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!
A parade, mulberries, and birthday candles that sums up our weekend! Thanks for starting your week with me here on Ranch Raised.
It was a typical summer weekend in rural America. We hit up our local town festival’s parade which was great. It doesn’t matter if you are 5 years old or 85 years old, a parade is enjoyed by all, young and old. My kids snagged a summer’s worth of sugar to keep them going.
The only summer treat sweeter than candy from a parade is ripe mulberries right on the ranch. Our timely moisture has blessed us with big plump mulberries dotted all throughout our ranch. I know that when my kids are old, one of their core memories every summer will be picking mulberries. Some years the picking is rather slim but this year they are plentiful.
We picked a big bowl full this weekend and brought them back to the kitchen to try in a new recipe we modified. The result was delicious! Mulberry Cheesecake cookies!
We also celebrated my daughter’s 8th birthday with all of the typical fanfare and an ice cream cake!
Come back tomorrow and I will share the recipe. In the meantime, you can check out all my recipes in the Ranch Raised Recipe book on the Your Ag Network App or website! While you are there check out the markets and other ag news! It’s your one stop shop for all you need in the ag world.
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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