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.] 
Characteristics 
Blackfeet 
Bois Forte 
— I 
o 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
Total ^ 
Farms 
operated by 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
LAND USE PRACTICES - Con. 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
20 
8 
- 
acres 
3,158 
650 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .... 
... farms 
16 
6 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
8 
3 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
7 
2 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
3 
1 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
8 
3 
- 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
330 
183 
1 
Dial-up service 
40 
27 
- 
DSL service 
122 
63 
- 
Cable modem service 
26 
9 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
28 
13 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or a cell phone 
46 
24 
- 
Satellite service 
90 
54 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
10 
6 
1 
Other Internet service 
5 
3 
- 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
433 
309 
4 
Partnership 
33 
8 
- 
Corporation 
50 
8 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
10 
10 
1 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
.... farms 
315 
210 
4 
number 
66,432 
32,267 
226 
Beef cows 
.... farms 
301 
199 
2 
number 
41,708 
20,294 
(D) 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
11 
3 
number 
1,082 
4 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
.... farms 
292 
185 
4 
number 
36,096 
16,070 
134 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
.... farms 
10 
4 
- 
number 
26,288 
7 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
.... farms 
9 
4 
- 
number 
54,003 
28 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 57 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
