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.] 
Burns Paiute 
Cheyenne River 
Cocopah 
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 ^ 
LAND USE PRACTICES - Con. 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
1 
- 
12 
3 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
2,005 
296 
- 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
Solar panels 
...farms 
- 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
4 
1 
346 
155 
4 
- 
Dial-up service 
1 
- 
32 
11 
- 
- 
DSL service 
- 
- 
108 
38 
1 
- 
Cable modem service 
- 
- 
14 
6 
3 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
- 
50 
18 
- 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or a cell phone 
2 
1 
50 
31 
1 
- 
Satellite service 
1 
- 
115 
67 
1 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
- 
- 
14 
- 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
26 
17 
- 
- 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
2 
- 
405 
193 
1 
- 
Partnership 
- 
- 
30 
16 
1 
- 
Corporation 
- 
- 
20 
6 
2 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
2 
1 
15 
9 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
....farms 
3 
- 
376 
194 
- 
- 
number 
1,707 
- 
113,371 
40,546 
- 
- 
Beef cows 
....farms 
3 
- 
354 
180 
- 
- 
number 
1,000 
- 
69,601 
30,010 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
....farms 
- 
- 
6 
2 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
14 
(D) 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
....farms 
3 
- 
351 
164 
- 
- 
number 
1,200 
- 
71,158 
30,531 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
- 
- 
9 
2 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
706 
(D) 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
- 
- 
9 
2 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
1,795 
(D) 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
58 American Indian Reservations 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
