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!
We are headed into a doozy of a week, and I am so thankful that you are tuning in today to Ranch Raised!
The Midwest is bracing itself for a hum dinger of a weather pattern and if you are forced to work out in the elements, it will be nothing short of a week of misery.
In case you are wondering what livestock producers are thinking this week, I have compiled a list of general thoughts that most of us have running through our head. We might not say them out loud, but it is definitely a window into our psyche.
“I knew we would pay for having such a nice fall. I just knew it!”
“Maybe the weather man will be wrong, like he was last June when he told us we would be getting all that rain.”
“Could it please just miss us. Please!” “Why did I choose to live here? Why did I choose to own cows? I hate all my choices.”
“Oh look a text from my banker telling me he is thinking about me this week. I’m sure he is and thinking about all the collateral I stand to lose if I don’t bust my tail saving every head.”
“The hay pile is shrinking pretty fast. We will never financially recover.”
“I hope I remembered to plug that tractor in and add the def.”
“Every battery on the place picked a fine time to unalive itself this week!”
“The news I’ve been waiting for! They canceled school. I can hand the ax off to the kids to chop ice. Day made.”
“They tell me I was made for a time such as this. Why wasn’t I made for sitting on a beach, in 90-degree weather, with a fruity drink in my hand? Why couldn’t I be made to be that guy?”
“Only 71 more days to spring.”
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 former 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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