Regional Assets

• Agricultural products provide the primary inputs for biotechnology in Northwest Iowa. The availability of resources such as cattle, hogs, pigs, sheep, poultry and grains provide a competitive edge to biotechnology companies located in the region.

Who’s Here

• ADM Alliance Nutrition
  www.admani.com
• Advance Brands
  www.advancebrands.com
• American Natural Soy
• BIOwa Naturaceuticals
• Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
  www.bi-vetmedica.com
• Little Sioux Corn Processors
  www.littlesiouxcornprocessors.com
• Midwest Energy Flakes
• Novartis Animal Health (Grand Laboratories)
  www.livestock.novartis.com
• Sioux Biochemical
  www.siouxbiochemical.com
• Sioux Pharm
  www.siouxpharm.com
• Trans Ova
  www.transova.com

Business Resources

Higher Education – Northwest Iowa Community College, Western Iowa Technical Community College, Dordt College and Northwestern College located in Northwest Iowa offer a selection of programs that support the Biotechnology cluster:

• Agri-food technology
• Animal science
• Dairy science
• Agriculture
• Agri-business
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Plant science