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.] 
White Earth 
Wind River 
Winnebago 
Farms 
Farms 
Farms 
Characteristics 
operated by 
operated by 
operated by 
Total ^ 
American 
Indians or 
Total ^ 
American 
Indians or 
Total ^ 
American 
Indians or 
Alaska 
Alaska 
Alaska 
Natives ^ 
Natives ^ 
Natives ^ 
LAND USE PRACTICES - Con. 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
28 
3 
34 
8 
10 
- 
acres 
6,985 
32 
2,084 
695 
968 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
3 
2 
12 
2 
- 
- 
Solar panels 
...farms 
1 
1 
8 
2 
- 
- 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
263 
23 
210 
55 
98 
2 
Dial-up service 
27 
4 
8 
4 
3 
- 
DSL service 
99 
9 
70 
11 
13 
- 
Cable modem service 
29 
9 
9 
4 
12 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
64 
6 
7 
1 
4 
- 
or a cell phone 
53 
- 
41 
22 
14 
1 
Satellite service 
52 
- 
87 
19 
52 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
- 
- 
3 
1 
7 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
8 
2 
2 
- 
Farms by legal status for tax 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
288 
27 
242 
62 
111 
1 
Partnership 
31 
1 
18 
2 
5 
- 
Corporation 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
13 
” 
14 
1 
4 
“ 
institutional, etc 
6 
1 
19 
14 
1 
1 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 
Cattle and calves inventory 
....farms 
111 
6 
186 
59 
51 
- 
number 
1 1 ,523 
317 
31,936 
15,216 
26,948 
- 
Beef cows 
....farms 
82 
3 
156 
53 
44 
- 
number 
2,367 
89 
19,431 
9,849 
2,828 
- 
Milk cows 
....farms 
10 
- 
12 
- 
- 
- 
number 
1,117 
- 
15 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
....farms 
89 
5 
152 
56 
52 
- 
number 
7,200 
222 
15,064 
6,616 
59,210 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
13 
- 
6 
3 
2 
- 
number 
(D) 
- 
12 
3 
(D) 
- 
Flogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
7 
- 
8 
3 
3 
- 
number 
(D) 
- 
16 
3 
4,951 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
80 American Indian Reservations 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
