explotaciones agrícolas de maíz

English translation: corn farms

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Spanish term or phrase:explotaciones agrícolas de maíz
English translation:corn farms
Entered by: Manuel Aburto

02:22 Jul 4, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Corn plantations
Spanish term or phrase: explotaciones agrícolas de maíz
El área sembrada de maíz en estas cinco provincias representa el 16.8% del área sembrada a nivel nacional.

Este tipo de producto presenta diferencias en las cinco provincias, como muestran los siguientes datos.
 En Charro Corto cinco de cada nueve (el 56.9%) explotaciones agrícolas de maíz tienen una superficie de una manzana o menos.

Sin mucho "adorno", considero que se podría traducir como "corn plantations"
Manuel Aburto
Nicaragua
Local time: 18:41
corn farms
Explanation:
I took this from an entry to another question a couple of weeks ago by Neil (neilmac), who I understand specializes in this area:

""Explotación" often means "farm" in the areas I work in."
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/insurance/6835...
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 18:41
Grading comment
Thanks Robert!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6corn farms
Robert Carter
4areas planted in corn
Muriel Vasconcellos
3 +1corn fields
Marcelo González
3corn plots
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
2BrE / IrE > Maize /agri-/holdings
Adrian MM.
Summary of reference entries provided
industrial corn farming
neilmac

Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
areas planted in corn


Explanation:
Since the statement is emphasizing surface area, and the area is so small, I would say:

In Charro Corto, five out of nine (56.9%) areas planted in corn are only a manzana* or less.

*I don't know how you are translating "manzana".

Plenty of references to "areas planted in corn:"

agroclimatic evaluation of the soviet corn program - Central ...www.cia.gov › library › readingroom › docs
PDF
In 1957, **areas planted in corn amounted to only** 18.3 million hectares (45.2 million acres) 46, a sizable cutback from the preceding year, * This reduction was ...

Where is the USA Corn Belt, and how is it changing? - UNL ...digitalcommons.unl.edu › cgi › viewcontentPDF
1. Map a recent (2010–2016) geospatial example of the Corn Belt (**areas planted in corn above selected thresholds**) and demonstrate its space-time dynamics,
by TR Green - ‎2017



Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 17:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 140
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi Muriel, Thank you for your answer. As to your question about the translation of "manzana" I am not translating it but, I am inserting a note: : 1 manzana is a unit of measurement used in Nicaragua = 0.7 ha

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
corn farms


Explanation:
I took this from an entry to another question a couple of weeks ago by Neil (neilmac), who I understand specializes in this area:

""Explotación" often means "farm" in the areas I work in."
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/insurance/6835...

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 18:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thanks Robert!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Aw shucks... :-) Although I found only 1 hit for "LA EXPLOTACION MAIZERA" ... but several thousand for "Explotación de maíz"...
1 hr
  -> :-) Thanks, Neil.

agree  Rachel Fell: or "maize farms"
3 hrs
  -> Yes, that too, thanks, Rachel.

agree  philgoddard
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phil.

agree  Michele Fauble
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Michele.

agree  Luis M. Sosa
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Luis.

agree  Daniel Singer: @Robert Carter--correct, I can verify that I saw "explotacion" used to refer to a farm.
2 days 10 hrs
  -> Thank you for your confirmation, Daniel.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
BrE / IrE > Maize /agri-/holdings


Explanation:
Farms is indeed the stock translation for the first part, but agricultural holdings also works for smaller plantations.

Also, on the Brit. Isles, maíz, despite sharp-fanged translators and interpreters - whose grand/children may have read Maisy's train - tucking into 'corn on the cob', the produce or product sold in called in fact 'maize'

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smaller plantations: una superficie de una manzana o menos....

Example sentence(s):
  • he seedbank leaders thus drew up a proposal to salvage maize holdings in Argentina
  • Maize collection The CIMMYT maize holdings are based on a collection first assembled as part of the joint Rockefeller Foundation-Government of Mexico .

    Reference: http://iate.europa.eu/search/standard/result/1593853084912/1
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
corn plots


Explanation:
https://www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/blog/how-many-acre...

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 19:41
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
corn fields


Explanation:
or 'areas/plots dedicated to (growing) corn' may be options that move away from the connotations and subtext of the 'plantation' as such, which may be precisely the author's intent here in using 'explotaciones' and not 'plantaciones' or another term that might be frequently associated with greater production and agro-industry.

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After thinking more about the possible nuanced meaning or intent by the author to convey something slightly different from plantaciones (the use of which the author may have very purposefully avoided), perhaps my second idea may be preferable, i.e., something along the lines of "areas/plots dedicated to (growing) corn."

...five out of nine plots dedicated to (growing) corn have an area of xxxx

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Or if raising the register just a little bit may be seen as advisable, 'plots/areas dedicated to cultivating/the cultivation of corn' may also be useful options.

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Or perhaps, 'plots where corn is cultivated'

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And the idea about the author's decision to not use 'plantaciones' may also apply to his or her choice of not using 'granja' either. Efectivamente, un término como 'explotaciones' podría referirse a 'sembríos', 'huertas' o incluso 'conucos', si se usa esta última palabra en Nicaragua. Y en esto, 'o menos' puede ser la clave.

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 9

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Singer
2 days 12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Daniel :-)
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Reference comments


4 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: industrial corn farming

Reference information:
"Explotación" = farm/farming. It tends to be used more than "granja", which sounds more old fashioned and less specialized. An a corn farming operation might have more than one plantation (planted area).


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And...

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NB. Re the hoary old "maize vs corn" debate: there is a lot of BS touted about this. For example, in the link below, it states that in Scotland and Ireland, "corn" refers to oats. Well, having eaten my porridge (salted, not sugared) for well over half a century, I can assure you that we know the difference between corn (or maize, if you must) and oats.

Read more: Difference Between Corn And Maize | Difference Between http://www.differencebetween.net/object/comparisons-of-food-...

http://www.differencebetween.net/object/comparisons-of-food-...

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https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-corn-an...

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http://www1.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/library/maize/w...


    Reference: http://https://theconversation.com/industrial-corn-farming-i...
    https://www.jobmonkey.com/farming/corn/
neilmac
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 162

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  ormiston: With you on the porridge front
4 hrs
  -> Och aye, Mackay ;)
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