soil bank

• Programa ou política agrícola, especialmente nos Estados Unidos, em que o governo paga aos agricultores para retirarem terras cultiváveis de produção, a fim de conservar o solo, reduzir excedentes agrícolas e proteger o meio 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 Solos

   • 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.