Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – Safety FIRST, Everyday!

September 30, 2026 Karina Jones Featured, Ranch Raised 0

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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!

Make every day farm & ranch safety day! Thanks for joining me today on Ranch Raised.

There are a few issues that I use this platform to build awareness for. I apologize because last week was Farm Safety & Health Week and it completely slipped by my radar. With the recent tragedies in farm and ranch country it got me thinking, we really need to remind each other that attention to farm and ranch safety needs to be a top priority everyday of the year. 

Despite having a minute sliver of the population involved in production agriculture, the 2022 data for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the agricultural sector is still the most dangerous in America with 417 fatalities. Fall harvest time can be one of the busiest and most dangerous seasons of the year for the agriculture industry. Working around machinery that has an infinite amount of working parts like power take off shafts, augers, and gears grinding at every turn. Not to mention, increased harvest traffic on roads brings a lot more risk to farm machinery related accidents.

Those of us involved in ranching are not immune to accidents. Cows and livestock have mind of their own and sometimes we are not on the same page. Ranchers deal with traversing land that can be unpredictable and dangerous when maneuvering ATVs and UTVs. And of course being horseback doesn’t make us any less susceptible to danger.

All this to say that while we are all in the thick up of it during this active fall season. Please, slow down and think. Please, be safe. Please, take care of one another and most importantly yourself when you are out there doing this work. 

karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones


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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.