soil bank

American  

noun

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

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soil bank British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• soil-bank adjective

Etymology

Origin of soil bank

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

But county officials were concerned about how higher water would affect the steep soil bank supporting the paved hike and bike trail.

From Washington Post

This same quality makes it great for holding soil banks together.

From Washington Post

Three tools that we have developed—improved surplus disposal, improved price support laws, and the soil bank—are working to reduce price-depressing government stocks of farm products.

From Project Gutenberg

I shall urge authorization of a soil bank program to alleviate the problem of diverted acres and an overexpanded agricultural plant.

From Project Gutenberg