Brits face the threat of a hot cross bun shortage this year as farmers continue their protests against Rachel Reeves.
Food producers have pledged to halt the transport of milling wheat, essential for flour production, in their latest effort to pressure the Chancellor into scrapping the Tractor Tax.
This could lead to shortages on supermarket shelves if production slows down ahead of the holidays.
Milling wheat is also essential for bread-making, potentially further impacting supplies.
Commenting on the strike, farm protest leader Olly Harrison said: “Milling wheat is staying on farms. Farmers that grow milling wheat have gone on strike from April 1.
"They will not be loading any trucks with milling wheat and we will probably run out of flour.
"So if you're wondering why the shelves are empty, get onto your local MP and say you need to help these farmers out, you can't carry on putting them out of business.
"If there is rationing on bread and cakes and hot cross buns, it is the politicians fault, its not our fault, we can't carry on like this or we won't be in business."
This follows ongoing protests by British farmers against changes to inheritance tax, which would introduce a 20% levy on farms worth over £1 million when passed down to the next generation, set to take effect in April 2026.
Farmers say that the proposed changes to inheritance tax will force land sales, stall investment, and hurt families lacking succession plans.
Thousands of farmers gathered on Parliament Square in London in November last year to protest against the planned agricultural inheritance tax.
The National Farmers' Union (NFU), through its president, Tom Bradshaw, promised sustained protest activities until their concerns were adequately addressed.
Since then, scores of tractors have driven into Whitehall under the banner ‘RIP British Farming’, while a go-slow protest was also staged in Dover.
