Driffield police are investigating two separate incidents of criminal damage to agricultural land in the area.
Between Sunday March 31 and Tuesday 2 April a steel barrier on agricultural land at South Lane, Burton Fleming which gives access from a back field to the road was damaged.
The field was entered by unknown offenders in a vehicle and was then driven around.
A police spokeswoman said: “The owner’s wife believes she heard a vehicle with a loud exhaust driving round the area at approximately 11pm on Sunday 31 March but by the time she had got out of bed the vehicle had gone.”
If you saw any suspicious vehicles in the area around this time please contact Humberside Police on 101 and quote crime reference 1965950.”
Between 7pm on Sunday 31 March and 4am on Monday 1 April agricultural land at Pockthorpe, Kilham was subject to criminal damaged when a vehicle was driven onto the field, causing damage to crops.
The owner of the field suspects poachers are responsible for the incident which is being investigated by Humberside Police.
A police spokeswoman said: “The owner believes that the person responsible would have been poaching and went onto the farm land in a vehicle and drove around causing damage to approximately half a ton of corn valued at £100.
“The damage was noticed the morning of Monday 1 April when dthe owner was driving past. The land had been fine the day before but the crops were paddled flat.
“It is not known what type of vehicle was used but it has left narrow tracks, so said it is not the usual Landrover type.”
If you saw any suspicious vehicle in the area around this time please contact the police on non-emergency number 101 and quote crime reference 195961.