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Cana Completa

English translation: whole cane

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Portuguese term or phrase:	Cana Completa
English translation:	whole cane
Entered by:	Flavia Martins dos Santos

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17:47 Sep 19, 2009

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Corte de cana de açúcar

Portuguese term or phrase: Cana Completa

Cana Completa e Cana Cortada, cada uma delas tem um procedimento diferente.

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whole cane

Explanation:
vs. chopped cane, probably.

"this type of trailer may be loaded mechanically by grab push-piler loader or chopped cane harvester...When grab-loading whole stick cane, two chains with quick release hooks will be arranged inside the bucket...A trailer ... equipped with a hydraulic device enabling it to be tipped directly onto the feeder table at the factory...would be used when chopped cane is transported."
http://books.google.com/books?id=XvOcvhBpc1oC&pg=PA233&lpg=P...

Whole cane harvesting would be desirable to avoid investments associated with switching from whole cane to chopped cane processing at the sugar/alcohol ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S096195349900063X

""whole cane harvesting; loading and transporting cane and trash....chopped cane harvesting; cane cleaned and loaded during harvesting"
http://books.google.com/books?id=u2wkxtsJLO8C&pg=PA513&lpg=P...