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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.


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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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of soil bank1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

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

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

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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.

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

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