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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2003
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Livestock and the environment in Sioux County 2000-36 2003
Optimizing swine hoop manure management of soil quality and crop system performance 2000-42 2003
Demonstration and technology transfer to producers implementing sustainable rotational grazing systems 2001-02 2003
Grass-based dairies and dairy network/promotions 2001-32 2003
Institutional and commercial food service buyers' perceptions of benefits and obstacles to purchase locally grown and processed foods 2001-38 2003
Soil carbon quality and interactions in Iowa wetlands 2001-47 2003
Effects of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis corn pollen on the monarch butterfly 2001-58 2003
2001
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Botanicals as part of an integrated value-added pork production system 2000-37 2001
A simple method to increase alfalfa yields in the establishment year 2000-47 2001
Genetic diversity and performance of oat variety blends 2000-50 2001
Building Hope in the Heartland: a training program 2001-HH 2001
Together in Tough Times 2001-TT 2001
2002
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Ecological impact of herbicides associated with transgenic soybeans on spider mites 2000-41 2002
Making the connection - Linking farms to HRIs 2000-67 2002
Our rural supermarket: Locally grown foods project 2002-LF 2002
Iowa Master Conservationist Program 2002-MC 2002
Closing the loop, expanding the circle: Educational outreach for institutional food waste on small farms 2002-YE 2002
2004
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Sustainability and community food systems in four Iowa counties 2000-69 2004
Agronomic and environmental soil testing for phosphorus and threshold levels in soils 2001-11 2004
Development of dormancy breaking mechanisms in eastern gamagrass 2001-19 2004
Evaluating sustainable, integrated management of muskmelon diseases, weeds, and insect pests in partnership with Iowa growers 2001-21 2004
Optimizing solid manure application by improving distribution 2001-24 2004
Improving productivity of warm-season pastures by interseeding legumes 2001-35 2004
Evaluating the effectiveness of restored wetlands for reducing nutrient losses from agricultural watersheds 2001-60 2004
Black walnut cultivar performance 2002-01 2004
The value of filter strips for grassland bird communities 2002-04 2004
Development of switchgrass as a viable agricultural commodity for farmers in southern Iowa 2002-26 2004
Local food connections: From farms to restaurants 2002-29 2004
Understanding the potential of phosphorus transport to water resources via leaching 2002-40 2004
The effects of thrips on strawberry production in Iowa 2002-47 2004
Alternative swine cost of production project 2002-PNMWG5 2004
Squaw Creek watershed social assessment: Values, beliefs, and perceptions of water quality and landscape change 2003-E1 2004
Let the vineyards be fruitful: A study of the potential market for Iowa grape juice 2003-M3 2004
Co-location of industries with small livestock slaughter facilities 2003-M4 2004
Johnson County Food Education Program 2003-M5 2004
2005
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
An internship program to help institutional food buyers develop links to local farms in northeast Iowa 2001-13 2005
Biotic interference of biological control of purple loosestrife 2001-33 2005
Investigation of the influence of tillage for management of woolly cupgrass 2001-56 2005
Incorporating grassland agriculture into row crop production systems 2002-39 2005
Improving farm nutrient management by optimizing organic matter inputs and root health 2002-41 2005
Sustainable grape production for the reestablishment of Iowa's grape industry 2002-46 2005
Developing a local food system in association with business and industry 2002-67 2005
Integrating hunting and grazing - a southern Iowa investigation into management issues 2003-E6 2005
2006
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Sustaining agricultural producers through direct marketing of processed foods 2002-16 2006
Impacts of managed grazing on stream ecology and water quality 2002-U19 2006
Biological control of the soybean aphid in organic and sustainable soybean production systems 2003-E02 2006
Alternative farrowing systems during cold weather 2003-E29 2006
Grinnell Area Local Food System Initiative 2003-M01 2006
2007
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Economically sustainable riparian buffer to promote bank stability and reduce gully erosion and phosphorus runoff in the Loess Hills 2002-E30 2007
Life in Iowa Homecoming Institute 2003-M02 2007