Professional Activities: Dr. Hayes is a member of Southern Weed Science Society, and International Weed Science Society, and Council for Science and Technology, and he is a member and Fellow of the Weed Science Society of America. He is Past-President of the SWSS and currently serves as an Endowment Trustee. He recently received the SWSS Distinguished Service Award, Progressive Farmers 2002 Man of the Year in Service to Tennessee Agriculture Award, and the UT Institute of Agriculture Research Impact Award. He has also served as Associate Editor of Weed Technology and currently is Weed Science technical Editor for the Journal of Cotton Science. He serves his discipline as a reviewer and through several committees. Bob is a graduate of the ESCOP and ACOP Leadership Development Program. Dr. Hayes has been invited to present his research in Germany, France, Columbia, and Argentina and has served as host for numerous international groups touring no-till research at the Milan Research & Education Center. Dr. Hayes presented the 2002 S. H. Phillips Distinguished Lecture in No-tillage Agriculture at the University of Kentucky.