Editor’s note: The following information was provided by Howard and Mary Jo Straub during their presentation, “Grazing and robots: Do they mix?” at the North-Central Ohio Grazing Conference Jan. 26-27, 2012 in Dalton, Ohio. Howard and Mary Jo Straub of Saint Johns, Michigan, began dairying in 1972 with 26 cows. As they grew their family and the herd over the years, they discovered that grazing was the management style that worked best for them. In 2000, the couple, along with daughter Terri Hawbaker, converted their then double-four herringbone parlor to a double-11 swing parlor to accommodate the now-rotational grazing herd of 100.

reflect the quality content that Progressive Dairyman provides to its readers, both on www.progressivedairy.com and in print. Many of those Top 25 articles were online-exclusive and had a video component not available in our print publication. Progressive Dairyman wanted to recognize some of the cutting-edge topics and ideas presented in the print magazine over the past year. Each editor selected 8-10 articles they thought that Progressive Dairyman readers should have read. Out of those selections, here were the winners (in order that they appeared in the publication): Scroll down or to see comments from each editor about their selections. Click an article title to open that article in a new window.