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! Thanks for starting your week with me right here on Ranch Raised.
Springtime on the ranch means an eclectic mix of activities each day. You might start your day looking for new baby calves bundled up like an Eskimo and by midafternoon you are sweating, shedding layers while you muck out the barn, shoe horses, or change a tire.
The mild weather finally allowed one of us to break out here with the girls to go to a cattle show just an hour away from home. They had a great day bringing home a lot of prizes which helps them recharge their little souls and affirm that their hard work is paying off.
The wind died down enough yesterday afternoon for me to finish getting my garden cleaned off, so it is “go time”! I mean planting time. A couple of my girls are excited to poke a lot of potatoes in the ground.
The baby calves are growing. The goat kids are ready to be weaned. Almost all the puppies have found their new homes. My motley crew of 7 cluckers is laying. And all my kids are ready to be out of school for summer.
If that doesn’t all spell spring, I don’t know what does! That means neighborhood brandings are happening all around. Which translates to feeding a very hungry crew. I’m here to help you out. This week I will revisit the Ranch Raised Recipe book and let you know some of my branding day favorite foods! If you miss an episode this week, all my recipes are the Your Ag Network App and website.
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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