Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – The conception of public ag education!
In 1905, Henry Wallace wrote, “We need to abandon the cut and dried formula of a period when a man was ‘educated’ only when he knew Greek and Latin.”
Articles by Karina Jones
Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – Welcome to National FFA Week!
The agriculture industry is hungry to bring our youth alongside and to help develop their skills in hopes of them having a long-term future adding value to our industry. Their minds are young and bright. If you have an interest in working alongside our ag youth, reach out to your local FFA chapter and create a relationship!
So let’s just sign off today saying stay safe, stay healthy, drink your water, wash your hands, and cover your mouth when you cough and sneeze. Okay, that should cover it!
Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – Still trying to bounce back!
So thank you to all those medical personnel who are waging the cold, influenza and strep battles, on top of the other emergencies and medical situations, in your communities!
So let’s just sign off today saying stay safe, stay healthy, drink your water, wash your hands, and cover your mouth when you cough and sneeze. Okay, that should cover it!
Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – Cold & Flu Season!
I know we are all doing the best we can to keep our families and communities healthy. Thank you to the medical personnel who are walking alongside their communities during cold and flu season.
So let’s just sign off today saying stay safe, stay healthy, drink your water, wash your hands, and cover your mouth when you cough and sneeze. Okay, that should cover it!
Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – Protecting food security is up to all of us!
Please reach out to a local farmer or rancher and ask them who to call and what to say. If you value food security, consumers will have to band together with farmers and ranchers to protect it.
Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – What those charts don’t show!
So the adage goes, “when the cattle leave the land, the people leave the land.” I think that can be seen driving down any country road in the Midwest. Homesteads that have been abandoned mark legacies gone. Continued complete dispersions of cowherds are the hallmark of producers retiring or operations choosing to cash in while the market can return some favors.
Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – Less cows effects you and I, both!
Because although you may not walk in my boots raising cattle and I may not walk in your shoes buying beef in a grocery store, believe it or not, we are both affected by the shrinking US cattle inventory in more ways than maybe you’ve ever considered.
From Washington with Karina Jones – USDA Livestock Inventory Reports
First, an inventory of 87.2 million is the smallest cattle inventory number going back to 1951. Of that Beef cows, at 28.2 million head, were down 2% from a year ago. Beef replacement heifers, at 4.86 million head, were down 1% from a year ago.
The 2023 calf crop, at 33.593 million, is the smallest calf crop on record.
Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – Let’s spread kindness!
Kindness and appreciation don’t have to cost a dime, but they are worth more than gold! So let’s find ways this month to spread cheer and kindness around you and make it a family affair!
Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – Goodbye King January!
I feel like I have been trying to boost community moral all month, reminding us all that in solidarity, “We Can Do It!” We can make it through the longest month of winter. And now we have come out on the other side like Greek style Olympians returning home from competition, bruised and battered.