> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Join our community conversation about dicamba
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/events/join-our-community-conversation-about-dicamba/
- Published: 2018-02-05T22:15:29.000Z
- Updated: 2018-02-05T22:15:29.000Z
- Description: For farming communities in the Midwest, the herbicide dicamba did more than damage crops – it created tensions between friends and neighbors and raised questions about how state officials and makers of dicamba - Monsanto and BASF - responded to the problem. Join us for a panel discussion featuring w
- Author: Anna Casey
- Tags: Events, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

[![](https://investigatemidwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/yield-estimate-173.jpg)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cd/d3/cdd3c059-8898-40b1-bcf7-cb2d3aa89775/content/images/i0-wp-com/investigatemidwest-org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/yield-estimate-173-771x428-ssl-1.jpg?ref=investigatemidwest.org)

Soybeans near Mansfield, IL. Photo by Darell Hoemann/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting.

#### [RSVP now for this free event](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/off-target-a-community-conversation-about-dicamba-tickets-42691448271?ref=investigatemidwest.org)

State agriculture departments across the Midwest and South received thousands of complaints from farmers last year who blamed the herbicide dicamba for widespread damage to their crops.

Agriculture researchers estimate that more than 3.6 million acres of soybeans alone were damaged by the weed killer during the last growing season.

> Thurs., Feb. 22 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Champaign Public Library Robeson Pavilion Room A 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL

The damage stemmed from the introduction by Monsanto of a GMO soybean seed that was resistant to dicamba. But many farmers were not using that seed and so their crops suffered when the herbicide drifted into their fields.

For farming communities in the Midwest, dicamba did more than damage crops – it created tensions between friends and neighbors and raised questions about how state officials and makers of dicamba – Monsanto and BASF – responded to the problem.

The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting has been providing important regional [coverage](https://www.investigatemidwest.org/pesticide-makers-primed-illinois-officials-ahead-of-dicamba-damage-emails-show/) of this national story.

Join us for a panel discussion featuring weed scientists, industry leaders and community members as we delve into the issues that arose with dicamba. There will be time after the moderated panel for an audience Q & A session.

The event is free but [RSVP](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/off-target-a-community-conversation-about-dicamba-tickets-42691448271?ref=investigatemidwest.org) required. Light refreshments will be served.

*Sponsored by Illinois Humanities, a private 501(c)(3) state-level affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities with support from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.*

*Other sponsors include the Knight Chair of Investigative Reporting, Journalism Department at the College of Media, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and CU-CitizenAccess, a community online news and information project based at the University of Illinois College of Media devoted to investigative and enterprise coverage of social, justice and economic issues in east central Illinois.*