Table 1 . Farm Characteristics of All Farms on Selected Reservations and of All Farms Operated by American 
Indians or Alaska Natives on Selected Reservations: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Flathead 
Fond du Lac 
Fort Belknap 
Characteristics 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold (see text) 
...$1,000 
62,302 
8,755 
586 
259 
25,157 
16,032 
Average per farm 
Crops, including nursery 
... dollars 
66,138 
48,372 
21,715 
86,496 
167,716 
132,496 
and greenhouse crops 
Livestock, poultry, and 
...$1,000 
22,829 
2,927 
425 
(D) 
13,944 
9,325 
their products 
...$1,000 
39,473 
5,828 
162 
(D) 
11,213 
6,707 
FARMS BY VALUE OF SALES 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
185 
49 
- 
- 
31 
29 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
97 
16 
7 
- 
2 
2 
$2,500 to $4,999 
83 
17 
5 
- 
5 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
121 
22 
1 
- 
8 
7 
$10,000 to $24,999 
148 
20 
10 
1 
20 
19 
$25,000 to $49,999 
88 
18 
1 
1 
17 
14 
$50,000 to $99,999 
88 
15 
2 
- 
17 
15 
$100,000 or more 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
132 
24 
1 
1 
50 
32 
Total farm production 
expenses 
Selected farm production expenses: 
Fertilizer, lime, and 
...$1,000 
64,639 
9,450 
580 
(D) 
18,752 
12,217 
soil conditioners purchased 
...$1,000 
3,634 
421 
0 
(D) 
1,400 
1,108 
Chemicals purchased 
Livestock and poultry 
...$1,000 
1,741 
211 
4 
(D) 
992 
761 
purchased or leased 
...$1,000 
7,468 
798 
112 
(D) 
1,507 
869 
Feed purchased 
...$1,000 
7,800 
895 
95 
(D) 
2,035 
1,094 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
...$1,000 
4,714 
711 
44 
5 
1,617 
1,177 
Hired farm labor 
...$1,000 
4,316 
250 
12 
(D) 
974 
679 
Interest expense 
...$1,000 
6,414 
2,492 
37 
1,315 
758 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
124 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
40 
7 
7 
1 
9 
8 
acres 
2,723 
689 
(D) 
(D) 
5,573 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
32 
1 
- 
- 
4 
4 
Cropland on which no-till practices 
acres 
19,716 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,580 
1,580 
were used 
farms 
24 
5 
- 
- 
22 
15 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
acres 
557 
(D) 
- 
- 
43,145 
29,472 
excluding no till, practices were used 
farms 
16 
2 
2 
- 
8 
8 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,080 
(D) 
(D) 
” 
20,817 
20,817 
practices were used 
farms 
144 
17 
3 
2 
32 
20 
acres 
21,883 
3,367 
(D) 
(D) 
21,649 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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