Can paper be miraculous? Can paper get wet and not fall apart? Paper made by a Tacoma, Washington-based company with experience in the logging industry can. That company, Rite in the Rain, is now bringing its unique paper to the dairy industry. Judy Wolford was one of the first to purchase and use the new paper for her dairy. She found it after a friend told her to look for the special paper at World Dairy Expo in 2010.

Funded by the beef checkoff’s Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program, participation in the Online Master Cattle Transporter program is one way for transporters to show their customers that they take every step possible to keep their cattle healthy and as safe as possible. Melissa Slagle of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board outlines the premise behind this new program. What is the web address? SLAGLE: www.animalcaretraining.org