6 NEBRASKA CATTLEMAN April/May 2024 THE ONLY PUBLICATION DEDICATED TO THE NEBRASKA CATTLE INDUSTRY. NEBRASKA CATTLEMAN April/May 2024 Vol. 80 | Issue 4 REGULARS Insights ........................................8 Ruminations .............................10 MARC .........................................48 Consider This ...........................50 NC Foundation .........................50 NC Dispatch ..............................54 NC Partners ..............................56 Boots on the Ground ...............58 Advertiser Index ......................59 Sale & Event Calendar ............62 FEATURES PRODUCTION Be Prepared!.......................................................................................14 A look at how to manage heat stress in feedlots. Navigating TN and H-2A Visa Programs.......................................20 Recommendations for producers looking to recruit foreign workers. Methane Emission Management.....................................................34 Experts share updates on innovations in methane emissions, including methane digestors. PEOPLE It’s All in the Details...........................................................................44 Greg Wolfe receives 2024 Arturo Armendariz Distinguished Service Award. PAST Boomtown...........................................................................................24 How the Union Stockyards of Omaha changed the beef business forever. SPECIAL TO THIS ISSUE 2024 Nebraska Cattlemen Midyear Meeting.................................42 Manuscripts and advertisements are welcome. Nebraska Cattlemen reserves the right to edit and refuse advertisements. Readers are welcome to submit letters to the editor. Full name and address of writer must accompany all letters. Letters are accepted with the understanding that they may be condensed to fit the magazine format and edited for accuracy and clarity. Letters contain the opinion of the writer and not that of the Nebraska Cattlemen. You can get Nebraska Cattleman via email. Receive each issue even before the Post Office ships the printed edition. Just send an email to us at NCmag@necattlemen.org and put “Email NC Magazine” in the subject line. We assure you we will not share your email address with anyone! ON THE COVER: Feeder cattle line up at the bunk at Star Cattle Company on a beautiful day near Hershey. Photo by Avery Clark.
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