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 comes after Mother’s Day?????
Thanks for tuning into Ranch Raised! Everyone knows that after Mother’s Day comes Father’s Day. Today is Father’s Day at the Jones Ranch, I mean fertility testing day. The day when we see who will be a father to the next generation of ranch calves and who fails the test.
It is honestly one of the least romantic, never talked about days in ranching. You never find fertility testing day written about in those Nora Roberts or Louie L’Amour books. I guess they wanted to leave fresh content for me to talk about that. And that is what I do, talk about the good, the bad, and the loud of everyday ranch life.
It is a necessary day that no one particularly looks forward to. After the cold and sometimes brutal conditions out on the winter range, it is imperative that we make sure that these boys have a capable swim team that didn’t get froze off during the winter. We need everyone in peak performance heading into their Olympic event of breeding season.
So, our vet comes out to check and give a full fertility exam to every qualified male bovine on the breeding team. Generally, most will make varsity squad. Occasionally, a few will have to be cut from the team and culled. But it is the circle of life and there are no free rides around this place.
Cheers to checking off another box on the spring ranch to-do list! See you right back here tomorrow!
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Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 3 daughters 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 current 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 that is broadcast on 60 radio stations with coverage in 9 states, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and highlights R-CALF’s work on 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 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
