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.] 
Leech Lake 
Lower Brule 
Lower Sioux 
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 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Solar panels 
...farms 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
49 
5 
44 
15 
3 
1 
Dial-up service 
6 
- 
3 
1 
1 
- 
DSL service 
18 
1 
18 
6 
- 
- 
Cable modem service 
10 
1 
4 
- 
2 
1 
Fiber-optic service 
11 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or a cell phone 
3 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
Satellite service 
2 
1 
16 
7 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
59 
1 
46 
19 
4 
2 
Partnership 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Corporation 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
6 
6 
3 
3 
2 
2 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
...farms 
37 
- 
34 
14 
3 
1 
number 
2,944 
- 
21,743 
8,654 
(D) 
(D) 
Beef cows 
...farms 
33 
- 
33 
13 
3 
1 
number 
1,352 
- 
10,749 
4,468 
50 
(D) 
Milk cows 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
...farms 
29 
1 
33 
13 
2 
- 
number 
1,281 
(D) 
10,089 
3,236 
(D) 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
...farms 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
number 
9 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
...farms 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 67 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
