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.] 
Sokaogon Chippewa 
Community 
Spirit Lake 
Spokane 
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 
- 
- 
7 
- 
2 
2 
acres 
- 
- 
805 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Solar panels 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
1 
1 
94 
2 
24 
12 
Dial-up service 
- 
- 
7 
- 
5 
1 
DSL service 
1 
1 
65 
2 
1 
1 
Cable modem service 
- 
- 
8 
- 
2 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
- 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or a cell phone 
- 
- 
13 
- 
1 
1 
Satellite service 
- 
- 
7 
- 
10 
6 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
2 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
- 
- 
113 
5 
16 
7 
Partnership 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Corporation 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
1 
1 
2 
1 
5 
5 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
....farms 
_ 
_ 
67 
4 
12 
9 
number 
- 
- 
19,187 
466 
1,031 
(D) 
Beef cows 
....farms 
- 
- 
62 
4 
9 
7 
number 
- 
- 
7,444 
430 
490 
(D) 
Milk cows 
....farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
....farms 
- 
- 
62 
4 
10 
7 
number 
- 
- 
8,059 
404 
994 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 
number 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
number 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
76 American Indian Reservations 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
