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!
Wild times! Thanks for joining me today on Ranch Raised!
If you have been anywhere close to a point of sale for cattle recently, you will know that there is some energy and excitement around this current cattle market. It seems like daily, new records are being set at sale barns around the country in both the feeder calf sector and the fat cattle markets! Which is great to see the proverbial scales balanced or even tipped a little into the producers pockets. Because prior to this market run, was a run up on input costs like rural America has not seen in decades!
I love seeing the grins from ear to ear on the faces of consignors! I know those emotions and believe it or not, there are no big dreams of going on Caribbean vacations or ordering custom Range Rovers or Tesla trucks! No, those are the grins of men and women who are dreaming of getting the belts on the baler replaced, replacing some aging bulls with fresher stock, filling the feed shed with salt and mineral and paying for it up front, and maybe even bigger dreams of upgrading the rake tractor for the wife who has never had air conditioning in the hay field.
I salute the men and women who are cutting a lick in this cattle market! May we all treat ourselves to a little splurge like a new pair of boots, hey my husband finally bought me that ew chore coat this fall! May we remember these times, while holding on to the hope that they can continue for a few more years so we can strengthen the balance sheet of rural America!
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.
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.
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