
Alternative and horticulture crop education and marketing pilot project 1999-56 2002
Examining the potential for organic apple production - The Homestead Orchard Project 1999-22 2002
Making the connection - Linking farms to HRIs 2000-67 2002
Organic farming demonstration project - eastern Iowa 1999-21 2002
Crop response to zinc as a micronutrient in Iowa 2000-04 2002
Development of switchgrass as a viable agricultural commodity for farmers in southern Iowa 1998-14 2002
Environmental impacts of the use of poultry manure for agricultural production system 1999-68A 2002
Evaluation of organic soil amendments for certified organic vegetable and herb production 1999-50 2002
Feasibility of organic soybean production following CRP land 1999-49 2002
Improving tree establishment with forage crops 1999-85 2002
Biologically intensive manipulation of foxtail seed banks for enhanced mortality 1999-37 2002
Ecological impact of herbicides associated with transgenic soybeans on spider mites 2000-41 2002
Integrating biologically rational strategies for control of anthracnose fruit rot of strawberries 1999-64 2002
Nontarget effects of Bt corn on pathogenic and toxigenic fungi 2000-29 2002
Chariton Valley Beef Initiative 1999-71 2002
Demonstration of swine carcass composting as part of an environmentally friendly production system 2000-33 2002
Growing dairy heifers in southwest Iowa 1999-11 2002
Closing the loop, expanding the circle: Educational outreach for institutional food waste on small farms 2002-YE 2002
Iowa Master Conservationist Program 2002-MC 2002
Our rural supermarket: Locally grown foods project 2002-LF 2002