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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1992
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Monitoring and modeling cropping system nitrogen for a sustainable agriculture 1988-19 1992
Irrigation and disease management of vegetables 1988-16 1992
2012
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Meeting on-farm energy needs through conservation, efficiency and renewable energy XP2009-01 2012
Mapping potential foodsheds in Iowa: A system optimization modeling approach M2010-04 2012
Iowa immigrant and refugee incubator farm program M2011-13 2012
2007
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Market Maker for Iowa 2005-M29 2007
Life in Iowa Homecoming Institute 2003-M02 2007
2005
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Market analysis of alternative crop production in Iowa 2004-M9 2005
Local food capacity in north central Iowa: Nutritional need, economic strategy 2004-M21 2005
Investigation of the influence of tillage for management of woolly cupgrass 2001-56 2005
Integrating hunting and grazing - a southern Iowa investigation into management issues 2003-E6 2005
2009
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Mapping biomass markets in Iowa M2008-04 2009
Leveraging student expertise to solve food production marketing problems M2003-04 2009
Investigating the feasibility of establishing food processing and distribution centers for western Iowa M2007-33 2009
1996
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Manure management education and demonstration project 1992-19 1996
Low-input sustainable sow housing for Iowa 1993-03 1996
Integrating sustainable concepts with the ISU Beef Feedlot Performance Projects Program 1992-46 1996
2001
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Manipulation of predatory insects for enhanced biological control of insect pests 1998-72 2001
2003
Project Titlesort icon 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
Livestock and the environment in Sioux County 2000-36 2003
Iowa location of regional pawpaw trials 2000-20 2003
Institutional and commercial food service buyers' perceptions of benefits and obstacles to purchase locally grown and processed foods 2001-38 2003
1995
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Managing livestock manure for profitability and water quality protection 1995-MM 1995
Long-term holistic study of two Iowa watersheds 1995-AGRO 1995
Interactions of VAM fungi, pesticides and crops 1992-48 1995
Integrating environmental awareness and sustainability issues in a beginning agronomy course 1992-08 1995
Integrated pest management for alfalfa 1995-IPM 1995
Influence of native roadside plants on biological control of Iowa crop pests 1992-53 1995
2002
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Making the connection - Linking farms to HRIs 2000-67 2002
Iowa Master Conservationist Program 2002-MC 2002
Integrating biologically rational strategies for control of anthracnose fruit rot of strawberries 1999-64 2002
1998
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Mahaska County livestock manure/crop nutrient management demonstration project 1995-05 1998
Iowa Pasture Management Guide 1996-72 1998
Intensive rotational grazing management education-demonstration for Northeast Iowa dairy and beef producers 1996-38 1998
2008
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Local food, local policy: A case study on engaging policy makers in the development of their foodshed PSP2007-03 2008
Investigation of the economic feasibility of pasture-based dairy operations in northwest Iowa M2006-09 2008
Integration of natural seed treatments in organic and open-pollinated corn systems E2004-28 2008
Integrating hunting and grazing: Loess Hills and south central Iowa on-farm management experiences E2004-43 2008
2011
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Local food producer website workshops M2008-19 2011
2004
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Local food connections: From farms to restaurants 2002-29 2004
Let the vineyards be fruitful: A study of the potential market for Iowa grape juice 2003-M3 2004
Johnson County Food Education Program 2003-M5 2004
2006
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Leveraging linkages to the Conservation Security Program 2003-P61 2006
2010
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Latino farmers and local multicultural food and marketing systems M2008-27 2010
Is the meat goat enterprise profitable and sustainable? M2007-28 2010
Iowa recreational property ownership: Identification, contact and social dynamics of multiple-use perennial landcover E2007-19 2010
Integrated soil and weed management production systems for perennial food crops E2006-02 2010
2000
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Iowa Lakes Controlled Grazing, Inc. (ILCG) project 1995-13 2000
1999
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Integrated pest management for wireworms 1996-02 1999