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soil bank

noun
1.
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
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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soil bank

noun
1.
(in the US) a federal programme by which farmers are paid to divert land to soil-enriching crops
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