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.] 
Rocky Boy's 
Rosebud 
Sac and Fox 
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 
3 
- 
18 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
1,940 
- 
1,689 
- 
(D) 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
2 
2 
8 
3 
- 
- 
Solar panels 
...farms 
2 
2 
7 
3 
- 
- 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
53 
48 
268 
68 
5 
3 
Dial-up service 
3 
3 
22 
6 
- 
- 
DSL service 
28 
26 
155 
35 
3 
2 
Cable modem service 
4 
2 
24 
9 
- 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
2 
- 
33 
4 
- 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or a cell phone 
- 
- 
21 
2 
1 
- 
Satellite service 
17 
17 
29 
13 
1 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
- 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
63 
60 
299 
84 
7 
1 
Partnership 
- 
- 
25 
4 
- 
- 
Corporation 
2 
- 
16 
3 
1 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
14 
14 
24 
23 
2 
2 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
....farms 
37 
35 
292 
81 
1 
1 
number 
2,893 
(D) 
109,517 
13,959 
(D) 
(D) 
Beef cows 
....farms 
30 
28 
280 
77 
1 
1 
number 
2,179 
(D) 
57,753 
8,171 
(D) 
(D) 
Milk cows 
....farms 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
....farms 
31 
29 
273 
77 
1 
1 
number 
1,897 
(D) 
69,675 
10,724 
(D) 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
74 American Indian Reservations 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
