Proper herbicide treatment is crucial to reducing weed competition on our projects while ensuring the integrity of fragile grassland ecosystems. FDCE is the only Quality Vegetation Management (QVM Certified) company in the world that specializes in native grass installation. This certification focuses on:

• Proper Herbicide Selection: We make sure all of our selective herbicide applications are at the correct rates based on time of year and site conditions. We use only chemistries with no groundwater restrictions.

• Dosing Rates: Our Raven Envisio Pro GPS integrated system monitors and adjusts chemical flow to maintain exact dosing.

• Weather Conditions: Laptops provide for in-field real-time weather monitoring to make sure each herbicide application is most effective and alerts field staff to approaching adverse weather conditions.

• Environmental Responsibility: We use only refillable-reusable containers. We handle all our chemistries through a self designed closed loop pumping system in which the chemistries are never exposed to the environment in concentrate form. This eliminates in-field spill potential and also eliminates all container debris to landfills. All chemistry is precisely measured with specific metering devices to make certain we mix the exact dose as needed every time.