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!
In communities across the land, it is summer celebration season! Welcome back to Ranch Raised!
Listening to the radio as you are driving along checking cows or knocking down hay or opening up any newspaper, it is right in front of you, we are in the middle of what makes rural America great, celebrating community!
This looks to be another busy weekend of community celebrations, so I wanted to take a moment to encourage us all to shut down the tractor, load up the kids, and take a few hours to head into town to fellowship with your neighbors.
I am guilty of missing our town celebration the last few years, as our kids have had other activities that have taken us in different directions. But this year we are hoping to hit a few town celebrations in our new northern Nebraska area. I want to take a little time to show my kids what this area is all about.
The volunteers that pour their time and effort into planning and executing these events, don’t do it for themselves, they do it for all of us. I can think of no better way to thank them than to show up and be present.
So here’s to the festival organizers, the parade patrollers, the rodeo committees, the county fair boards, and whomever else takes so much pride in their community that they chip in to make it a better place for everyone. We salute you!
Now don’t forget to get out and celebrate with your community and thank those volunteers!
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 4 children near Merriman, 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.
karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
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