Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Current Competitive Grant

Performance of cropping systems designed to reduce nitrate leaching into shallow municipal well aquifers

Project ID: E2009-22

This 5-year grant for $90,000 was awarded in 2009.

Location: Sioux county

This on-farm project featuring public-private collaboration will assess cropping systems with the potential to produce a reasonable return for farmers, while simultaneously reducing the risk of nitrate-N movement into the shallow aquifers that supply water for the city of Sioux Center.

Robert DeHaan

Robert DeHaan Robert DeHaan is an associate professor and department chair of environmental studies at Dordt College. He teaches ecology, avian biology, wildlife ecology and agro-ecology. He has a PhD from the University of Minnesota. [Contact lead investigator]

Co-Investigator(s):

Matthew Schuiteman, AJS Farms, and Ronald Vos, Dordt College

This competitive grant project is part of the Leopold Center's Ecology Initiative.

Topics: Water quality, quantity and management