1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; setting soil-healthy farming goals for the state of Minnesota.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. DEFINITIONS.
 1.5 	(a) "Soil health" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 103C.101, 
1.6 	subdivision 10a.
1.7 	(b) "Soil-healthy farming" means farming that improves soil health by integrating one 
1.8 	or more of the following practices:
1.9 	(1) no-till;
1.10 	(2) cover cropping;
1.11 	(3) perennial cropping;
1.12 	(4) interseeding;
1.13 	(5) organic production;
1.14 	(6) roll crimping; and
1.15 	(7) managed rotational grazing.

1.16 	Sec. 2. SOIL-HEALTHY FARMING GOALS.
 1.17 	To increase farm income, improve soil health, prevent or minimize erosion and runoff, 
1.18 	retain and clean water, increase vegetation on the state's landscape, sequester carbon, and 
2.1 	foster healthier rural residents, pollinators, and other wildlife, the state of Minnesota's 
2.2 	voluntary soil-healthy farming goals are that:
2.3 	(1) 5,750,000 acres of tillable or grazeable acres utilize one or more soil-healthy practices 
2.4 	by 2030;
2.5 	(2) 11,500,000 acres of tillable or grazeable acres utilize one or more soil-healthy 
2.6 	practices by 2035; and
2.7 	(3) 25,000,000 acres of tillable or grazeable acres utilize one or more soil-healthy 
2.8 	practices by 2040.