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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2006
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Leveraging linkages to the Conservation Security Program 2003-P61 2006
2009
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Leveraging student expertise to solve food production marketing problems M2003-04 2009
Mapping biomass markets in Iowa M2008-04 2009
Native cover crops and timing of planting: Effects on 15N uptake, weed invasion and prairie establishment E2006-11 2009
Northeast Iowa local food survey summary report RWG2007-01 2009
Organic agriculture program viability study M2007-03 2009
2007
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Life in Iowa Homecoming Institute 2003-M02 2007
Market Maker for Iowa 2005-M29 2007
Naming and graphing entrepreneurial and community based agriculture linkages 2004-M04 2007
2003
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Livestock and the environment in Sioux County 2000-36 2003
Local ecotype prairie seed - an alternative agricultural product for increasing the viability of smaller farming operations 1999-45 2003
Managing weeds by integrating smother plants, cover crops and alternative soil management 1999-03 2003
Optimizing swine hoop manure management of soil quality and crop system performance 2000-42 2003
2005
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Local food capacity in north central Iowa: Nutritional need, economic strategy 2004-M21 2005
Market analysis of alternative crop production in Iowa 2004-M9 2005
2004
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Local food connections: From farms to restaurants 2002-29 2004
Optimizing solid manure application by improving distribution 2001-24 2004
2011
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Local food producer website workshops M2008-19 2011
Optimizing legume establishment in winter cereal grains E2006-10 2011
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
New food entrepreneurs: Value added enterprises for farm profitability, facilitating understanding between producers, processors and policymakers M2006-23 2008
Organic, natural and grass-fed beef: Profitability and constraints to production in the Midwestern United States M2005-30 2008
1995
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Long-term holistic study of two Iowa watersheds 1995-AGRO 1995
Managing livestock manure for profitability and water quality protection 1995-MM 1995
1996
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Low-input sustainable sow housing for Iowa 1993-03 1996
Manure management education and demonstration project 1992-19 1996
Native willow stream-bank plantings: a local resource to control erosion and provide an acceptable alternative riparian planting technique 1992-09 1996
1998
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Mahaska County livestock manure/crop nutrient management demonstration project 1995-05 1998
2002
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Making the connection - Linking farms to HRIs 2000-67 2002
Nontarget effects of Bt corn on pathogenic and toxigenic fungi 2000-29 2002
Organic farming demonstration project - eastern Iowa 1999-21 2002
2001
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Manipulation of predatory insects for enhanced biological control of insect pests 1998-72 2001
Nitrogen conservation in swine manure composting land 1999-62 2001
2012
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Mapping potential foodsheds in Iowa: A system optimization modeling approach M2010-04 2012
Meeting on-farm energy needs through conservation, efficiency and renewable energy XP2009-01 2012
Optimizing buffer strips for improved ecosystem services E2009-09 2012
1992
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Monitoring and modeling cropping system nitrogen for a sustainable agriculture 1988-19 1992
Nitrate and herbicide leaching as affected by conservation tillage 1988-02 1992
Nitrogen efficiency with no-till and conventional tillage cropping systems for energy conservation and water quality benefits 1988-20 1992
Nitrogen management alternatives for ridge tillage corn 1988-17 1992
On-farm demonstration program to reduce energy consumption and environmental impacts from row crop production 1988-25 1992
Optimal efficiency in the use of Iowa's energy, soil and feed resources for beef production 1988-14 1992
1993
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Multispecies toxicity tests using indigenous stream organisms: predicting pesticide effects in streams 1990-37 1993
Operating procedures for use of the late-spring soil test by fertilizer dealers and consultants in Iowa 1989-28 1993
Optimizing microbial associations to enhance nitrogen and potassium soil nutrient availability 1989-18 1993
2010
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
New Farmer Jump Start Project M2008-14 2010
New strategies to enhance sustainability of apple orchards E2006-04 2010
On-line learning: Using webinars to teach about succession and enterprise development issues XP2009-02 2010
1999
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Non-farmer's Guide to Agriculture (Polk County) 1998-57 1999
1994
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Oak regeneration response to thinning from below 1990-02 1994