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The following grants are the result of a
Summer 2005 Request for Preproposals, which resulted in 62
project submissions. These projects were selected following
a competitive review process. More details about the
projects are available from each initiative leader.
Marketing and Food
Systems Initiative
For questions, contact
initiative leader Rich Pirog, (515) 294-1854,
rspirog@iastate.edu
or go to the Marketing and
Food Systems Initiative web page
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Analysis of transaction costs for
small and midsize Iowa farmers, $32,967, 1 year,
Clyde Walter, ISU Logistics Operations; Randy
Boeckenstedt, Center for Transportation Research and
Education, ISU; and Craig Chase, ISU Extension, Tripoli
[M2006-02]
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Assessing needs and fostering
agricultural entrepreneurship among immigrants in
several Iowa communities, $15,000, 1 year, Lyle
Fleshner, M&M Divide RC&D, Carroll [M2006-07]
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Bridging the Gap: What does it take
to bring small and medium-sized producers and retail and
food service distributors together? $49,500 over 2
years, Mary Holz-Clause, Agricultural Marketing Resource
Center, ISU [M2006-05]
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Determining the methods for measuring
and the extent of economic and fiscal impacts associated
with organic crop conversion in Iowa, $15,000, 1
year, David Swenson and Liesl Eathington, ISU Economics,
and Craig Chase, ISU Extension, Tripoli [M2006-12]
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Functional quality management systems
for livestock producers, $60,000 over 2 years, John
Lawrence, Iowa Beef Center; John Mabry, Iowa Pork
Industry Center; and Mary Holz-Clause, ISU Value Added
Agriculture Extension [M2006-03]
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Investigation of economic feasibility
of pasture-based dairy operations in Northwest Iowa,
$7,500, 1 year, Chris Mondak, ISU Extension, Orange
City, and Tom Olsen, Storm Lake [M2006-09]
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Iowa taste of place project Phase II:
Outreach, $10,000, 1 year, Rachelle Saltzman, Iowa
Arts Council, Des Moines [M2006-13]
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New food entrepreneurs - Value added
enterprises for farm profitability, $21,188, 1 year,
Rich Graves, Wallace House Foundation, and Christine
Pardee, Des Moines [M2006-23]
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Niche-markets in the agricultural
enterprise mix: Farm profit optimization and risk
analysis, $16,370, 1 year, Shane Ellis, Iowa Beef
Center [M2006-16]
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Plan demonstration farm to include
farm business incubator and educational use,
$17,850, 1 year, Linda Barnes, Marshalltown Community
College, Marshalltown [M2006-24]
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Planning a facility for value-added
farm business incubation and educational use,
$7,089, 1 year, Linda Barnes and Tom Deimerly,
Marshalltown Community College, Marshalltown [M2006-25]
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Strategies to stabilize locally grown
produce for year round sales: A feasibility study,
$53,410 over 2 years, Sam Beattie, Lester Wilson and
Aubrey Mendonca, ISU Food Science and Human Nutrition
[M2006-21]
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A survey of currently available
commercial broilers originating from organic, natural
and conventional production systems for cooked meat
yields, meat composition and relative value,
$32,793, 1 year, Joseph Sebranek and Dong Ahn, ISU
Animal Science, and Sam Beattie, ISU Food Science and
Human Nutrition, [M2006-01]
Policy Initiative
For questions, contact
interim initiative leader Jerry DeWitt, (515) 294-7836,
jdewitt@iastate.edu or go to the Policy
Initiative web page
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Beginning and midsize farm bill
analysis and education initiative, $25,000 each of 2
years, Mike Duffy, Beginning Farmer Center, ISU; and
Traci Bruckner, Center for Rural Affairs, Lyons,
Nebraska [P2006-09]
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Evaluating the Conservation Security
Program utilizing the perceptions and economics of
producer participation: Implications for land
stewardship in Iowa agriculture, $38,337, 1 year,
James Kliebenstein and Denis Reich, ISU Economics
[P2006-06]
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Farm Bill listening sessions,
$5,440, 1 year, Leigh Adcock, Iowa Farmers Union
Education Foundation, Ames; Kathie Starkweather, Center
for Rural Affairs, Lyons, Nebraska; and Niel Ritchie,
League of Rural Voters, Minneapolis, Minnesota
[P2006-01]
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Women, land and legacy: Agricultural
policy for changing land ownership, $12,686, 1 year,
Cassi Johnson, Iowa City, and Denise O’Brien, Atlantic,
Women, Food and Agriculture Network [P2006-10]
Ecology Initiative
For questions, contact
initiative leader Jeri Neal, (515) 294-5610,
wink@iastate.edu or go to the Ecology
Initiative web page
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Grazing compatibility in and for
future years, $53,095 over 5 years, Ed Johnston,
Southern Iowa Forage and Livestock Committee and John
Klein, Natural Resources
Conservation Service [E2006-01]
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Integrated soil and weed management
production systems for perennial food crops, $39,310
over 2 years, Gail Nonnecke and Craig Dilley, ISU
Horticulture, and Tom Loynachan, ISU Agronomy [E2006-02]
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The role of herbaceous woodland
perennial diversity for improving nutrient uptake
capacity of riparian areas – phase II, $33,820 over
2 years, Jan Thompson and Cathy Mabry-McMullen, ISU
Natural Resource Ecology & Management [E2006-03]
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New strategies to enhance
sustainability of Iowa apple orchards, $115,798 over
3 years, Mark Gleason, ISU Plant Pathology and Matt
Liebman, ISU Agronomy [E2006-04]
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Bird nesting on rotationally grazed
warm- and cool-season grass paddocks in southern Iowa,
$31,093 for one year, James Pease and Ryan Marquardt,
ISU Natural Resource Ecology & Management [E2006-05]
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Optimizing legume establishment in
winter small grains, $54,770 over 3 years, Lance
Gibson and Jean-Luc Jannink, ISU Agronomy, and Jeremy
Singer, USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Laboratory
[E2006-10]
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Use of native cover crops to
reconstruct native grasslands, $8,380 for 1 year,
Brian Wilsey and Andrea Blong, ISU Ecology, Evolution
and Organismal Biology [E2006-11]
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Development and implementation of low
input delivery systems for ethanol coproducts in forage
based beef systems, $51,862 over 3 years, Dan Loy,
ISU Animal Science and Joe Sellers, ISU Extension
[E2006-12]
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The impact of biodiversity services
in rowcrop production in annual versus perennial
landscapes, $71,979 over 2 years, Matt O’Neal, ISU
Entomology and Lisa A. Schulte, ISU Natural Resource
Ecology & Management [E2006-13]
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Breeding forage and biomass crops to
strengthen perennial agricultural systems, $53,902
over 3 years, E. Charles Brummer, ISU Agronomy
[E2006-15]
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Assessing soil quality impacts after
conversion of marginal cropland to productive
conservation, $7,292 over 2 years, Tom Sauer, Cindy
Camberdella and David E. James, USDA-ARS National Soil
Tilth Laboratory, and Heidi Asbjornsen, ISU Natural
Resource Ecology & Management [E2006-17]
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Devising a framework for implementing
cattle-grazing and fire as management tools on grassland
reserves in southern Iowa, $22,147 for one year,
James R. Miller, ISU Landscape Architecture and Natural
Resource Ecology & Management, and David Engle, ISU
Natural Resource Ecology & Management [E2006-18]
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Participatory ecology for
‘Agriculture of the Middle’: Developing tools and
partnerships to bridge gaps among science, people and
policy in landscape change, $54,575 over 3 years,
Lisa Schulte and Ryan Atwell, ISU Natural Resource
Ecology & Management, and Lynne M. Westphal, USDA Forest
Service North Central Research Station [E2006-20]
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