Ranch Raised

Ranch Raised – Episode 3

My grandma always had a garden, more modest in size than her own mothers and a beautiful strawberry patch, if you asked me back then I could have sworn that we put up more sweet corn than anyone in the county and she had probably thee best garlic dill pickle recipe! [READ MORE…]

Ranch Raised

Ranch Raised – Episode 2

I want to give you a little glimpse into the rear view mirror of Karina Jones so you can see why I am so passionate about this way of life. I grew up with a great grandma that was tough as nails even though she couldn’t have weighed 100 pounds. Visiting her humble ranch home was truly a walk back in time. [READ MORE…]

Hot Barn Report

HOT BARN REPORT: R-Calf USA Friday with Karina Jones

It has taken me a lot of chocolate to get through this week, which means I have a lot to recap for you!
First of all, Texas A&M submitted a book, literally a book to the House Ag Committee last week that was entered in to testimony for the hearing on the state of the livestock industry. It literally denounced all the reforms that cattle producers like you and I are working for because after all, sitting behind a desk with their keyboard, they apparently know the woes of you and I’s business better than we do. [READ MORE…]

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HOT BARN REPORT with Karina Jones – Special Monday Edition

So I pose the question to NCBA, if during the midst of the market crisis isn’t the time to make changes, then when is? When we are all out of business? Do we make changes after the next generation never has a chance to enter the industry? The conversations with those women in SD are still fresh in my mind and on my heart. This generation is working for a break even right now, in a good year. The next generation doesn’t even have a chance to enter let alone be able to raise a family. Yet, NCBA says just leave the market alone. Let it swallow us all. [READ MORE…]

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HOT BARN REPORT: R-Calf USA Friday with Karina Jones

The truth is nothing is turning in the fat cattle market. It is stagnant and it stinks! Can I tell you about completely intentional consequences of doing nothing about this situation, fewer buyers in the barns! Yep, across the corn belt there will be some feed wagons that collect dust, if they don’t get sold on a farm sale this fall. When there is no cash market for independent feeders to sell in to, vertical integration continues to bleed out the very men and women who have no more equity to bleed. And thus, less players in a system trying to force us to vertically integrate. [READ MORE…]