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!
I think a celebration is in order! Welcome to this Tuesday edition of Ranch Raised.
My grandpa always said that life is so uncertain one should always eat your dessert first. Today would be a great day to put that theory into practice and celebrate National Pie Day!
While there’s supposedly nothing as American as apple pie, the popular pie has some competition.
In a recent poll by The National Day Calendar, apple pie did get 37% of votes, higher than pecan pie (16%), cherry pie (14%), blueberry pie (9%), and other (24%, with chocolate the dominant other choice). But cream pie earned the top spot in a ranking of favorite pies by sports and betting site Betway Insider, which analyzed Google Trends online searches from March 2022 to March 2023.
But, really, have you ever found a piece of pie that you didn’t like? This morning when I told my husband that it was National Pie Day and I was going to talk about it on Ranch Raised, he quickly responded that if I told our loyal listeners that I was going to celebrate this holiday then he was holding me to and I owed him a pie or he was going to claim “false advertising”. His favorite is pecan pie, but I do have some apples that need used up! I think there is still some frozen rhubarb in the freezer. There are canned cherries and peaches in my canning pantry. Oh my, what should I do? First step, I better get my dough for the crust together and chill it in the refrigerator while I decide.
Help me decide! What is your favorite kind of pie? Leave me your response on the Ranch Raised FB page!
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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