The heat is on. And the rain isn’t. I got a call the other day asking if I had been seeing any chinch bugs around town and I had to admit that I really hadn’t, but I was expecting them very soon. When ...

Similar to 2023, there appears to be a potential for high chinch bug infestation into seedling sorghum in areas of south central Kansas. Growers are reporting high numbers of chinch bugs in harvested ...

Chinch bugs, small insects with black triangular wing patches, can quickly damage lawns, especially St. Augustine grass. Homeowners can confirm chinch bug infestations using the flotation method or by ...

The chinch bug is a nasty rascal. Only about the size of fine ground pepper it is almost impossible to see and the damage it causes can be confused between fungi, dry areas, and just dead areas.

Dear Reader: This does look like chinch bug damage, but it’s probably too late to apply an insecticide for this season. You’ll need to replant in the worst of these spaces next spring, then be on the ...

Chinch bug infestations are damaging selected lawns, and they're making the selections. There's neither rhyme nor reason why they choose one lawn and skip another. I've been tending the same lawn for ...

Lawns affected by the February freeze should be recovered now, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other issues that could be at play. Here are four common problems affecting lawns in our area right ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE)- After wheat was impacted by the drought, more crops are struggling in Kansas due to tiny black bugs called chinch bugs. While chinch bugs are not anything new, farmers on social ...