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Dedication ceremonies are scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 1:30 p.m. for the BioCentury Research Farm.
Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge will be among the featured speakers at the event, which will provide an in-depth look at the first-in-the-nation integrated research and demonstration facility dedicated to biomass production and processing. Biomass includes both lignocellulosic crops and grain.
The BioCentury Research Farm provides researchers with the opportunity to integrate harvesting, transportation, storage, and processing. The farm will also offer facilities for outreach programming and industry collaboration.
The lead gifts for the project, which has also received State of Iowa and federal government funding, have been provided by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., and Rockwell Automation.
Additional funding was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Iowa Department of Economic Development, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service.
The facility is located 10 miles west of Ames on the existing Agronomy and Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Research Farm.
Dedication ceremonies for the new BioCentury Research Farm will be held Tuesday, Sept. 22.
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King Pavilion Dedication
Steve King (center) and Iowa State University President Gregory L. Geoffroy (right center) do the honors at the ribbon cutting for the new King Pavilion in the College of Design.
College of Design Dean Luis Rico-Guiterrez and student Emily Tarbox present Steve King with a photo of the King Pavilion created from various images of the facility's construction phases.
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