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.] 
Flathead 
Fond du Lac 
Fort Belknap 
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 
41 
9 
1 
1 
1 
1 
acres 
1,129 
362 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
28 
2 
1 
- 
2 
1 
Solar panels 
...farms 
21 
1 
- 
- 
2 
1 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
3 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
690 
130 
18 
2 
92 
65 
Dial-up service 
66 
16 
5 
1 
5 
5 
DSL service 
475 
82 
5 
- 
44 
32 
Cable modem service 
36 
6 
1 
- 
2 
2 
Fiber-optic service 
10 
3 
- 
- 
19 
8 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or a cell phone 
90 
21 
6 
- 
7 
2 
Satellite service 
76 
16 
2 
1 
26 
18 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
10 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
6 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
809 
163 
24 
2 
131 
107 
Partnership 
60 
3 
2 
- 
9 
5 
Corporation 
48 
4 
- 
- 
3 
2 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
25 
11 
1 
1 
7 
7 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
...farms 
482 
106 
16 
1 
88 
71 
number 
48,483 
8,011 
489 
(D) 
23,449 
1 1 ,692 
Beef cows 
...farms 
408 
92 
9 
1 
84 
67 
number 
28,139 
5,651 
267 
(D) 
14,280 
7,493 
Milk cows 
...farms 
22 
5 
- 
- 
3 
1 
number 
318 
10 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
...farms 
427 
85 
13 
- 
82 
66 
number 
33,747 
5,920 
185 
- 
12,431 
7,307 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
...farms 
39 
7 
3 
- 
1 
- 
number 
338 
57 
82 
- 
(D) 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
...farms 
42 
11 
1 
- 
1 
- 
number 
569 
169 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 61 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
