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

See Examples For:

soil bank

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 ● Oct. 4, 2021

Remember a few years ago when a certain wealthy country urged its farmers to put land in the soil bank to curb food production?

From Time Magazine Archive

He wanted a "soil bank" for agriculture, in which farmers would be paid for taking some of their land out of certain fields of production.

From Time Magazine Archive

A fair-to-middling crop will likely yield him $1,200,000, plus his soil bank payments, or a profit of $600,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From State of the Union Address by Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)