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.] 
Coeur d'Alene 
Colorado River 
Colville 
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 
10 
- 
- 
- 
19 
3 
acres 
1,410 
- 
- 
- 
3,330 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
3 
- 
2 
- 
5 
1 
Solar panels 
...farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
5 
1 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
177 
7 
48 
29 
130 
22 
Dial-up service 
19 
- 
5 
4 
11 
1 
DSL service 
22 
2 
4 
- 
17 
3 
Cable modem service 
4 
- 
6 
- 
5 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
2 
- 
4 
3 
9 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or a cell phone 
38 
- 
16 
13 
7 
2 
Satellite service 
93 
4 
13 
8 
75 
16 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
4 
1 
4 
4 
7 
2 
Other Internet service 
7 
- 
1 
- 
6 
- 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
159 
7 
53 
37 
126 
28 
Partnership 
17 
- 
12 
3 
18 
- 
Corporation 
24 
- 
- 
- 
17 
3 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
12 
- 
2 
1 
6 
4 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
...farms 
67 
3 
15 
13 
85 
23 
number 
1,893 
12 
594 
(D) 
13,444 
1,166 
Beef cows 
...farms 
65 
3 
12 
10 
73 
17 
number 
1,131 
(D) 
305 
(D) 
6,625 
791 
Milk cows 
...farms 
5 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
11 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
...farms 
42 
7 
5 
68 
16 
number 
826 
- 
264 
(D) 
7,285 
527 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
...farms 
14 
3 
7 
7 
1 
- 
number 
44 
12 
11 
11 
(D) 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
...farms 
6 
- 
4 
4 
4 
- 
number 
10 
- 
16 
16 
17 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 59 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
