soil bank

Word Origin

noun

a plan providing cash payments to farmers who cut production of certain surplus crops in favor of soil-enriching ones.

Origin of soil bank

1950-1955

First recorded in 1950-55

Related forms

soil-bank, adjective

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It was to be a kind of soil bank, though without the subsidy.

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British Dictionary definitions for soil bank

soil bank

noun

(in the US) a federal programme by which farmers are paid to divert land to soil-enriching crops

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