National Farmers Union Scotland president Jim Walker said he recognised that the government had no choice but to impose the ban, but warned that the effects could be catastrophic. They had to do it because every time a vehicle moves it causes more contact. To try and stop the disease and find its original source, they had no option. The implications are horrendous. It is bad enough for seven days, at a time when agriculture is under the cosh from all sorts of angles, but if it was extended beyond seven days the results would be catastrophic.
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