The BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) is the first-in-the-nation integrated research and demonstration facility dedicated to biomass production and processing. It is located seven miles west of the Iowa State University campus on U.S. Highway 30. The BCRF offers opportunities for large pilot and pre-commercial scale research in biomass feedstock production, harvest, transport, storage, preparation, processing and laboratory testing. Field plots for crop production trials, field equipment modification and testing facilities, biomass storage facilities and biomass conversion facilities are available for internal and external users.

The biomass processing facility houses three 2,700-square-foot pilot plant processing trains which house biochemical thermochemical processing systems, four laboratories totaling 2,100 square feet, and over 1,400 square feet of office space. The BCRF also has 4,200 square feet of dry biomass feedstock storage and 420 square feet of cold storage.