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!
It’s Fun Fact Friday right here on Ranch Raised and I think you are all really going to like this one!
It is National Ice Cream month, so let’s celebrate!
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day. So this year that falls on this Sunday, July 17.
In the proclamation, President Reagan called for all people of the United States to observe these events with “appropriate ceremonies and activities.”
The average American eats roughly 20 pounds of ice cream each year, or about 4 gallons. As the summer reaches peak temperatures in July, Americans celebrate National Ice Cream Month as a way to cool off and enjoy the nation’s favorite frozen treat with friends and family, leading the USA to be the top consumer of ice cream followed by Australia and Norway. Here’s more sweet news: Ice cream companies help support the U.S. economy, contributing more than $13 billion directly to the national economy, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. In 2021, ice cream makers in the U.S. churned out more than 1.3 billion gallons of ice cream.
It takes 12 lbs of milk to produce 1 gallon of ice cream!
Survey says that vanilla is the most popular flavor of ice cream followed by chocolate, but I want to hear from you! What do you want a scoop up Rocky Road? Cherry Nut? Strawberry? Tell me your favorite flavor of ice cream on the Ranch Raised FB page!
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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
