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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2002
Project Title	Project ID	Completion Year
Development of switchgrass as a viable agricultural commodity for farmers in southern Iowa	1998-14	2002
Growing dairy heifers in southwest Iowa	1999-11	2002
Organic farming demonstration project - eastern Iowa	1999-21	2002
Examining the potential for organic apple production - The Homestead Orchard Project	1999-22	2002
Biologically intensive manipulation of foxtail seed banks for enhanced mortality	1999-37	2002
Feasibility of organic soybean production following CRP land	1999-49	2002
Evaluation of organic soil amendments for certified organic vegetable and herb production	1999-50	2002
Alternative and horticulture crop education and marketing pilot project	1999-56	2002
Integrating biologically rational strategies for control of anthracnose fruit rot of strawberries	1999-64	2002
Environmental impacts of the use of poultry manure for agricultural production system	1999-68A	2002
Chariton Valley Beef Initiative	1999-71	2002
Improving tree establishment with forage crops	1999-85	2002
Crop response to zinc as a micronutrient in Iowa	2000-04	2002
Nontarget effects of Bt corn on pathogenic and toxigenic fungi	2000-29	2002
Demonstration of swine carcass composting as part of an environmentally friendly production system	2000-33	2002

2001
Project Title	Project ID	Completion Year
Ecology and restoration of farmland woods in central Iowa	1998-21	2001
Biological control and sustainable horticulture principles of Iowa's vocational agriculture curriculum	1998-24	2001
Evaluation of three cropping systems grown under the influence of a shelterbelt	1998-26	2001
Development and implementation of cost-effective fertilization and tillage management alternatives for improving soil quality in corn-soybean rotations	1998-36	2001
Use of intra-field alfalfa trap cropping for management of the potato leafhopper	1998-43	2001
Biologically intensive pest management: Iowa apple growers take the next step toward sustainability	1998-45	2001
Statewide manure management education initiative	1998-51	2001
Small grain and annual forage legume intercrops for Iowa	1998-68	2001
Evaluation of forage plants collected from permanent pastures throughout Iowa	1998-69	2001
Manipulation of predatory insects for enhanced biological control of insect pests	1998-72	2001
Toxicity of pesticides adsorbed to suspended sediment to larval fish in the Cedar River	1998-80	2001
Dairy manure quantification and characterization in grazing systems	1999-16	2001
The effects of transgenic soybeans and associated herbicide treatment upon soil-surface mesofauna	1999-29	2001
Nitrogen conservation in swine manure composting land	1999-62	2001
Socio-technical and environmental dimensions of swine manure management decisions	1999-69	2001
Development of alternative carriers for use of Beauveria Bassiana in Ostrinia nubilalis suppression on corn	1999-75	2001

1999
Project Title	Project ID	Completion Year
Identification and characterization of the Rose Rosette disease causal agent	1998-33	1999
Wildlife use of terraces in Iowa rowcrop fields	1998-35	1999
Botanicals as part of an integral value-added pork production system	1998-52	1999
Non-farmer's Guide to Agriculture (Polk County)	1998-57	1999
Compensation of farm employees	1998-64	1999
Field to Family Community Food Project	1998-75	1999

2003
Project Title	Project ID	Completion Year
Managing weeds by integrating smother plants, cover crops and alternative soil management	1999-03	2003
Local ecotype prairie seed - an alternative agricultural product for increasing the viability of smaller farming operations	1999-45	2003
Soil amendment effects of crop-weed interactions	2000-11	2003
Iowa location of regional pawpaw trials	2000-20	2003
Establishment of a local food system in eastern Iowa	2000-26	2003
Reducing anhydrous ammonia application by optimizing distribution	2000-34	2003

2000
Project Title	Project ID	Completion Year
Assessing the impact of instructors and students as transfer agents	1999-07	2000
Youth and conservation methods	1999-58	2000
Community Guide to Agriculture (Johnson County)	1999-NFG	2000

2005
Project Title	Project ID	Completion Year
Evaluating the adaptability of forage species and varieties	1999-41	2005

2004
Project Title	Project ID	Completion Year
Environmental impacts of use of poultry manure on water quality	1999-68B	2004
Complementary grazing systems for beef cattle production	2000-06	2004
Winter grazing of corn residues: Effects on soil properties and subsequent crop yields from a corn-soybean crop rotation	2000-35	2004