Pinpoint™ +300 Days of Grazing. No Bull. Managing Feed Demand and Supply
Lower your Feed Costs
No matter which cool season or warm season
Feed grazed directly by animals will always
perennial grass base is used, forage does not
be less expensive than conserved forage. In
grow uniformly throughout the year.
addition, grazing animals recycle nutrients onto the pasture instead of concentrating
Livestock producers have to manage feed
them in areas where conserved forages are
demand and feed supply, no matter what class
fed. Pinpoint products, along with other
of livestock or level of grazing management.
management changes, will allow growers to
The best grazers pay very close attention to
reduce their hay-feeding season regardless of
minimizing periods of feed deficit or surplus.
where they’re located.
Production records regularly indicate that
Pinpoint products, as part of an improved
winter feed costs are the single largest
management plan, can help you optimize
expense, and keeping feeding costs low is key
the utilization of grazed forages and reduce
to a profitable operation.
dependency on supplemental feed, fuel, and other inputs.
The Pinpoint family of products can provide
Legumes should be part of every improved
a solution for timely forage needs. Even with
pasture management plan. Our red, white,
ideal pasture and livestock management,
and berseem clovers and alfalfas improve
periods of feed deficit still exist. Base forages
seasonal forage production, increase total
have distinct growth curves that cannot meet
dry matter yield and quality, lower costs via
the feed demand of grazing animals during
biological nitrogen fixation, and improve
every season of the year. Managers can plan
income via increased animal performance.
for seasonal forage deficits. Pinpoint products can help fill these deficits. Monthly Savings Compared to Hay
With proper implementation, our Pinpoint Forage Delivery System is able to reduce your yearly feed costs and save you as much as $48.60 per cow or more! Hay Daily Consumption
$
24 lbs
.54-$ 1.89
$
16.20 - 56.70
$
$ $
.01
$
24 lbs
Cost/Day/Cow Cost/Month/Cow
Pinpoint Forage
.02- .07
Cost/pound
$
$
0.27 8.10
“Hay is costing me 3 cents a pound to produce and I have to haul it to the cattle. Brassicas are costing me less than a cent to plant and the cattle harvest it. I can’t afford not to plant it!” Dustin Cross - Demonstration Cooperator Columbia Country, AR
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Pinpoint™ Cool Season Pinpoint SoluThe cool season region relies on cool season
Barkant turnips can be sown in late summer to
grasses as its base. Growers should establish
fill the forage gap when cool season grasses
the best adapted improved varieties of soft
shut down due to low temperatures in early
leaf fescue, winter hardy perennial ryegrass,
winter. Barkant turnips produce a large tankard
or late mature orchard grass. Pinpoint
bulb and stores well for late fall and winter
products deliver additional forage during the
grazing. T-raptor hybrid brassica forms a smaller
summer, fall, or early winter shortages.
bulb but provides multiple grazings from the above ground foliage in late fall.
Cool season grass growth can slow down under high summer temperatures and lead to shortages. Warm season grasses such as Moxie™ teff or Mojo™ crab grass can be sown in late spring to prepare for these shortfalls.
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Moxie,™ Mojo™ Barkant,™ T-Raptor,™ & Barsica™
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High energy forage such as Barsica™ rape or T-Raptor™ hybrid rape can be sown to fill gaps
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Transition Zone Pinpoint Solutions The transition zone is where the summers
Barkant turnips produce a large tankard
are too hot and humid for most cool season
bulb, 75% of it is below ground and stores
grasses, and winters too cold for warm season
well for late fall and winter grazing. T-raptor
grasses, BarOptima PLUS E34 is the safe,
hybrid rape forms a smaller bulb for winter
sustainable, and profitable grass base choice.
but provides multiple grazing from the above
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Warm season grasses such as Moxie™ teff
ground foliage earlier in the fall. BarOptima® PLUS E34®
grass or Mojo™ crabgrass can be sown in late spring to prepare for the summer cool season
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Green Spirit®
grass growth shortfall. High energy forage such as Barsica™ rape or T-Raptor™ hybrid rape can also be sown to fill the gaps from summer slump in cool season grass growth.
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Barkant™ turnips can be sown in late summer to fill the forage gap when cool season grasses shut down due to low temperatures in late fall.
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Pinpoint™ Warm Season Pinpoint Solutions Warm season grasses such as Moxie™ teff
Barkant™ turnips can be sown in late summer
grass or Mojo™ crabgrass can be sown in the
or early fall to provide forage for the
early spring to allow for extra grazing in the
transition period between Bermudagrass to
summer months.
annual ryegrass in late fall to early winter.
For regions where Bermudagrass greens up
Leafy brassica forages such as Barsica™ and
earlier in the spring, Ribeye, an early-maturing
T-Raptor™ can be sown in mixtures with annual
Diploid annual ryegrass can be planted as it
ryegrass into disked Bermudagrass sods. Ribeye, Jumbo, Maximus, & Hercules
does not compete with the Bermudagrass growing period. It is highly winter active for regions where all winter long grazing is
Mojo™ & Moxie™
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Barkant,™ Barsica,™ & T-Raptor™
needed. Ribeye can be overseeded in late fall into Bermudagrass pastures.
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For regions where Bermudagrass takes longer to green up into early summer, Jumbo,™
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Maximus,™ & Hercules™ mid-to-late-maturing Tetraploid ryegrasses can be overseeded into Bermudagrass pastures.
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