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Intro -- FEED MARKET DYNAMICS AND U.S. LIVESTOCK IMPLICATIONS -- FEED MARKET DYNAMICS AND U.S. LIVESTOCK IMPLICATIONS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: U.S. LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY FEED USE AND AVAILABILITY: BACKGROUND AND EMERGING ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- FEED MARKET DYNAMICS -- Finding the Right Feed Nutrient Balance -- Feed Costs Dominate Livestock and Poultry Production -- Producer Responses to Feed Market Conditions -- CURRENT AND EMERGING ISSUES FOR LIVESTOCK FEEDSTUFFS -- Current Corn Stocks-to-Use Levels Near Historic Low -- Severe Drought Limits Feed Alternatives for Affected Regions -- Ethanol's Growing Share of U.S. Corn Usage -- Ethanol Corn Use Has Cut into Feed Supplies -- U.S. Biofuels Policy Has Created Link Between Prices of Crude Oil and Corn -- International Demand Growth Led by China -- Weak U.S. Dollar Makes Exports Attractive -- Emerging U.S. Crop Land Constraint Puts Focus on Yield Increases -- Declining Feed Demand Responsiveness to High Prices -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- APPENDIX. OVERVIEW OF MAJOR FEEDSTUFFS -- Primary Feedstuff Sources -- Feed Grains-The Main Energy Source -- Corn: The King of Feed Grains -- Sorghum, Barley, and Oats: Declining Importance as Feed Grains -- Feed Wheat: Varies with Quality and Market Conditions -- Protein Meals -- Oilseed Meals -- Animal Meals -- Roughages -- Pasture and Range Flexibility -- Using Feed Grains -- Commercial Feeds -- On-Farm Feeding -- Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) -- Grain Milling Byproducts -- Distillers Grains and Solubles (DGS) -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: ETHANOL CO-PRODUCT USE IN U.S. CATTLE FEEDING: LESSONS LEARNED AND CONSIDERATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ETHANOL, SWEETENER, AND STARCH PRODUCTION PROCESS -- EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION ENHANCE NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

This book examines the first findings from the Home Visiting Program.The Home Visiting Program is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in partnership with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). Congress created the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (Home Visiting Program) to support voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services for at-risk pregnant women and parents with young children up to kindergarten entry. The Home Visiting Program builds upon decades of scientific research showing that home visits by a nurse, social worker, early childhood educator, or other trained professional during pregnancy and in the first years of life improve the lives of children and families by preventing child abuse and neglect, supporting positive parenting, improving maternal and child health, and promoting child development and school readiness. Research also shows that evidence-based home visiting can provide a positive return on investment to society through savings in public expenditures on emergency room visits, child protective services, special education, as well as increased tax revenues from parents' earnings