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 to Ranch Raised on this 2023 edition of President’s Day.
For most of us it may have been a minute since we learned what this day was about. George Washington’s Birthday was the first Federal holiday to honor an individual’s birth date. In 1885, Congress designated February 22 as a holiday for all Federal workers. Nearly a century later, in 1971, the Uniform Monday Holiday Law changed the date to the third Monday in February. The position of the holiday between the birthdays of Washington and Abraham Lincoln gave rise to the popular name of Presidents Day. So, there you have it folks, a little history lesson as to why the Post Office and government offices are closed today.
We are smack in the middle of National 4-H month! We spent our evening last night at none other than a 4-H meeting! It makes my heart burst to see us welcoming so many fresh and shiny little faces to 4-H. Our older members are doing a great job using each monthly meeting to either do a project showcase where they teach about different project areas like they did last night or an activity. Like next month they will be stuffing candy into plastic Easter Eggs for our community Easter Egg hunt. This is also a great reminder to send out your thank you notes in appreciation to your extension staff, 4-H councils, fair boards, and leaders for all of their time and energy they pour into our youth!
And now, we are just stepping into National FFA Week! Tune in this week as I drop some facts about this iconic organization that has helped build skills, confidence, and dreams into young kids across America! I have so much to talk about this week, you won’t want to miss. But if you do, you can catch it all on the Your Ag Network app or website!
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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