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.] 
Mississippi Bands of Choctaw 
Navajo Nation 
Nez Perce 
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 
- 
275 
275 
22 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
11,601 
11,601 
1,889 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
1 
1 
13 
11 
14 
- 
Solar panels 
...farms 
1 
1 
9 
8 
12 
- 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
- 
4 
4 
3 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
3 
2 
1,923 
1,872 
437 
8 
Dial-up service 
- 
- 
166 
165 
31 
1 
DSL service 
3 
2 
449 
424 
95 
1 
Cable modem service 
- 
- 
111 
110 
29 
1 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
- 
4 
1 
30 
4 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or a cell phone 
1 
1 
426 
416 
56 
3 
Satellite service 
- 
- 
736 
713 
207 
2 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
- 
- 
67 
67 
16 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
82 
82 
18 
- 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
3 
- 
14,035 
13,955 
414 
6 
Partnership 
- 
- 
222 
218 
47 
- 
Corporation 
- 
- 
47 
42 
49 
1 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
2 
2 
152 
147 
19 
7 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
...farms 
2 
1 
5,830 
5,767 
234 
1 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
71,605 
68,929 
18,905 
(D) 
Beef cows 
...farms 
2 
1 
4,914 
4,857 
207 
1 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
50,991 
49,052 
10,366 
(D) 
Milk cows 
...farms 
- 
- 
39 
39 
17 
- 
number 
- 
- 
313 
313 
27 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
...farms 
2 
1 
2,307 
2,280 
204 
1 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
20,587 
19,560 
9,734 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
...farms 
- 
- 
187 
185 
13 
- 
number 
- 
- 
504 
(D) 
113 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
...farms 
- 
- 
76 
74 
12 
- 
number 
- 
- 
211 
(D) 
80 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 69 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
