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.] 
Mississippi Bands of Choctaw 
Navajo Nation 
Nez Perce 
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 
(D) 
(D) 
92,228 
73,065 
134,953 
2,394 
Average per farm 
Crops, including nursery 
... dollars 
(D) 
(D) 
6,380 
5,087 
255,110 
171,025 
and greenhouse crops 
Livestock, poultry, and 
...$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
73,215 
(D) 
122,859 
(D) 
their products 
...$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
19,013 
(D) 
12,094 
(D) 
FARMS BY VALUE OF SALES 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
- 
- 
9,933 
9,872 
90 
7 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
2 
- 
1,525 
1,510 
37 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
1,220 
1,217 
47 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1 
1 
880 
876 
50 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
- 
678 
675 
43 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
134 
133 
36 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1 
1 
53 
53 
25 
1 
$100,000 or more 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
1 
33 
26 
201 
5 
Total farm production 
expenses 
Selected farm production expenses: 
Fertilizer, lime, and 
...$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
138,772 
120,548 
100,347 
2,227 
soil conditioners purchased 
...$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
22,564 
(D) 
Chemicals purchased 
Livestock and poultry 
...$1,000 
8 
(D) 
4,875 
(D) 
12,989 
(D) 
purchased or leased 
...$1,000 
(D) 
- 
1,840 
1,581 
1,867 
103 
Feed purchased 
...$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
45,037 
44,496 
3,802 
1,084 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased 
...$1,000 
41 
(D) 
23,552 
22,721 
6,652 
62 
Hired farm labor 
...$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
15,779 
(D) 
4,355 
438 
Interest expense 
...$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1,097 
649 
3,725 
38 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
- 
- 
218 
217 
69 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
8,879 
(D) 
21,206 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
- 
- 
768 
765 
44 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
44,41 1 
44,241 
8,918 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2 
- 
121 
121 
23 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices 
acres 
(D) 
- 
14,314 
14,314 
12,148 
- 
were used 
farms 
- 
- 
1,469 
1,466 
125 
1 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
acres 
- 
- 
7,397 
7,394 
154,957 
(D) 
excluding no till, practices were used 
farms 
- 
- 
631 
631 
114 
1 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
” 
” 
5,712 
5,712 
68,282 
(D) 
practices were used 
farms 
1 
1 
1,394 
1,390 
139 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
48,161 
(D) 
45,971 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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