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Shoppers face bread shortages as growers say it may be April Fools' Day but 'food security is no joke'

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Merseyside farmer Olly Harrison is urging growers to stop loading milling wheat
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Merseyside farmer Olly Harrison is urging growers to stop loading milling wheat

Consumers are being warned of bread and hot cross bun shortages this Easter as large numbers of farmers go 鈥榦n strike'. Led by Merseyside-based arable farmer Olly Harrison, the move will see farmers...

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