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COUNTRY ELEVATOR [1 record]

Record 1 2021-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Storage Facilities
  • Grain Growing
DEF

... an elevator the principal use of which is the receiving of grain directly from producers for storage or forwarding or both.

OBS

primary elevator: designation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

OBS

primary elevator; country elevator: In 1971, the Canada Grain Act changed the name country elevator to primary elevator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreposage des récoltes
  • Culture des céréales
DEF

Silo destiné principalement à recevoir du grain, directement des producteurs, pour stockage ou expédition ou pour les deux [...]

OBS

silo primaire : désignation normalisée par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

OBS

silo de collecte : désignation utilisée avant 1971.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Almacenamiento de las cosechas
  • Cultivo de cereales
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