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.] 
Pine Ridge 
Prairie Island Community 
Pueblo de Cochiti 
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 
6 
- 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
1,605 
335 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
11 
8 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Solar panels 
...farms 
11 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
252 
131 
- 
- 
22 
20 
Dial-up service 
42 
24 
- 
- 
6 
5 
DSL service 
98 
54 
- 
- 
3 
3 
Cable modem service 
23 
13 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Fiber-optic service 
28 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or a cell phone 
22 
14 
- 
- 
3 
2 
Satellite service 
48 
17 
- 
- 
8 
8 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Other Internet service 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
285 
163 
- 
- 
48 
46 
Partnership 
47 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corporation 
12 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
19 
16 
1 
1 
1 
1 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
...farms 
297 
169 
- 
- 
30 
29 
number 
93,411 
39,849 
- 
- 
497 
(D) 
Beef cows 
...farms 
277 
160 
- 
- 
18 
17 
number 
52,429 
22,296 
- 
- 
332 
(D) 
Milk cows 
...farms 
7 
6 
- 
- 
- 
number 
19 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
...farms 
270 
155 
- 
- 
2 
1 
number 
60,831 
26,171 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
...farms 
15 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
68 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
...farms 
12 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
12 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 71 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
