Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – Let’s Celebrate 5 Years!

October 19, 2026 Karina Jones Featured, Ranch Raised 0

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Ranch Raised with Karina Jones - Let's Celebrate 5 Years!
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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!

Let’s have a celebration!  While we are all starting a new week, 5 years ago, all of you and I were starting a brand spanking new journey! 5 years ago this program Ranch Raised was launched and I thought it fitting to take a little walk down memory lane.

I never in a million years had any idea that my world would one day collide with radio broadcasting. As I was working for R-CALF USA, doing media interviews about the state of the cattle industry became second nature. One day at Bassett Livestock Auction, I would meet Monte James, the famed voice behind the Hot Barn Report, and at the time co-owner of Your Ag Network. He hit record and we had conversation about the imported beef, lack of Mandatory Country of Origin labeling on beef, and failing live cattle market we were experiencing at the time.

A few days later, he reached out and asked me if I would consider being a guest contributor on the Hot Barn Report. Speaking about cattle industry policy was really my strength zone at the time, so I jumped on it. After a few months, I was offered my own program time slot. I am thankful that it came with complete creative flexibility, from naming the program to crafting my own script everyday, Ranch Raised was born. A completely unique program on the radio dial about everyday ranch life, raising kids, and a few of my favorite recipes thrown in the mix!

Come back tomorrow. I want to share what I have learned during my 5 years of being on the airwaves!

 

karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones


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About Karina Jones 533 Articles
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.