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This is our quarterly 12-page newsletter. Below is a description of what you'll find in each issue. Click on issue date for links to newsletter articles, download a PDF by clicking on the newsletter image, or sign up to receive the Leopold Letter by email or in your mailbox.

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Leopold Letter Winter 2000

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  • Frequently asked questions about the Chariton Valley Biomass Project
  • Biotechnology: It's time to talk
  • Grant helps Leopold Center Continue vision work
  • Director column: How many farmers will we "need"?
  • This harvest is about more than just an apple crop
  • From the Field: John Sellers Jr.
  • Sustainable ag gets academic home, Center boost
  • Report chronicles 'Seasons of Change'
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Leopold Letter Fall 2000

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  • Center eyes the future
  • Leopold Center, CHEEC continue air quality study near hog facilities
  • Director column: It's time to continue our journey...
  • Duffy rejoins Leopold Center with expanded duties
  • Interim director offers a look back at the Center
  • What does the future hold for agriculture? The Leopold Center looks into the crystal ball
  • Producers generate ideas for additional hoop research
  • Bear Creek continues to attract attention
  • From the Field: Marvin Shirley
     
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Leopold Letter Summer 2000

 

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  • Farmer chosen as next Leopold Center director
  • Rotational grazing: Options keep farm running when water doesn't
  • One man's path to community food activism
  • A look at Iowa's new food policy council
  • Kansas beef producer uses proactive approach
  • The story of a boy, a book and the Leopold bench
  • From the Field: Dennis Morgan
  • Center report looks at grape industry
  • New weed resource
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Leopold Letter Spring 2000

 

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  • Production contracts steer change for Iowa farmers
  • New law offers farmers more contract protection
  • What to look for in an ag contract
  • Center organic initiative offers lift to producers
  • Competitive grants also focus on organics
  • Special projects address critical agricultural issues
  • Iowans appreciate gift copy of Almanac
  • Top award goes to Keeney 
  • Center begins leadership transition 
  • Research...the quest for something seldom found