Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Current Policy Initiative Grants

Three new Policy Initiative grants were awarded in FY2012. They support research into how trust ownership impacts Iowa’s landscape and continue the Sustainable Agricultural Land Tenure (SALT) Initiative that began as a partnership between the Leopold Center and Drake University’s Agricultural Law Center. The third project is a planning grant to expand use of prairie conservation strips studied at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Jasper County.

Here's a list of all projects new in 2012 [PDF]

Click on the title for a detailed description of the project, who is doing the work and where it is taking place.

Project Title Project IDsort icon
Investigating opportunities for enhancing farmer adoption of strategically targeted prairie strips in Iowa P2012-08
Sustainable Agricultural Land Tenure (SALT) Initiative II P2012-04
The extent and impact of trust ownership on the sustainability and resiliency of Iowa’s agricultural landscape P2012-01
Impacts to the land-water-human system of rural Iowa from high intensity continuous maize production EPSP2008-01

See full list of current Leopold Center competitive grants in all initiative areas.