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!
Happy Monday to all of you listening from the seat of your pickup, tractor, in your office or home!
My good buddy Monte James hit on a personal matter for me, today, on the Hot Barn Report! If you care about small town America, I encourage you to check it on the Your Ag Network App or website.
He is just as passionate as I am about saving small towns and privately owned businesses. This country was built on an entrepreneurial spirit and a breed of people who masterfully filled the towns they settled in with businesses that provided goods and services that the area was in need of.
There was a common sense of community duty to support your local businesses. The people who owned them had roots deep in to the community that touched everyone else on a personal level. You went to church with the family that owned the grocery store. Your kids attended the same school as the kids the family that owned the local car dealership. Your second cousin owned the shoe store.
And these family-owned businesses, in turn have always been the ones to invest heavily in their communities. Need awards for the 4-H and FFA kids, go ask the feed store. Need someone to cut you a deal on hot dogs for the school concession stand, go ask the locally owned grocery store. Need the jerseys sponsored for the little league kids, go ask businesses around the town square.
I’ve got a lot more to say about this subject so stick with me here on Ranch Raised this week!
HOT BARN REPORT: Shop Small, Shop Local, Support Rural America
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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