Your mental health matters

Katelyn Winberg
Oct 16, 2026
Oct 16, 2026

Mental Health.JPG — Dan Nerud, a fourth-generation farmer from southeast Nebraska, speaks about his experience with depression during a mental health panel at Commodity Classic earlier this year.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Katelyn Winberg

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Dan Nerud is a fourth-generation farmer in southeastern Nebraska. He serves on the Nebraska Corn Board and in the National Corn Growers Association. He sat on stage at Commodity Classic to talk about his mental health.

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Farmer and physician assistant Karl Oehlke, pictured in the combine cab with two of his children, speaks about farm stress from experience.
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Born and raised on a farm in southeastern South Dakota, Katelyn currently resides in Sioux Falls. She enjoys attending SDSU football games (her alma mater), going to farmer’s markets and visiting her parents at their family farm. Reach her at kwinberg@tristateneighbor.com.