UK - Farmers are warning of a food crisis sparked by shortages and spiralling wholesale prices – amid fears rationing could spread beyond cooking oil. Major supermarkets are already limiting how much sunflower oil, which is largely sourced from Ukraine, customers can buy. And other shortages and punishing price rises are being felt in the food chain, with an inevitable knock-on effect on choice and household budgets. Farmers’ leaders warned the Environment Secretary George Eustice about the crisis at emergency talks last week. Shortages and higher prices will affect the shelf prices of everything from bread, pasta and beer to chicken and sausages. National Farmers’ Union leader Minette Batters warned: ‘It is the most serious situation for food production since the Second World War.’