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Bobby Watkins has a B.S. in Animal Science and a M.S. in Agronomy from Mississippi State University. He has given many professional presentations, written peer-reviewd articles, been presented awards, and hosted many groups on Coontail Farm. Below is a sampling of these achievements.

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Articles
Co-author with David R. Shaw for MAFES Bulletin 1106 – June 2001, Forage Species Tolerance to Imazapyr and Imazapic.

Co-author with Bruce D. Leopold for Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, White-tailed Deer Forage Following Chemical or Mechanical Site Preparation For Pine Plantation - in review.

Co-author with Drs. J. Jones and W. Burger: “Bird and Plant Communities in a Loblolly Pine Forest Managed with Prescribed Fire and the Herbicide, Arsenal®” to Forest Landowner

Co-author with Scott Edwards and Dr. Steve Demarais: “White-tailed deer forage production in managed pine stands and summer food plots” Wildlife Society Bulletin.
Co-author with Dr. Mike Goatley for HortiScience, “Growth regulation of Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Fluegge) with Imazaquin and AC 263,222. HortiScience. Vol. 31(3), June 1996

Co-author with Dr. Mike Goatley for Weed Tachnology, “Growth regulation of Common Bermuda (Cynodon dactylon) with Imazaquin and AC 263,222. Weed Technology. 1993 Vol. 7:746-750.

Patents
United States Patent - Synergistic Herbicidal Methods and Composition:
#US 6,277,787, August 2001

United States Patent - Synergistic Herbicidal Methods and Composition –
#US 6,214,768, April 2001

United States Patent - Enhanced Weed Control with Synergistic Herbicidal Combinations #1221-P July 1998

United States Patent - Synergistic Herbicidal Methods and Composition
#33389-01PCT, September 1998

United States Patent - Synergistic Herbicidal Imidazolinone Compositions
#5,478,795, Dec., 1995

United States Patent - Synergistic Herbicidal Imidazolinone Compositions
#5,030,271, July, 1991

Honors and Awards
Mississippi Weed Science Society (MWSS) - Organizational Committee, 1986

Mississippi Weed Science Society - Board of Directors, 1986-1987

Mississippi Weed Science Society - President, 1989

Mississippi Weed Science Society - Distinguished Service Award, 1994

Mississippi Weed Science Society - Industry Award, 1997

Mississippi Weed Science Society - Research Award, 2003

Southern Weed Science Society (SWSS) - Board of Directors, 1994-1995

Southern Weed Science Society’s - 2002 Industry Distinguished Service Award.

Represented US AgroChemical producers at the 1st International Conference on Pesticide Use in Developing Countries: Impact on Health and Environment in San Jose, Costa Rica by presenting a poster at this anti-pesticide conference on the results of work done at the Cooksville Study Area. This resulted in a positive message from the results of work at the Cooksville Study Area to the international public arena.

Presentations and Meetings
2005
Hosted USFS federal review team at
Coontail Farm and Cypress Lakes Lodge. Jan. 10-11

National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) in Nashville, TN, Feb. 17-21

Tri-State Forestry Meeting in Shreveport, AL March 10

National Wild turkey Federation (NWTF) Woodland Field day John Polk and Coontail Farm in Prentiss and Aberdeen, May 17 & 19.

Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) National convention in Charleston, SC, July 2-4. and Alabama Chapter symposium in Birmingham. AL August 21.

Wildlife Trend field day at Terry Burns Farm in AL, Sept. 27.

2005 National Plant Board Annual meeting in Biloxi August 7–11

2004
Helena Chemical Co. presentation for Texas Department of Wildlife in Athens Feb 4

North Carolina DNR and NRCS Quail Management meeting in Tarboro, NC Feb. 17

National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) in Columbus, OH, Feb. 19-22

Alabama Vegetation Management Association Annual meeting in Tuscaloosa Feb. 24

Mississippi Cogongrass Working group meeting Jan. 15, March 10 and regional training and tour March 23

ARLATX NWTF Short course in Ruston, LA March 6

US Fish & Wildlife Service annual Fish and Wildlife Meeting
in Charleston, SC April 26-28.

National Wild turkey Federation (NWTF) Woodland Field Day Sheppard and
Coontail Farm in Forrest and Aberdeen, May 20 & 22.

Several MCES forestry short courses and County Forestry Association meetings and Society of Professional Foresters. Lauderdale County, May 17 Rankin County Aug. 25-26.

Weyerhaeuser Hunt Club meeting two state association in Columbus, MS Sept. 25

Mid-South Invasive Weed Task force and Southern Weed Science lower coastal plain tour in MS and AL. Oct. 20-21.

2003
Red River Specialties Annual Meeting in Shreveport, LA.

Managing wildlife under Forest Land Enhancement Program short course for Mississippi Forestry Commission in Starkville and Hattisburg, Nov. and Dec.

Wildlife Trend field day in AL, Nov.

LA Extension Forestry Herbicide Short course. Oct.

Tennessee Wildlife Society annual meeting, Cookeville, TN, February

RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) Spring Issues Joint Conference with CropLife America in Washington, D.C., April 22-24.

NWTF Woodland Field day at Portland Landing in AL

US Fish & Wildlife Service annual Fish and Wildlife Meeting
in Charleston, SC June 2003 postponed due to budget.

Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) national convention, July.

Invited to represent Mississippi at the Congressional Sportsmen’s Breakfast in Washington, DC.

Several MCES forestry short courses and County Forestry Association meetings.

National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and IP field tour and presentation.

2002
Red River Specialties Annual Meeting in Shreveport, LA.

Georgia Vegetation Management Association in Savannah

West Tennessee Landowners Workshop in Jackson

Louisiana Forestry Association meeting and presentation

Quail Unlimited (QU) National Convention in Atlanta

Tennessee Forestry Association annual meeting in Nashville

Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) national convention.

Mississippi Agricultural Industry Council (MAIC) annual meeting

Dixie Electric Membership Corporation of LA

Plum Creek Timber Co.

Willamette Industries / NWTF field tour and presentation in LA

SW Mississippi Forestry Association

Several MCES forestry short courses and County Forestry Association meetings.

"Coontail Farm is a demonstration forest and working tree farm where the effects and benefits of intensive forest management can be easily observed. Side-by-side comparisons of various practices, along with documentation of before-and-after conditions, provide landowners and managers the information they need to make decisions to help them attain their timber and wildlife goals."

-- Steve Butler, President, TimberCorp, Inc

"If private landowners want to see outstanding pine/wildlife management, then Coontail Farms is where they need to visit. Through correct thinning operations, prescribed burning, and the application of selective herbicides, Coontail Farms has turned their pine plantations into not only timber growing machines, but some of the best deer and turkey habitat avialable in North Mississippi."

-- Timothy A. Traugott, Extension Professor,
Department of Forestry,
Mississippi State University

"Coontail Farm is a great example of how private landowners can manage for timber production and wildlife habitat without compromising either. Through the application of innovative management techniques, Coontail Farm has the best of both worlds."

-- Joe Koloski, National Wild Turkey
Federation, Senior Regional Biologist

“Coontail Farm is an excellent example of how private landowners can manage their forest land for optimal timber production while maintaining wildlife habitat.”

-- Dr. Andrew W. Ezell, Dept. of Forestry,
Mississippi State University

“Application of the selective herbicide Arsenal combined with prescribed fire can significantly improve wildlife habitat quality. On properties where undesirable mid-story hardwoods were a problem, we saw a 900% increase in deer nutritional carrying capacity two years after the combined treatment.”

-- Dr. Steve Demarais, Dept. of Wildlife
and Fisheries, Mississippi State University

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