Alex Docherty and Skye View Farms are each facing four charges.
Docherty and the farm are charged with failing to keep a record of pesticide use or application, including the trade name and number of the product.
They are also charged with failing to record the air temperature, wind speed and wind direction measured at the point of application at the start time of the pesticide application.
Further charges involve allegations Docherty and the farm applied a non-domestic pesticide without a permit.
The farm and Docherty also face charges of allowing a pesticide to be discharged from equipment other than in a manner permitted by the manufacturer’s label.
The Guardian contacted Docherty about the charges but he declined to comment.
Docherty and his brother-in-law Blake MacDonald were before the courts in recent years in a drawn out legal battle after they were charged with cultivating a crop on a slope that was too steep.
A provincial court judge found them guilty in 2013 and fined them each $3,150.
They appealed that decision and scored a partial victory with the P.E.I. Court of Appeal quashing MacDonald’s conviction in February 2016.
The three appeal judges upheld Docherty’s conviction.
At the time, Docherty said he continued his fight against the charges on principle.
Docherty and the farm are scheduled to appear in court Feb. 6 to enter pleas on the most recent charges.
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