soil bank

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

soil′ bank`

n. 1. a plan providing cash payments to farmers who cut production of certain surplus crops in favor of soil-enriching ones. 2. the farmland so protected. [1950–55] soil′-bank`, adj.

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Noun

soil bank - land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops; government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired landbank - a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

soil bank

A former federal government program that paid landowners to keep their agricultural lands fallow—unfarmed—for 5 to 10 years in order to prevent overproduction in specified commodities.Today,many of the same functions are administered by the Conservation Reserve Program of the Farm Service Agency (www.fsa.usda.gov).

soil bank

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noun land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops

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