Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
It’s the mooooost wonderful time of the year! Welcome back to this Monday edition of Ranch Raised!
I see the best of rural America every day, but it is right now during the holiday season where small town America shines the brightest! The people of our small towns truly extend themselves in effort and time to creating magic and spirit at every turn, if you look for it!
Little towns sparkle at night because extra effort has been taken to hang decorations on every street light. Town squares across the land are lit up like, well you know, a Christmas tree.
I am so thankful to our local volunteer fire department who hosted Santa Clause for all of the area little ones this weekend. Then I got to go down our mainstreet which boasts just one, but a great one clothing boutique to pick out some handsome cowboy shirts for my husband. You know, the long sleeve button down shirts that cowboys wear every day.
Our weekend was capped up with our 4-H club soup supper where the kids packed special holiday meal treats that will go in to our school’s backpack food program.
There is no doubt, most people only witness the goodness of small-town America on the Hallmark channel. How lucky are we that we get to LIVE it! Let’s be thankful for that blessing and make sure to express it to those that are giving of their time and energy to make this world a better place in your little town! Come back tomorrow to Ranch Raised!
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Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 3 daughters near Broken Bow, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her current role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
You can hear her almost every Friday on Your Ag Network’s Hot Barn Report that is broadcast on 60 radio stations with coverage in 9 states, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and highlights R-CALF’s work on industry reforms. Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
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