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.] 
Leech Lake 
Lower Brule 
Lower Sioux 
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 
3,982 
1,414 
47,206 
18,454 
(D) 
(D) 
Average per farm 
Crops, including nursery 
... dollars 
59,428 
202,037 
842,959 
838,803 
(D) 
(D) 
and greenhouse crops 
Livestock, poultry, and 
...$1,000 
2,675 
(D) 
35,156 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
their products 
...$1,000 
1,306 
(D) 
12,050 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
FARMS BY VALUE OF SALES 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
14 
- 
6 
6 
4 
3 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
6 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13 
1 
2 
- 
1 
1 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 or more 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
10 
2 
42 
15 
1 
Total farm production 
expenses 
Selected farm production expenses: 
Fertilizer, lime, and 
...$1,000 
4,653 
1,126 
37,676 
10,746 
217 
(D) 
soil conditioners purchased 
...$1,000 
334 
- 
6,745 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Chemicals purchased 
Livestock and poultry 
...$1,000 
150 
107 
3,804 
949 
(D) 
” 
purchased or leased 
...$1,000 
725 
1 
2,456 
898 
(D) 
(D) 
Feed purchased 
...$1,000 
375 
12 
2,337 
995 
27 
(D) 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
...$1,000 
472 
60 
2,053 
641 
(D) 
(D) 
Hired farm labor 
...$1,000 
337 
93 
1,340 
385 
- 
- 
Interest expense 
...$1,000 
291 
117 
2,051 
701 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
1 
- 
2 
2 
1 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
2 
- 
6 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
646 
(D) 
- 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices 
acres 
- 
- 
1,070 
- 
- 
- 
were used 
farms 
1 
- 
29 
7 
- 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
acres 
(D) 
- 
53,761 
9,851 
- 
- 
excluding no till, practices were used 
farms 
10 
4 
12 
5 
1 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
3,395 
2,380 
24,160 
1,757 
(D) 
” 
practices were used 
farms 
15 
2 
7 
1 
2 
1 
acres 
14,029 
(D) 
3,426 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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