A rash of grain bag slashings have occurred near Rouleau, Sask., this winter.
“There have been 13 bags of seven different farmers cut in the area,” said Trevor Bjarnarson, manager of Bean and Company Farm near Rouleau.
He said the most recent incident occurred last week with a grain bag containing durum that the farm was going to use for seed.
The farm moved a tractor and grain extractor to the site on the evening of Jan. 30, and farm workers discovered the damage when they returned to the site in the morning.
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“They sliced up the one side, then they stopped there and jumped to the other side and sliced the rest of the bag the whole way,” Bjarnarson said.
“They sliced right around the end, and then they sliced at the very end where there is no tension on it at all where you put the boards together, so I know it’s vandalism.”
It will take an extra day to vacuum the grain because there is nothing for the grain extractor to pull on, he added.
Bjarnarson said he didn’t know who the vandals were, but he left a message for them on the Facebook group 306 Farmers.
“Whomever the people are that are cutting grain bags in (the) Rouleau, Sask., area, you better hope I don’t find you!!”
