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 mid week, but I don’t think my mind is in the middle, at all. Thanks for joining me today for Ranch Raised.
Typically, this is the week of the year where I am hyping up anyone who will listen about the amazingness of agriculture, because this is National Ag Week. This is one of the weeks I live for! Using my little ole platform to celebrate America’s fuel, food, and fiber producers! But, this time around, I just can’t get the thoughts to form, like usual years.
My phone calls this week revolve around finding fencing supplies and hay for those affected by the wildfires in Nebraska or directing monetary donations to vetted sources where the money will stay local. My soul is heavy, so heavy for the very people who are cut from the same cloth as I am. We are a pretty simple kind of people out here in the Sandhills. We don’t ask for much and we don’t take much. But, right now, those very people need a lot. They need a lot of hay and fencing supplies. They need an extra hand to rebuild. As if calving season during a normal year isn’t stressful and taxing enough, the health and reproduction implications to cattle in the wildfire areas will be felt by those producers for years! The stress in those areas is compounding to both 2 and 4 legged beings.
So National Ag Week just feels different this year. So, please stand with Nebraska and our cattle industry. We need you now, more than ever and that is saying a lot for a bunch that doesn’t ever ask for much.
karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
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