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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1999
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Development of guidelines for application of swine manure to optimize nitrogen management for corn 1996-10 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
Constructed wetlands to reduce agricultural chemical transport to water resources 1995-48 1999
Compensation of farm employees 1998-64 1999
2004
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Development of dormancy breaking mechanisms in eastern gamagrass 2001-19 2004
Complementary grazing systems for beef cattle production 2000-06 2004
Co-location of industries with small livestock slaughter facilities 2003-M4 2004
2001
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Development of alternative carriers for use of Beauveria Bassiana in Ostrinia nubilalis suppression on corn 1999-75 2001
Development and implementation of cost-effective fertilization and tillage management alternatives for improving soil quality in corn-soybean rotations 1998-36 2001
Dairy manure quantification and characterization in grazing systems 1999-16 2001
Community and economic regeneration through strengthening the local food economy 1998-13 2001
2007
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Development of a rural wine culture in Iowa 2005-M14 2007
2008
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Development of a niche agriculture small business money map and process to disseminate information M2007-06 2008
Developing potatoes with horizontal resistance to the Colorado potato beetle E2004-26 2008
Developing ecologically sound and profitable alternative fertilizer and manure phosphorus management strategies E2004-29 2008
Determining the methods for measuring the economic and fiscal impacts associated with organic crop conversion in Iowa M2006-12 2008
Cooperation: A survival strategy for small and medium-sized farms P2003-16 2008
2010
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Development and implementation of low-input delivery systems for ethanol co-products in forage-based beef systems E2006-12 2010
2012
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Developing production, processing and marketing of aronia berries on small family farms in southeast Iowa M2009-05 2012
Defining the grazing season of restored natural grasslands E2010-19 2012
Credit, crop insurance and sustainable agriculture P2009-07 2012
Conversion to perennial vegetation: Quantifying soil water regime, aeration, and implications for enhancing soil resilience to climate change E2009-18 2012
Connecting family, community and health from a food system perspective M2010-30 2012
2006
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Developing an integrated research and outreach program for niche pork 2005-M28 2006
Consumer perceptions of place-based foods, food chain profit distribution, and family farms 2004-MSP05 2006
Company environmental and societal positions as sources of competitive advantage 2005-M07 2006
2005
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Developing a local food system in association with business and industry 2002-67 2005
Company environmental and societal positions as sources of competitive advantage 2004-M5 2005
2000
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Determination of early summer pasture conditions to optimize forage and calf productivity and profitability 1997-20 2000
Coupling swine technologies: swine system options 1997-31 2000
Community Guide to Agriculture (Johnson County) 1999-NFG 2000
1992
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge demonstration and education project 1988-04 1992
Demonstration of the unique slow-release characteristic of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer 1988-03 1992
1994
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Des Moines and Henry County field trials of corn rootworm beetle traps 1991-06 1994
2002
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Demonstration of swine carcass composting as part of an environmentally friendly production system 2000-33 2002
Crop response to zinc as a micronutrient in Iowa 2000-04 2002
Closing the loop, expanding the circle: Educational outreach for institutional food waste on small farms 2002-YE 2002
1998
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Demonstration of an annual forage crop integrated with crop and livestock enterprises 1995-49 1998
Demonstration of an agroforestry system to minimize pollution hazards from land application of treated municipal sludge 1995-47 1998
Demonstration of a Swedish sustainable swine production system in Iowa 1995-72 1998
Collection of forage crop germplasm throughout Iowa 1997-38 1998
2003
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Demonstration and technology transfer to producers implementing sustainable rotational grazing systems 2001-02 2003
2011
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Custom grazing contracts: Successful models to grow profit, avoid pitfalls E2007-11 2011
Corn silage test plot to increase profitability for dairy farmers and reduce winter wind & water erosion E2009-02 2011
1993
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Crops of ancient Iowa: Native plant use and farming systems 1990-34 1993
Corn tissue tests for excess phosphorus and potassium 1991-45 1993
1995
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Control of soil-borne pathogens with strategic use of animal manures 1990-65 1995
Composting for environmentally sound management of poultry and swine mortalities in Iowa 1992-38 1995
1996
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Conservation Reserve Program research and demonstration project 1991-58 1996
2009
Project Titlesort icon Project ID Completion Year
Community economic impact assessment for a multi-county local food system in northeast Iowa M2008-05 2009