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!
Wow! Yesterday’s episode of Ranch Raised about kids and community service got a lot of attention on social media. If you missed it, you can catch it on the Your Ag Network app or website or on the Ranch Raised FB page.
School is out today for a snow day! Whoohoo! This momma doesn’t mind one bit. Any excuse to have all my chicks in the nest is fine by me. The girls whipped up some cinnamon rolls this morning which paired nicely with my coffee. I had a long night with baby with a tummy ache, so I didn’t complain one bit about their choice of breakfast plans.
They all bundled up this morning to head out to do what has to be done, feed cattle and livestock, of course. The snow fell pretty much straight down and accumulated quickly. It looked like a scene from a snow globe or a Hallmark movie. Only in those Hallmark movies they don’t wear Muck boots or have to bucket water to goats or have to open gates for their dad and stand there with the weather pouring down on them. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen any of this type of scene play out on that show Yellowstone, which is pretty ironic for a ranch that is set in the middle of Montana.
Oh well, just another day doing what we do and doing it all together. They have been working on some projects in the barn as we have some does that should start kidding next week. I’m sure there will be some sledding and probably a snowball fight which will just end in a fight. Then it will be time to do it all again and feed another round later this afternoon.
I am stocked up on hot cocoa and they will work on more of these Valentines Day cards when they come in to warm up. So, we will make good use of a good snow day!
Take care, stay warm, and stay safe out there!
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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