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.] 
Characteristics 
Salt River Pima-Maricopa 
San Carlos Apache 
Santee Sioux 
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 
- 
- 
1 
- 
10 
2 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
1,087 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Solar panels 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
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 
8 
2 
24 
21 
48 
8 
Dial-up service 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
DSL service 
3 
2 
13 
11 
26 
6 
Cable modem service 
4 
- 
10 
10 
2 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or a cell phone 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Satellite service 
2 
- 
1 
- 
12 
2 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
7 
6 
82 
82 
54 
8 
Partnership 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Corporation 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
1 
1 
11 
8 
6 
2 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
...farms 
2 
2 
84 
83 
51 
9 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
2,787 
(D) 
12,743 
3,289 
Beef cows 
...farms 
2 
2 
68 
67 
41 
9 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
1,842 
(D) 
4,901 
1,805 
Milk cows 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
...farms 
2 
2 
21 
20 
51 
9 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
1,465 
(D) 
10,056 
1,968 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture American Indian Reservations 75 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
