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 a fresh start to a new week, right here on Ranch Raised!
The world just keeps turning here at the Jones Ranch. The baby goats are growing which means a whole lot of jumping and playing. I seriously think that goats should be designated as emotional support animals. You just can’t have a bad day when you are around a barnful of baby goats.
The new litter of Border Collie puppies are 2 weeks old. We are just starting to see little eyes opening. In true momma fashion, I look at them like I look at any baby of mine and say, “Gosh, they grow up so fast!”
As you can imagine our kids are over the moon with all of this baby animal buzz going on. With every twinkle in their eye as they are snuggling a puppy or coming in from the barn with so many stories, I pinch myself and say, “it just can’t get any better than this!”
We are counting down the days until heifers kick into full calving gear. It is a bit of anxiety rolled with excitement and a whole lot of prayer. Mother nature holds so much of our future in the palm of her hand. Please, Lord, be kind to those of us working so hard to feed our neighbors.
So, we are all leaning into this new week together, putting one foot in front of the other to make our country a better place for ourselves, our families, and our neighbors! 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.
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