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 Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Organic farming demonstration project - eastern Iowa 1999-21 2002
Growing dairy heifers in southwest Iowa 1999-11 2002
Development of switchgrass as a viable agricultural commodity for farmers in southern Iowa 1998-14 2002
2001
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Dairy manure quantification and characterization in grazing systems 1999-16 2001
Toxicity of pesticides adsorbed to suspended sediment to larval fish in the Cedar River 1998-80 2001
Manipulation of predatory insects for enhanced biological control of insect pests 1998-72 2001
Evaluation of forage plants collected from permanent pastures throughout Iowa 1998-69 2001
Small grain and annual forage legume intercrops for Iowa 1998-68 2001
Statewide manure management education initiative 1998-51 2001
Biologically intensive pest management: Iowa apple growers take the next step toward sustainability 1998-45 2001
Use of intra-field alfalfa trap cropping for management of the potato leafhopper 1998-43 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 three cropping systems grown under the influence of a shelterbelt 1998-26 2001
Biological control and sustainable horticulture principles of Iowa's vocational agriculture curriculum 1998-24 2001
Ecology and restoration of farmland woods in central Iowa 1998-21 2001
Community and economic regeneration through strengthening the local food economy 1998-13 2001
Soil quality, yield stability and economic attributes of alternative crop rotations 1998-05 2001
Transferring biological control technology to Iowa strawberry growers 1996-77 2001
2000
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Assessing the impact of instructors and students as transfer agents 1999-07 2000
Rural regeneration through direct marketing of Audubon County meats 1998-12 2000
Evaluation of interactions within a shelterbelt agroecosystem 1997-53 2000
Economic analysis of variable rate management for corn and soybean systems 1997-48 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
Eastern gamagrass seed dormancy 1997-30 2000
Establishment and persistence of legumes on sites varying in aspect, landscape position and soil type 1997-29 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
Determination of early summer pasture conditions to optimize forage and calf productivity and profitability 1997-20 2000
2003
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Managing weeds by integrating smother plants, cover crops and alternative soil management 1999-03 2003
1999
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Field to Family Community Food Project 1998-75 1999
Compensation of farm employees 1998-64 1999
Non-farmer's Guide to Agriculture (Polk County) 1998-57 1999
Botanicals as part of an integral value-added pork production system 1998-52 1999
Wildlife use of terraces in Iowa rowcrop fields 1998-35 1999
Identification and characterization of the Rose Rosette disease causal agent 1998-33 1999
Evaluation of the nitrogen and energy utilization of legume forages by growing cattle and sheet 1998-09 1999
Determining the benefits of environmental improvements in pork production and their sustainability: a community-based study of Iowa's pork industry 1997-52 1999
Pheromone mating disruption: novel, non-toxic control of the European corn borer 1997-19 1999
Incorporating native plant communities on farms for forage and wildlife 1996-74 1999
Evaluation of the impact of tillage/cropping systems on soil microflora and week seedbank predation 1996-34 1999
1997
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Expanding the audience of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture 1997-SWEDT 1997
Agricultural chemical dealers: Shifting from selling products to services 1997-ECEDT 1997
Swine system options for Iowa: A catalyst for change 1997-CONF 1997
Sustainable agriculture practices in home gardening/ Disseminating research-based information applicable to both rural and urban clientele in Central Iowa 1997-CEDT 1997
1998
Project Title Project IDsort icon Completion Year
Impacts of swine manure application and alternative N-management practices on productivity, sustainability and water quality 1997-60 1998
Collection of forage crop germplasm throughout Iowa 1997-38 1998
Enhancement of agricultural weed control by manipulation of the light environment 1996-80 1998
Iowa Pasture Management Guide 1996-72 1998
Education-demonstration for intensive grazing and forage management on highly erodible land 1996-41 1998
Intensive rotational grazing management education-demonstration for Northeast Iowa dairy and beef producers 1996-38 1998