Completed Policy Initiative Grants

In the last decade the Policy Initiative has funded a variety of projects that expand the knowledge, discussion and options available to expand sustainability in Iowa agriculture. Among the policy topics considered are impacts of certain Farm Bill provisions, work with beginning farmers, bioenergy prospects, risk insurance, and farm land tenure issues. The initiative promotes collection and analysis of information, but does not engage in advocacy activities.

The most recently completed projects are listed first. Click on the title to see the abstract, key findings and links to printable summaries of the 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).