soil bank

• Programa o política, especialmente en Estados Unidos, mediante el cual se paga a los agricultores por retirar tierras agrícolas de producción para conservar el suelo, reducir excedentes de cosechas y proteger el medio ambiente.

A program or policy, particularly in the United States, where farmers are paid to take agricultural land out of production to conserve soil, reduce crop surpluses, and protect the environment.

1. Agricultural conservation programC1formalamerican

   A government program that pays farmers to temporarily stop farming on certain lands to conserve soil and reduce crop surpluses.

   Banco de tierras

   • The Soil Bank program helped reduce erosion in the Midwest.
   • Farmers enrolled their land in the soil bank to receive payments.
   • The soil bank initiative was a key part of agricultural policy in the 1950s and 1960s.