Matt Bruns, originally of North Platte, is a recipient of the first-ever Livestock Marketeers Scholarship.
Bruns received the inaugural $1,500 Livestock Marketeers Scholarship during the 2024 VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Livestock Marketeers is an organization of livestock marketing professionals. The organization awarded two scholarships this summer to college-age students interested in pursuing a career in the livestock marketing industry. This was the first year Livestock Marketeers offered scholarships, which were coordinated by the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA).
Bruns is a junior at Kansas State University, where he is studying animal sciences and industry and agricultural business.
He is a nine-year member of the Nebraska Junior Hereford Association and National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA). He was elected to the NJHA board of directors at the 2024 JNHE.
After college, Bruns intends to pursue a career in livestock marketing and hopes to be an auctioneer. He also plans to continue raising cattle with his family while building his own cow herd.
The other scholarship recipient was Tucker Rohrig from Orient, Iowa.
