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 another day of sharing a Karina fun fact as we count down to our 100th episode of Ranch Raised on Friday!
Today is all about the “where”, WHERE is my favorite place?!?! Some people may roll their eyes and think this will sound so cliché. But, like everything I share with you on Ranch Raised, I feel this with all my heart, with every fiber of my being.
A lot of people yearn to travel the world. But my whole world is right outside my back door. More specifically, my favorite place to be is out checking cows and calves out on grass. It is really more delightful when the grass is up over the front rack of the 4-wheeler, which hasn’t happened in a few years and this year isn’t looking good either, but I don’t want to get too picky.
My family knows I am kind of notorious for quietly sneaking off, on random evenings, when the weather is beautiful, just to go sit out in a pasture and look at cows. This is probably similar to sitting at a busy coffee shop in a city and people watching but that sounds so boring.
I mean to be out in the cool of a summer evening, surrounded ONLY by God’s creations with no man-made distractions, it truly my heaven on earth. I have always said that for me, ranching is deeply spiritual. Whether you are in the Black Hills, the Sandhills, or the Flint hills as long as you have cattle around you, that is my definition of the perfect destination.
So there you have it, my favorite place! But, if I had to pick a backup option, the county fair is a close second!
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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
