Ranch Raised with Karina Jones – Recognizing those Other Skills!

November 9, 2026 Karina Jones Featured, Ranch Raised 0

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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.

What gets recognized is what gets repeated. Thanks for joining me today on Ranch Raised.

Last night I had the honor of sitting in the audience loudly cheering on young people who were being recognized for achievements and skills that are not typically recognized. We can all walk the halls of our local high school and see who holds the school records for volleyball ace serves, basket assists, football tackles, and track records. Those athletic accomplishments seem to be wall hangers on the local, state and even national levels.

I’m not trying to diminish those efforts and accolades. But, what if life and professional skills got the same recognition. Last night, I sat at our county 4-H achievement night smiling and clapping for kids who were being recognized for their outstanding leadership, community service, and public speaking skills just to name a few.

What if there were sign boards in high school hallways for the kids who had tallied the most community service hours or spent the most hours mentoring young students. Maybe there should be more pep rally’s for the kids heading to state competitions in speech and business contests.

There is a leadership saying, “What gets recognized is what gets repeated.” I think that is worth bearing in mind when we as adults are leading the charge shaping the youngest generation that will one day be tasked with leading our communities. After all, we there won’t be throwing or running contest that determines who gets the town parks cleaned up or who leads the fundraisers to improve those parks.

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


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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.