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!
Thanks for hanging out with me on this marvelous Monday, right here on Ranch Raised.
We have had a long weekend, long weekend here at the Jones Ranch. My middle two that still attend public school have been off for spring break since Wednesday and they even get today off to spend one more day at home. And if you have been hanging around Ranch Raised for a very long time, you know that having all my kids home is a glorious time for me.
We caught some moisture in the form of wet snow at the end of last week. It was a welcome sight to finally give these thirsty hills a little drink. The temps didn’t keep the snow around long and we are mostly melted off and back to a red flag warning this afternoon.
The time with all the kids at home has been made infinitely better because of the beautiful weather we have been blessed with the last few days. Our days start with a big breakfast with eggs laid by the chickens right down in the barn and sausage raised by one of my daughters FFA peers. Baby boy is not even 18 months old and he can put on his own boots and stomp around the house until we head out to do chores.
This weather is spoiling us and making our minds wander to places that it shouldn’t quite yet. My youngest daughter just asked me yesterday if we could plant potatoes yet. Yikes, not quite yet!
So that is a quick catch up on what’s been happening around here.
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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