Our Main Services

• Research plots and acreages for feedstock production
• Year‑round development and testing of harvest, storage and transport equipment
• Hydraulic presses for biomass compaction studies
• Dry storage for up to 40 tons of biomass
• Handle, dry and mill up to 2.5 tons of biomass per day
• Fine milling, sieving and pelletizing
• Large pilot‑scale biochemical conversion of biomass including a dry‑grind ethanol plant
• Thermochemical processing using pilot‑scale fast pyrolysis and gasification
• Pilot‑scale algal cultivation systems
• Large pilot‑scale biopolymers processing
• Support for small business incubator activities
• Technical consulting services

For more information about the services we offer, contact:

Andy Suby
BioCentury Research Farm Manager
(515) 296-6039
asuby@iastate.edu