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Growers Edge offers sophisticated web-based marketing tools

Drake University graduate Craig Mouchka is president of growers-edge.com, which offers web-based marketing tools to farmers. "There is a lot of information out there, and the purpose of growers-edge.com is to help farmers make sense of it all," said Mouchka. "Farmers need timely and relevant market, weather and profitability information from a source they can trust."

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Prediction tools gauge college admissions chances

An increasing number of free Internet services claim to help students predict their chances of getting into their favorite colleges and Universities. Tom Delahunt, vice president of admission and financial aid, says a physical visit to campus and meeting with faculty is the best way to decide where to apply.

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Conservation a concern as fewer farm owners manage land

The Sustainable Agricultural Land Stewardship project by Drake University's Agricultural Law Center and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University seeks to answer: With tenant farming on the rise, what happens to conservation efforts on those agricultural properties?

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Politics Day on The Exchange

Dennis Goldford, political science professor at Drake University, appeared on Iowa Public Radio's "The Exchange" to discuss the political implications of a withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Back to Basics: Adult literacy center

Michael Woods is learning to read thanks to Drake University's Adult Literacy Program and his volunteer tutor Bill Barnes. "It's just hard to say how thankful I am," Woods says. "My biggest goal right now is when I finish the program to teach somebody else."

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Nursing home chain fighting tax battles

Jonathan Rosenbloom, a Drake University law professor, offers analysis of nursing homes' status as a hybrid of commercial and residential structures. "Residential property owners traditionally have been given a tax break because government wants to encourage individual homeownership," he said. "If a nursing-home chain owns dozens of homes that serve thousands of people, that may not fit the intent of the residential rollback."