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!
What a weekend! Who is ready for a new week?!?! Thanks for starting your week with me right here on Ranch Raised.
My feet have hardly hit the ground since last Thursday, but maybe someday soon I will catch up on this wild ride and my laundry. I have had some time to reflect on some great impressions left on my heart by being immersed in the Nebraska State FFA Convention.
With over 7000 blue jackets around me, I saw some pretty great character traits! I saw extreme camaraderie. Camaraderie is a feeling of trust and friendship among a group of people who have usually known each other for a long time or gone through some kind of experience together. There is an old adage, “show me your friends and I will show you your future.” Or as my grandpa used to say, “Birds of the feather flock together. you never see eagles soaring with turkeys.” So if you look around and your friends are a bunch of turkeys, then you are not an eagle right now.
I watched kids supporting their peers in victory and defeat. I heard of kids setting new goals and talking through their immediate strategies to make them reality. I saw passion on exhibit with a spotlight. So much passion you could feel it.
One of the truths about life is that every day is a new day. A new opportunity to strike out on a new path, set a new goal, or adjust your sails to reaching those goals. And if you feel like this topic is too overwhelming or can’t seem to get that clarity, I encourage you to find a group of FFA students, because they really got it going on!
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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