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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2002
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Growing dairy heifers in southwest Iowa 1999-11 2002
Improving tree establishment with forage crops 1999-85 2002
Integrating biologically rational strategies for control of anthracnose fruit rot of strawberries 1999-64 2002
Iowa Master Conservationist Program 2002-MC 2002
2008
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Growing Farm to ISU: The first five months MSP2007-01 2008
Growing Your Small Market Farm Business Planning Program M2005-19 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
Investigation of the economic feasibility of pasture-based dairy operations in northwest Iowa M2006-09 2008
2005
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Growing your small market farm business planning program 2004-MSP6 2005
Identification of plant residue with commercial potential as natural dyestuffs 2003-M6 2005
Improving farm nutrient management by optimizing organic matter inputs and root health 2002-41 2005
Incorporating grassland agriculture into row crop production systems 2002-39 2005
Integrating hunting and grazing - a southern Iowa investigation into management issues 2003-E6 2005
Investigation of the influence of tillage for management of woolly cupgrass 2001-56 2005
1995
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
High-intensity, year-round rotational grazing 1995-ANM 1995
Influence of native roadside plants on biological control of Iowa crop pests 1992-53 1995
Integrated pest management for alfalfa 1995-IPM 1995
Integrating environmental awareness and sustainability issues in a beginning agronomy course 1992-08 1995
Interactions of VAM fungi, pesticides and crops 1992-48 1995
2011
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
High-tunnel resource manual and producer resource kit providing the tools for profitability M2009-16 2011
Improving veterinary care for organic livestock producers M2010-05 2011
1999
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Identification and characterization of the Rose Rosette disease causal agent 1998-33 1999
Incorporating native plant communities on farms for forage and wildlife 1996-74 1999
Integrated pest management for wireworms 1996-02 1999
2012
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Impacts of GAPs and post-harvest handling practices certificate training on producers' on-farm food safety behaviors and perceptions of customer assurance M2010-14 2012
In good company M2011-15 2012
Increasing carbon sequestration of working prairie by reducing invasive species in a fire and grazing system E2010-16 2012
Iowa immigrant and refugee incubator farm program M2011-13 2012
2006
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Impacts of managed grazing on stream ecology and water quality 2002-U19 2006
1998
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Impacts of swine manure application and alternative N-management practices on productivity, sustainability and water quality 1997-60 1998
Intensive rotational grazing management education-demonstration for Northeast Iowa dairy and beef producers 1996-38 1998
Iowa Pasture Management Guide 1996-72 1998
1993
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Implementing nitrogen management to protect Iowa's groundwater 1990-28 1993
Incorporating environmental costs into economic injury levels 1989-17 1993
1994
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Improved disease resistance in dairy cattle: Correlation of health disorders with measures of immune status; and Genetic improvement of disease resistance by identifying sires whose daughters have fewer disease problems 1990-05 and 1992-04 1994
2004
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Improving productivity of warm-season pastures by interseeding legumes 2001-35 2004
Johnson County Food Education Program 2003-M5 2004
Let the vineyards be fruitful: A study of the potential market for Iowa grape juice 2003-M3 2004
2009
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Improving the impact and benefits of USDA research and grant programs to enhance mid-size farm profitability and rural community success P2003-14 2009
Investigating the feasibility of establishing food processing and distribution centers for western Iowa M2007-33 2009
2003
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Institutional and commercial food service buyers' perceptions of benefits and obstacles to purchase locally grown and processed foods 2001-38 2003
Iowa location of regional pawpaw trials 2000-20 2003
2010
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Integrated soil and weed management production systems for perennial food crops E2006-02 2010
Iowa recreational property ownership: Identification, contact and social dynamics of multiple-use perennial landcover E2007-19 2010
Is the meat goat enterprise profitable and sustainable? M2007-28 2010
Latino farmers and local multicultural food and marketing systems M2008-27 2010
1996
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Integrating sustainable concepts with the ISU Beef Feedlot Performance Projects Program 1992-46 1996
2000
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Iowa Lakes Controlled Grazing, Inc. (ILCG) project 1995-13 2000
1992
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Irrigation and disease management of vegetables 1988-16 1992