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!
Let’s fill this month with gratitude and thankfulness. I will get started today, right here on Ranch Raised.
Today I am filled with gratitude for those organizations and mentors that pour into the lives of young people in agriculture. Right now, the 96th Annual National FFA Convention is taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana. Thousands of youth wearing that iconic dark blue corduroy jacket have descended on this city in the eastern side of the corn belt to be among the cream of the crop within their organization.
Many will be competing at the highest level of competition. All will be able to network with colleges and agriculture-based companies looking to tap into the brightest prospective talent in this field. There will be incredible opportunities for these kids to sit at the feet of leadership, communication, and industry professionals who are there to teach and pour into these kids. Inspiration will happen. Dreams will be sparked, and minds expanded.
And I am excited to say that my oldest daughter is right in the middle of it all, her maiden voyage to the National FFA Convention with her Nebraska Ag Academy, one of the first homeschool ag and FFA programs in the nation!
Today I thank all of the advisors, chaperones, sponsors, FFA staff, and volunteers that are investing in these kids and ultimately the future of agriculture! Kids soak it all in! Safe travels to all involved! There are some very excited parents awaiting back home to hear every detail! Okay, me, I am the very excited parent.
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.
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