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!
What happens when you weren’t planning on this season? Thanks for joining me today on Ranch Raised.
As I keep pondering on this theme of seasons, I realize that our life ranching is completely metaphorical to a bigger picture. There are so many things that happen on the ranch that are completely unexpected and can not be planned for. Que the PTSD that we still deal with from the Bomb Cyclone, 4 years ago. Who could prepare for that? But there we were, dealt a completely hard season.
I am in a season in my life that I in no way knew I was going to go through or need to be prepared for. Having an infant when you are on the other side of 40 is a season in itself that I was not planning on. Homeschooling our oldest daughter, and possibly more of our kids was not a season that I written on my calendar 15 years ago.
In ranching you learn that every blizzard blows over and every storm passes. Seasons swirl, some easy and others will challenge you. If you are still hanging with me, I can tell you that all of us are scoring 100% on getting through our toughest seasons.
Some seasons are about harvest and some are about growth. Some seasons are about abundance and some are about hardship. And that my friends is the ribbon of life whether you are involved in agriculture or not, whether you have a garden or not.
Seasons will come and go. If winters weren’t so hard, we wouldn’t look so forward to spring!
Have a great day all my friends!
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 4 children 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, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and 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 Jones 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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