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.] 
Northern Cheyenne 
Omaha 
Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin 
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 
- 
- 
8 
- 
13 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
2,472 
- 
1,621 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
12 
12 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Solar panels 
...farms 
12 
12 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
82 
78 
68 
- 
59 
9 
Dial-up service 
2 
2 
2 
- 
9 
2 
DSL service 
56 
55 
25 
- 
20 
1 
Cable modem service 
9 
9 
14 
- 
8 
3 
Fiber-optic service 
4 
2 
5 
- 
1 
1 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or a cell phone 
2 
2 
10 
- 
13 
3 
Satellite service 
7 
6 
14 
- 
16 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
3 
2 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
92 
88 
76 
2 
63 
6 
Partnership 
5 
4 
4 
- 
7 
- 
Corporation 
1 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
10 
10 
4 
- 
7 
3 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
....farms 
62 
56 
30 
2 
48 
3 
number 
8,577 
7,480 
9,786 
(D) 
1 1 ,042 
(D) 
Beef cows 
....farms 
62 
56 
17 
- 
11 
3 
number 
6,734 
5,873 
266 
- 
241 
(D) 
Milk cows 
....farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
27 
- 
number 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
4,665 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
....farms 
61 
55 
31 
2 
44 
2 
number 
7,404 
6,636 
10,464 
(D) 
6,479 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
number 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
29 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
3 
- 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
70 American Indian Reservations 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
