A collaboration between an agriculture company and Iowa State University has birthed a $14 million, 36,000-square-foot education and research facility in Ames. Pivot Bio, a sustainable agriculture ...

The Korean food products manufacturer will produce more than 100,000 metric tons of lysine at the North Central Ag Industrial Park near Fort Dodge. CJ BIO America broke ground today on their first US ...

AMES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - A study by Iowa State University researchers shows the viability of using bio-oils to plug abandoned oil wells, an application that could drive economic growth for ...

AMES, Iowa – Microbes are working away in an Iowa State University laboratory to ferment biofuels from the sugar and acetate produced by rapidly heating biomass such as corn stalks and sawdust. But it ...

HAYWARD, Calif. & FORT DODGE, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lygos, a sustainable specialty chemical company, announced today the signing of an MOU agreement with global fermentation and biotechnology leader, ...

AMES, Iowa – Lysle Whitmer, giving a quick tour of the technical upgrades to an Iowa State University biofuels pilot plant, pointed to a long series of stainless steel pipes and cylinders. They’re ...

The world's largest Geno Bio-BDO (1,4-butanediol) manufacturing plant in Eddyville, IA, has begun operations. This is the first US plant using Geno’s cutting-edge biocatalyst and fermentation ...

Despite classes at the University of Iowa looking different than in past years, the UI Department of Biology has modified laboratory work to allow for proper social distancing and sanitation, while ...

WASHINGTON — The production of bio-based goods in Iowa has helped improve the rural economy with jobs and revenue, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday. A report released by the Agriculture ...