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!
Welcome back to Ranch Raised!
Last week I gave some very appropriate attention to National Farm Safety and Health week, so I think it is time to give you some Jones Ranch updates.
As my loyal listeners, I feel like you became invested in our little broody hen, Penelope. Oye Vey, what a learning experience! The truth is, despite our best efforts, we ended up with zero live chicks. It was like Penelope was so broody that she suffocated the first couple that hatched.
So naturally we, as the uneducated problem solvers we are, we evicted Penelope from the nest and made her go back to the barn with the rest of the Motley Cluckers. But then the eggs needed a heat source. With another few chicks pipping through the egg shells, our neighbor offered the use of her incubator to finish off the job. The only problem was, we had put a heat lamp above the eggs, while we went to fetch the incubator. Apparently, this was a fatal mistake. Because when we returned a short time later there was no pipping. Only some dried-out chicks and eggs that apparently baked due to our inexperience.
And this is truly life on the ranch! Every day is a learning experience. My husband learned he never wants to do this again and gave us his blessing to buy chicks or pullets from the farm store. My oldest daughter says she learned that she wants to hatch eggs in the incubator in the future.
So, we will chalk it up to a learning experience and one that we will never forget. Come back tomorrow. I have more Jones Ranch updates.
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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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