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!
It is still winter but you can warm up for a few minutes with me right here on Ranch Raised.
Like many who are weary and toiled I’m not even sure what day it is. It is like we are stuck in the worst version of the move Groundhog Day, ever to be imagined. Every day is the same. Praying or trying to get diesel engines to crank and purr. Worrying about all that could go wrong. Frozen water, frozen pipes, drifts blowing paths and roads back in. Livestock that have wandered to places you really didn’t want them. The list goes on and on. But, I am pretty sure we all go to bed with the same prayer, “Lord, please let tomorrow be a better day.”
It has been a crazy schedule of no school or late starts around here for a week. Believe me, I am completely okay with erring on the side of caution. It has been nice to have all the kids home, although I’m sure they are questioning their parents’ life choices.
They bundle up to do what must be done, feed cattle and livestock. I am in complete sympathy of their ominous feelings. We are all ready for this weather to break and have some reprieve. Our days on the ranch certainly don’t look like anything ever filmed on Yellowstone or the Hallmark channel.
We will just keep forging ahead doing it all together. And let me assure you we are standing beside all of you, too, in solidarity. Please reach out to your elderly neighbors and any neighbors, for that fact, to make sure that everyone is doing alright.
Stay safe, stay warm, and have a great day my friends.
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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