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!
Thanks for tuning in to Ranch Raised on this last week of 2022!
Christmas on the Jones Ranch was uneventful and perfect. We have too many cows relying on simple life sustaining measures like having their ice chopped to drink and being fed that keeps us home, even on holidays.
After a full morning of chores, my girls shined like the true young ranch women they are, slipping off their heavy winter layers to help me in the kitchen to get lunch on. My mother-in-law came out to enjoy the day with us and brought a surprise. She brought her family’s antique Chinese checker board. We are a game loving family but I sheepishly admit that we have never played Chinese checkers and now I’m on the hunt for a board of our own. What a fun game!
Now we all watch the thermometer in anticipation of that rising mercury. We have been promised some warmer days this week by the weather man and we are all ready for that warmth. While we are not kidding goats yet, the girls are staying busy with plenty of chores of their own including a few head of their show cattle in the barn.
While everyone is on Christmas break from both homeschool and public school, they want a big breakfast. So, I will be sharing some of our favorites this week on Ranch Raised! If you miss an episode, you can catch it on the Your Ag Network App and website and of course the recipes are posted there too!
Stay warm, stay safe, and have a great day!
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.
karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
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