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!
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
We made it through Valentine’s Day.
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Okay, that was just for fun! I’ll be honest, I was kind of struggling with what I was going to talk about this week. We have a lot going on, on the ranch, yet we are kind of in a quiet season because we are still a few weeks off from full blown calving season.
I will humbly admit that we get a lot of comments about how we are raising our kids. That our life is so different than the mainstream. We are probably considered “old fashioned” and I will admit, that might be our purpose. I wouldn’t say it is my life’s goal to make sure my girls never play video games or are ever exposed to the evils of the world online.
I guess I just choose to focus on preparing our girls for the real world. Giving them opportunities to solve problems and even make their own mistakes…..oh, THE HORROR! And to correct those mistakes. Letting them learn to explore what they love. Letting them learn the value of working with their hands and creating something, whatever it may be.
So this week, I’m going to talk about what our family life looks like after the school bus drops the girls off until bedtime. This is just a snapshot of the few hours a day we are together during these dark winter months. And by all means, drop me a message on the Ranch Raised Facebook page telling me what your family does together during these winter evenings.
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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.
[email protected] or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
