June brings plenty of moisture, bear sightings to Prairie Pothole Region

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CW Briggs (3).jpg — Casey Briggs spotted a black bear running across one of his fields. Two black bear sightings were confirmed in northeastern South Dakota this month.
Submitted photo by Casey Briggs

By Casey Briggs of Clark, S.D.

Overall things are coming around. The corn is starting to look like corn again. Soybeans are still a little slow, but that seems to be a theme with them. The winter wheat is in grain fill, and the spring wheat is just flowering as I type this up this morning, June 23.

CW Briggs (1).jpg — Corn is looking better after some June sunshine and heat.
Submitted photo by Casey Briggs

CW Briggs (2).jpg — Spraying operations have been ongoing at Larson Seed Farm between June storms.
Submitted photo by Casey Briggs

Casey Briggs operates Larson Seed Farm with Laird and Kathy Larson in Clark, South Dakota. They grow a four-crop rotation that includes wheat and sunflowers in Clark and Hamlin counties, utilizing no-till and strip-till methods. Briggs enjoys filming and photographing farms across the country and sharing his work on social media @briggsc1992.