It is specifically modified to be used with glyphosate, marketed by Monsanto as Roundup, an herbicide considered less damaging to crops, less environmentally harmful than the range of pesticides used in conventional farming and toxicologically benign.

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"These plans, along with recent cuts in the Welsh newspaper industry, have damaging consequences for the reporting of news and current affairs across a wide range of publications and broadcasters, " said Mr Bourne.

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