American Indian Reservations

Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota 

Pilot Project

Specialty Products

Part 1

AC-02-SP-1

Issued October 2004

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ann M. Veneman, Secretary

Dr. Joseph J. Jen, Under Secretary for

Research, Education, and Economics

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

R. Ronald Bosecker, Administrator
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Contents

Page

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV

Map ............................................................... 1

TABLES 

1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms 

 Operated by American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, 

 and South Dakota: 2002 ............................................ 2

2. Selected Operator Characteristics for All Operators on Reservations and For 

 All American Indian or Alaska Native Operators on Reservations in Montana, 

 North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

APPENDICES

A. Definitions and Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

B. Report Form and Instruction Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
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Introduction

A pilot project was conducted in conjunction with the

2002 Census of Agriculture in Montana, North Dakota,

and South Dakota to collect agricultural census data

for farms and ranches on American Indian reservations

in these three States. This publication presents those

results. This is the first time agricultural census data

for American Indian reservations based on individual

farm and ranch reports have ever been published by

the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of

the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Following are a

few significant results based on the reported data from

this pilot project. 

• Of the 4,794 farms and ranches at least partially on

reservations in Montana, North Dakota, and South

Dakota, 1,521, or 32 percent, have an American

Indian/Alaska Native operator.

• These 4,794 farms and ranches total 16.6 million

acres, of which 11.8 million acres are on

reservations over the three States.

• Of the 11.8 million acres of land in farms on

reservations in these three States, 6.8 million acres,

or 58 percent, are operated by American

Indian/Alaska Native operators.

• The 4,794 farms and ranches on reservations in the

three States had $481 million in market value of

agricultural products sold, or approximately

$100,000 per farm or ranch.

• The 1,521 American Indian/Alaska Native farms

and ranches on reservations in the three States had

$85 million in market value of agricultural

products sold, or approximately $56,000 per farm

or ranch.

• 5.3 percent of the farms and ranches in the three

States operate land on reservations.

• The farms and ranches operating on reservations in

the three States account for 11.6 percent of the

land in farms, 8.9 percent of the total cattle, and

6.2 percent of the cropland.

See the “Data Limitations” section for information on

important factors to consider when interpreting these

data.

PURPOSE

The census of agriculture is conducted every five years

by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

and is the leading source of facts and statistics about

the Nations agricultural production and demographics.

It provides a detailed picture of U.S. farms and ranches

and is the only source of uniform, comprehensive

agricultural data for every State and county in the U.S.

NASS received a recommendation from the Secretary

of Agriculture’s Advisory Committee on Agriculture

Statistics to collect more complete reservation-level

data on the 2002 census. In response to this

recommendation and to honor a commitment to

publish improved demographic data on American

Indian operators, NASS conducted the 2002 Census of

Agriculture pilot project in Montana, North Dakota,

and South Dakota. These States were selected for the

pilot project because there is a significant amount of

agricultural production on their reservations. Also, the

reservation agriculture is similar in size, type, and

operating arrangements to non-reservation agriculture.

The data will be used by NASS to develop future plans

for providing American Indian reservation agricultural

statistics. 

BACKGROUND

In censuses prior to the 1997 Census of Agriculture,

each American Indian reservation was treated as a

single farm for census data collection and tabulation

purposes. A single aggregate report form was

completed for each reservation to account for all

American Indian controlled agricultural activity on

each reservation. Reservation or tribal officials
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typically completed these aggregate reports. 

The 1997 Census of Agriculture used slightly different

procedures. In addition to an aggregate report for each

reservation, a separate one-page report form collected

the total number of American Indian farm or ranch

operators on the reservation, a list of counties in which

the reservation land was located, and the number of

operators in each county. Procedures also allowed

NASS to collect data from individual American Indian

operators on reservations. Some NASS State offices

successfully contacted individual American Indian

farmers and ranchers who operated on reservations,

while other State offices only obtained aggregated

data. When an aggregate report and individual reports

were received for a reservation, duplicate data were

removed. These unduplicated counts of American

Indian farm or ranch operators on reservations were

included in Appendix B of the 1997 U.S. and State

Volume 1, Geographic Area Series census

publications. This methodology generally provided

adequate aggregated data for the 1997 census.

METHODOLOGY

General

NASS maintains a list of farmers and ranchers from

which the census mail list (CML) is compiled. The

goal is to build as complete a CML as possible of

agricultural places that produce and sell, or would

normally sell, $1,000 or more of agricultural products.

Mailout/mailback methodology is the primary method

for collecting the data. The mailout/mailback method

is supplemented with followups by mail, telephone,

and personal enumeration.

American Indian reservations are included on the CML

as single entities in most States and each is treated as

a single farm or ranch. The census report form for a

reservation collects aggregated data for all American

Indian controlled agricultural activity on the

reservation. Aggregate data are typically obtained

from tribal officials or other administrative data

sources. 

Individual American Indian farm and ranch operators

on reservations are also on the CML. NASS staff

members attempt to remove duplication between the

aggregate reports and the individual reports during the

data review process. However, this aggregated data

approach does not provide important demographic data

on American Indian agriculture. The pilot project

implemented new methodology for the 2002 census in

Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota to

eliminate the treatment of a reservation as a single

American Indian farm or ranch. 

To address the pilot project goals of providing

reservation data and improved demographic data on

American Indians in the three States, the following

methodology changes were implemented. 

1. A new section was added to the census report form

for farm and ranch operators to self-report

agricultural activity on American Indian

reservations. 

2. Procedures were implemented to collect census

data from all known American Indian farm or

ranch operators on reservations. These procedures

involved intensified list-building, targeted

promotion, and extra data collection procedures.

The 2002 census report form content was similar to the

1997 report form but there were some modifications.

One significant report form change was the collection

of demographic information for as many as three

operators for each farm or ranch in all States. The race

category of American Indian or Alaska Native could

be selected for any operator as either a single race or in

combination of other races as part of a multi-racial

identification. Tables in this publication include data

for all farms and ranches operating on reservations and

for farms and ranches where the operators (up to three

per operation) self-identified as American Indian or

Alaska Native either as a single race or in combination

with other races. 

New Report Form Section for the Pilot Project

Section 23 was added to the forms mailed in Montana,

North Dakota, and South Dakota to identify farms or

ranches that operate land on reservations and obtain

basic information regarding the amount of the

agriculture that could be attributed to the reservation.

Specifically, this section requested:

• the number of acres operated on the reservation
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during 2002,

• the number of cropland acres harvested during

2002 on the reservation, and

• the percent of livestock on the reservation on

December 31, 2002.

The intent of this pilot project was to measure total

agriculture on farms and ranches that had at least some

agricultural production on reservations during 2002.

The data collected in Section 23 provide information

regarding the degree to which the total reported crop

and livestock data actually apply to reservation land. 

List Building

NASS builds the CML on an ongoing basis by

obtaining outside source lists to improve the list of

agricultural producers. Sources include State and

federal government lists, producer association lists,

specialty commodity lists, veterinarian lists, marketing

association lists, and a variety of other agriculture

related lists. 

For the pilot project, NASS staff in the three States

intensified their list-building efforts, specifically to

identify American Indian farm and ranch operators on

reservations. NASS personnel devoted extra time and

effort visiting each reservation, developing working

relationships, discussing the census of agriculture

process, and obtaining lists of farm operators. The

availability of good list sources varied across the

reservations. Other USDA agencies that have offices

on reservations, as well as Bureau of Indian Affairs

offices, were also contacted. A special livestock feed

disaster payment program was being administered by

the Farm Service Agency in late 2002. This program

participation list proved to be a very good source since

it was current. 

Promotion

Tribal officials on all reservations were visited at least

once prior to the census being enumerated. Often,

presentations were given to explain that the pilot

project was intended to better serve American Indian

data needs by providing reservation statistics and

improved demographic data. To provide these data,

individual census reports from all American Indian

farm or ranch operators on reservations were needed.

NASS enumerators and supervisors, who were going

to be collecting the data, frequently attended these

meetings so all parties were familiar with each other.

Supervisory enumerators were encouraged to

periodically visit with the tribes to open lines of

communication. 

Early and frequent publicity was the key to promoting

the census. Promotional materials were made

available to all reservations. Public service

announcements to promote completing the census

report form were provided to Indian Country radio

stations and drop-in ads were published in American

Indian newspapers. Fellow USDA agency

representatives were good spokespersons and also

helped promote the importance of the census and list

building. 

Data Collection

The NASS State Statistical Offices (SSOs) in the three

States made a concerted effort to obtain census report

forms from all reservation farm and ranch operators.

The normal census data collection mailout/mailback

procedure was initially used to obtain census data.

Most operators were first mailed a report form, with a

second mailing if there was not a response received

within the requested time period. The SSOs monitored

completion rates in counties with a high density of

reservation land to target data collection follow-up

activities. 

A number of extra data collection procedures were

implemented to assure maximum response from

farmers and ranchers who operated on reservations. A

post card reminder was mailed to operators. Nonrespondents were followed up with either telephone

calls or visits from field enumerators or office staff.

Both office personnel and field enumerators were

available to help operators on reservations complete

their report forms. Enumerators made themselves

available to producers at established locations to

answer any questions and assist reservation operators

in completing their census report form. 

The NASS SSOs hired enumerators who were familiar

with reservation farm operators and tribal agriculture

and who could help bridge any language or cultural

barriers. Some of these enumerators were tribal
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members. Special training was conducted for these

selected enumerators who would be personally

speaking with reservation operators. NASS strived to

respect cultural mores and tribal sovereignty in all

activities. 

Coverage Adjustment

The 2002 Census of Agriculture introduced new

methodology to account for all farms in the U.S..

Although much effort was expended making the CML

as complete as possible, the coverage of farms was not

complete. Incompleteness in the CML was measured

by matching list names against all qualifying farm and

ranch operations found in randomly selected sample

land areas throughout the Nation. Information from

these sample areas and from State-level commodity

check data were used to calculate coverage adjustment

weights for each farm or ranch with census data.

Coverage adjusted reservation totals were then

generated for every census variable. 

DATA TABLES

Tables 1 and 2 provide the 2002 Census of Agriculture

data for selected agricultural and demographic items

for all American Indian reservations in Montana,

North Dakota, and South Dakota, and for each separate

reservation. The reservations are listed in alphabetic

order in each table. Data from the Trenton Service

Area were combined with the Turtle Mountain

Reservation data for publication. Table 1, Selected

Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of

Reservation Farms Operated by American Indians

or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and

South Dakota: 2002, provides aggregated agricultural

data for farms and ranches operating on reservations.

Table 2, Selected Operator Characteristics for All

Operators on Reservations and for All American

Indian or Alaska NativeOperators on Reservations

in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota:

2002, presents demographic data for up to three

operators reported per farm or ranch on the census

report forms. In each table, two columns of data are

provided for the total and for each separate reservation.

The first column represents all reservation farms and

ranches. The second column represents American

Indian or Alaska Native operated farms and ranches.

The minimum requirement for inclusion in the second

column is that at least one operator be an American

Indian or Alaskan Native. That operator can be

exclusively an American Indian or Alaska Native or

can be an American Indian or Alaska Native in

combination with one or more other races. 

The table below provides comparisons of some key

pilot project data for farms and ranches operating on

reservations in the three States with 2002 census data

for all farms and ranches in the three States. 

Comparison of Three-State Reservation Totals to Three-State All Farm Totals: 2002

Item

Three-State total

for reservation

farms and

ranches

Three-State

total for all

farms

Reservation

total as a

percent of all

farms total

Number of farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,794 90,225 5.3

Land in farms (acres) . . . . . . . . . . . 16,602,509 142,692,361 11.6

Number of cattle farms . . . . . . . . . . 3,153 42,639 7.4

Cattle inventory ............... 712,332 7,965,832 8.9

Number of farms with cropland . . . 3,826 78,466 4.9

Cropland (acres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,064,856 65,140,027 6.2
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DATA LIMITATIONS

The data published in this report are primarily intended

for use by NASS in researching and developing

improved reservation-level data collection methods.

NASS will continue to review and analyze these data

to help develop plans for providing reservation data in

the future. 

Care must be taken when using the data from this

project. Following are a few important factors to

consider when interpreting the data in these tables.

1. For this pilot project, reservation farms and

ranches were identified by census reports returned

with a completed Section 23. That is, the data are

summarized in Tables 1 and 2 for those census

reports where the farm or ranch operator selfreported that at least a portion of the census

operation was located on a reservation during

2002. The quality of the data published in this

report depends on how accurately the census

respondents self-reported this information. In this

pilot project, it is likely that some respondents

under-reported for the following reasons.

a. The initial Section 23 question specified that

reservation land should include “deeded acres,

leased acres, grazing land, and other trust

acres.” Some operators have been farming or

ranching deeded acres for many years and may

consider this land as private land rather than

reservation land. Consequently, some farm

and ranch operators may not have reported this

land in Section 23.

b. Some operators may not have understood the

NASS concept of “Land Operated.” Trust

acres are defined as American Indian owned

land, the title of which is held in trust and

protected by the Federal government. If trust

lands were not considered as being “operated,”

they may not have been reported in Section 23.

Consequently, crop acreage, livestock

inventory, and land in farm statistics for

American Indian/Alaska Native operators may

be understated.

All Section 23 data were edited for consistency but it

was difficult to identify mis-reporting and make all

necessary corrections. 

2. The data represent counts and totals for farms and

ranches that had any agricultural production on

reservations during 2002. This includes ranches

that only grazed livestock on reservation land on

an Animal Unit Month (AUM) basis, and did not

actually operate any land. For this three-State pilot

project, NASS did not ask for specific crop

acreages or livestock inventories actually on the

reservation land. Instead, in Section 23 the report

form requested the total acreage, the total

harvested cropland acreage, and the percent of

livestock inventory on reservation land.

Consequently, the total crop acreage or livestock

inventory could include some acreage or livestock

that were actually located outside of the

reservation boundaries. Data are presented at the

beginning of Table 1 that describe the distribution

of reservation farms by percent of land on a

reservation, by percent of harvested cropland on a

reservation, and by percent of livestock on a

reservation. Note that these counts do not sum to

the total number of farms on the reservation since

all farms do not necessarily operate land, have

harvested cropland, or have livestock on the

reservation. These counts indicate that, at the

three-State level:

a. 2,815 of the 4,771 farms and ranches operating

land on a reservation (59 percent) have all land

on the reservation,

b. 1,833 of the 2,602 farms and ranches with

harvested cropland on a reservation (70

percent) have all harvested cropland on the

reservation,

c. 2,520 of the 3,241 farms and ranches with

livestock on a reservation (78 percent) have all

livestock on the reservation.

These distribution counts in Table 1 cannot be used to

directly calculate any crop or livestock data items but

they do provide information regarding the degree to

which the crop and livestock data actually apply to

reservation land. 

3. The second data column in each table, and the

second column for each reservation, indicates
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agricultural or demographic data for farms

operated by American Indians or Alaska

Natives. Census report forms asked

respondents to identify the race(s) of up to

three operators per farm or ranch. The race

category of American Indian or Alaska

Native could be selected as either a single race

or in combination with other races as part of a

multi-racial identification. The second column

includes data for farms or ranches where any

of the three operators were self-identified as

American Indian or Alaska Native either as a

single race or in combination with other races.

4. Some small farms and ranches may not have been

on any of the list sources obtained by NASS. Even

with the extra list building effort for this project,

these small farms may not be adequately

represented to ensure proper coverage adjustment

calculations.

SYMBOLS

The following symbols are used throughout the tables.

- Represents zero.

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for

individual farms and ranches.
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“ The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests,

plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the land that

fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He

once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers; he belongs just as the

buffalo belonged . . . ”

- - Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux Chief, 1905-1939
 

 American Indian Reservations - Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Lands and Indian Reservations of the United States 

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Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

All reservations in

MT, ND, SD Blackfeet Cheyenne River Sioux

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ................................... number

Land in farms .............................. acres Average size of farms ................... acres Reservation acres on farms ................... acres

Farms by percent of land

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of cropland

 harvested on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of livestock

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Estimated market value of

 land and buildings 3 ....................... $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

 Average per acre ..................... dollars

Estimated market value of all

 machinery and equipment 3 ................. $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

Farms by size:

 1 to 9 acres .................................. 10 to 49 acres ................................ 50 to 179 acres ............................... 180 to 499 acres .............................. 500 to 999 acres .............................. 1,000 acres or more ...........................

Total cropland ............................. farms

acres Harvested cropland ....................... farms

acres Irrigated land .............................. farms

acres

TENURE

Full owners ............................... farms

acres Part owners ............................... farms

acres Tenants .................................. farms

acres

4,794

16,602,509

3,463

11,815,397

813

454

276

413

2,815

347

209

125

88

1,833

351

155

91

124

2,520

4,601,714

974,733

275

471,515

106,485

108

410

597

629

534

2,516

3,826

4,064,856

3,132

2,199,380

1,086

237,988

1,629

4,965,692

2,549

10,192,837

616

1,443,980

1,521

7,795,008

5,125

6,822,073

93

68

63

155

1,137

14

19

10

17

538

52

28

22

44

1,128

1,841,004

1,225,702

237

84,474

62,713

34

96

266

214

161

750

972

696,767

695

297,134

209

51,350

508

3,973,273

704

3,010,419

309

811,316

354

1,602,499

4,527

1,291,180

39

25

23

40

224

15

15

9

6

145

16

13

3

12

195

521,428

1,409,266

319

42,380

129,206

6

15

36

28

40

229

256

463,949

219

245,530

94

32,158

104

619,190

201

888,797

49

94,512

198

957,487

4,836

879,268

12

8

9

18

151

1

3

2

1

74

5

3

1

6

150

278,707

1,379,738

300

9,930

60,922

4

7

28

18

29

112

113

81,718

88

38,215

34

6,818

69

568,531

103

334,210

26

54,746

404

2,155,199

5,335

1,627,448

58

22

14

37

273

6

3

1

1

96

36

7

8

14

274

397,223

995,547

182

47,721

124,925

5

6

38

22

36

297

293

359,205

150

79,092

3

(D)

105

318,875

229

1,532,079

70

304,245

186

1,100,717

5,918

957,917

14

10

4

18

140

1

 -

 -

 -

31

9

3

5

6

147

171,950

914,628

157

13,657

79,864

5

2

23

7

11

138

104

78,599

46

17,025

1

(D)

52

171,648

94

723,582

40

205,487

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
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Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Crow Crow Creek Sioux Devils Lake Sioux

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ................................... number

Land in farms .............................. acres Average size of farms ................... acres Reservation acres on farms ................... acres

Farms by percent of land

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of cropland

 harvested on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of livestock

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Estimated market value of

 land and buildings 3 ....................... $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

 Average per acre ..................... dollars

Estimated market value of all

 machinery and equipment 3 ................. $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

Farms by size:

 1 to 9 acres .................................. 10 to 49 acres ................................ 50 to 179 acres ............................... 180 to 499 acres .............................. 500 to 999 acres .............................. 1,000 acres or more ...........................

Total cropland ............................. farms

acres Harvested cropland ....................... farms

acres Irrigated land .............................. farms

acres

TENURE

Full owners ............................... farms

acres Part owners ............................... farms

acres Tenants .................................. farms

acres

377

1,989,372

5,277

1,495,111

37

17

18

31

270

13

10

6

2

164

14

14

5

7

254

560,964

1,468,493

267

31,226

93,771

13

37

55

56

35

181

257

286,824

218

136,428

127

43,060

148

657,479

191

1,220,415

38

111,478

138

838,738

6,078

787,309

4

1

4

7

122

 -

1

 -

1

55

1

 -

1

1

124

261,163

1,695,861

305

3,882

31,058

3

14

27

27

18

49

82

25,828

59

11,148

25

5,785

65

584,727

61

248,793

12

5,218

52

288,196

5,542

137,268

17

12

2

3

18

5

10

1

 -

6

6

5

 -

3

17

88,730

1,304,851

278

11,010

161,915

 -

4

4

6

4

34

38

57,588

28

26,497

7

6,487

15

71,152

27

189,715

10

27,329

19

81,922

4,312

73,028

 -

1

 -

2

16

 -

 -

 -

 -

3

 -

1

 -

2

10

20,431

972,892

248

598

28,482

 -

4

3

6

1

5

8

2,576

3

(D)

1

(D)

9

(D)

3

1,000

7

(D)

125

234,487

1,876

111,248

48

15

7

12

43

25

11

8

3

39

14

2

 -

4

45

70,832

655,853

327

17,247

161,189

 -

4

7

24

17

73

119

138,895

108

108,333

7

3,619

34

37,948

76

180,767

15

15,772

9

24,574

2,730

23,344

1

 -

 -

3

5

 -

1

 -

 -

4

1

 -

 -

3

4

6,793

754,814

248

1,110

123,333

 -

3

 -

1

1

4

9

5,239

8

1,433 -

 -

3

(D)

4

(D)

2

(D)

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
4 AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Flandreau Santee Sioux Flathead Fort Belknap

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ................................... number

Land in farms .............................. acres Average size of farms ................... acres Reservation acres on farms ................... acres

Farms by percent of land

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of cropland

 harvested on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of livestock

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Estimated market value of

 land and buildings 3 ....................... $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

 Average per acre ..................... dollars

Estimated market value of all

 machinery and equipment 3 ................. $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

Farms by size:

 1 to 9 acres .................................. 10 to 49 acres ................................ 50 to 179 acres ............................... 180 to 499 acres .............................. 500 to 999 acres .............................. 1,000 acres or more ...........................

Total cropland ............................. farms

acres Harvested cropland ....................... farms

acres Irrigated land .............................. farms

acres

TENURE

Full owners ............................... farms

acres Part owners ............................... farms

acres Tenants .................................. farms

acres

10

3,046

305

2,028

2

2

 -

1

5

2

2

 -

 -

2

2

2

2

 -

1

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

 -

3

1

4

2

 -

8

2,669

6

1,195

1

(D)

6

(D)

1

(D)

3

300

5

1,498

300

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

5

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

2

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

 -

2

1

1

1

 -

3

(D)

1

(D)

 -

 -

3

(D)

 -

 -

2

(D)

931

889,986

956

782,173

55

38

31

65

734

5

10

8

12

518

35

16

7

15

641

767,937

828,410

802

40,688

50,543

71

273

229

163

74

121

726

146,820

604

83,561

654

89,497

608

351,882

284

350,365

39

187,739

155

489,867

3,160

482,937

3

8

7

16

119

 -

4

 -

4

74

1

 -

1

3

115

266,609

1,742,545

506

4,416

33,454

12

33

30

28

21

31

117

24,598

89

14,837

99

14,650

69

212,425

71

117,178

15

160,264

121

829,926

6,859

704,030

7

8

6

14

84

3

4

3

4

41

3

1

2

3

59

150,215

1,365,591

191

6,646

66,465

2

2

15

17

12

73

86

165,763

67

62,636

31

11,343

49

512,187

60

287,833

12

29,906

83

634,270

7,642

606,023

2

1

1

9

70

 -

 -

 -

1

30

1

1

1

1

53

109,455

1,440,202

177

2,787

40,989

2

2

11

14

8

46

52

79,522

34

21,732

14

5,405

34

(D)

37

(D)

12

29,906

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 5

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Fort Berthold Fort Peck Lake Traverse

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ................................... number

Land in farms .............................. acres Average size of farms ................... acres Reservation acres on farms ................... acres

Farms by percent of land

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of cropland

 harvested on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of livestock

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Estimated market value of

 land and buildings 3 ....................... $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

 Average per acre ..................... dollars

Estimated market value of all

 machinery and equipment 3 ................. $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

Farms by size:

 1 to 9 acres .................................. 10 to 49 acres ................................ 50 to 179 acres ............................... 180 to 499 acres .............................. 500 to 999 acres .............................. 1,000 acres or more ...........................

Total cropland ............................. farms

acres Harvested cropland ....................... farms

acres Irrigated land .............................. farms

acres

TENURE

Full owners ............................... farms

acres Part owners ............................... farms

acres Tenants .................................. farms

acres

236

578,406

2,451

279,047

50

36

27

22

99

30

23

12

11

77

9

7

7

1

73

191,482

870,372

332

39,152

180,423

 -

3

21

23

28

161

202

301,501

191

257,616

3

520

49

29,890

163

504,387

24

44,129

53

101,975

1,924

80,086

2

2

1

9

39

 -

1

 -

 -

20

1

1

1

1

44

20,633

503,250

213

4,239

111,550

 -

1

11

5

12

24

35

26,817

28

15,947 -

 -

21

13,245

27

75,770

5

12,960

548

1,774,370

3,238

1,248,386

100

63

38

49

297

55

39

33

24

263

23

17

10

16

177

476,379

934,076

283

75,705

148,733

 -

20

24

74

69

361

501

925,413

452

553,260

97

26,916

158

458,754

329

1,235,400

61

80,216

94

599,892

6,382

564,164

8

5

5

17

59

4

5

4

6

50

1

3

4

3

35

158,185

1,535,777

267

13,877

136,052

 -

 -

4

12

11

67

83

156,084

73

84,962

22

6,823

17

309,001

59

269,656

18

21,235

229

237,555

1,037

74,406

105

45

11

11

57

68

18

9

3

49

39

8

2

3

49

149,105

530,622

560

32,435

119,685

 -

8

20

38

62

101

218

161,625

203

134,633

4

663

30

10,546

161

207,876

38

19,133

16

(D)

(D)

7,963

 -

 -

 -

1

15

 -

 -

 -

 -

7

1

 -

 -

 -

14

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

 -

2

5

5

1

3

14

3,338

8

2,217 -

 -

9

3,898

2

(D)

5

1,485

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
6 AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Lower Brule Northern Cheyenne Pine Ridge

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ................................... number

Land in farms .............................. acres Average size of farms ................... acres Reservation acres on farms ................... acres

Farms by percent of land

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of cropland

 harvested on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of livestock

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Estimated market value of

 land and buildings 3 ....................... $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

 Average per acre ..................... dollars

Estimated market value of all

 machinery and equipment 3 ................. $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

Farms by size:

 1 to 9 acres .................................. 10 to 49 acres ................................ 50 to 179 acres ............................... 180 to 499 acres .............................. 500 to 999 acres .............................. 1,000 acres or more ...........................

Total cropland ............................. farms

acres Harvested cropland ....................... farms

acres Irrigated land .............................. farms

acres

TENURE

Full owners ............................... farms

acres Part owners ............................... farms

acres Tenants .................................. farms

acres

75

258,648

3,449

136,860

17

9

9

6

34

11

4

 -

3

25

3

5

2

2

28

77,911

916,597

315

10,334

123,019

 -

5

5

9

8

48

63

76,707

56

48,864

8

8,821

17

31,944

36

127,354

22

99,350

34

111,745

3,287

92,663

1

2

2

2

27

 -

 -

 -

 -

18

 -

1

1

1

23

31,498

851,298

275

2,986

82,956

 -

5

5

7

2

15

24

20,551

20

13,183

2

(D)

10

(D)

7

27,239

17

(D)

64

403,152

6,299

354,699

4

2

2

4

51

3

2

 -

1

22

5

 -

2

2

48

95,892

1,313,587

229

5,323

80,648

6

1

14

15

7

21

43

15,038

30

8,113

6

600

35

(D)

21

(D)

8

8,560

50

320,065

6,401

318,519

1

 -

1

3

44

1

 -

 -

 -

19

1

 -

1

1

44

75,470

1,237,216

235

3,737

69,211

6

1

11

13

7

12

33

9,767

21

4,414

4

(D)

31

(D)

16

(D)

3

1,200

378

2,027,161

5,363

1,631,170

64

39

20

34

221

14

13

12

4

111

38

18

6

15

226

367,900

886,505

179

31,714

81,110

 -

9

43

52

34

240

267

247,836

201

100,120

16

4,490

105

849,990

206

1,028,842

67

148,329

211

1,445,355

6,850

1,289,730

14

16

11

17

153

 -

 -

3

 -

55

6

8

2

6

172

235,593

1,024,317

163

9,664

46,462

 -

9

35

35

15

117

120

76,541

75

21,979

6

948

57

756,005

103

580,057

51

109,293

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 7

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Rocky Boy’s Rosebud Standing Rock

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ................................... number

Land in farms .............................. acres Average size of farms ................... acres Reservation acres on farms ................... acres

Farms by percent of land

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of cropland

 harvested on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of livestock

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Estimated market value of

 land and buildings 3 ....................... $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

 Average per acre ..................... dollars

Estimated market value of all

 machinery and equipment 3 ................. $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

Farms by size:

 1 to 9 acres .................................. 10 to 49 acres ................................ 50 to 179 acres ............................... 180 to 499 acres .............................. 500 to 999 acres .............................. 1,000 acres or more ...........................

Total cropland ............................. farms

acres Harvested cropland ....................... farms

acres Irrigated land .............................. farms

acres

TENURE

Full owners ............................... farms

acres Part owners ............................... farms

acres Tenants .................................. farms

acres

42

105,193

2,505

85,748

4

2

1

7

28

1

 -

1

 -

12

2

1

 -

1

32

17,179

2,147,381

238

(D)

(D)

 -

3

20

4

2

13

22

24,275

18

8,935 -

 -

7

64,395

17

37,272

18

3,526

39

93,365

2,394

82,750

2

1

1

7

28

 -

 -

 -

 -

12

2

1

 -

1

32

(D)

(D)

(D)

1,462

208,849

 -

3

20

4

2

10

19

12,472

15

3,182 -

 -

7

64,395

14

25,444

18

3,526

349

1,367,027

3,917

547,910

101

52

33

34

129

54

24

10

7

108

55

17

24

12

137

289,680

925,495

214

29,054

92,823

4

3

30

33

41

238

292

261,810

274

176,901

22

5,718

67

344,861

221

915,511

61

106,655

103

516,793

5,017

185,549

17

4

7

15

60

5

2

1

3

38

12

2

2

7

66

88,872

976,615

171

5,204

57,187

2

3

26

14

3

55

63

41,113

58

23,478 -

 -

28

(D)

43

205,379

32

(D)

358

1,686,593

4,711

1,251,626

60

43

22

34

199

11

9

5

6

121

33

18

10

14

206

319,276

985,419

188

39,415

122,027

 -

10

8

32

30

278

311

350,524

192

106,222

3

(D)

79

303,337

247

1,256,595

32

126,661

63

392,239

6,226

354,288

5

3

4

6

45

 -

 -

 -

1

23

5

1

2

2

46

74,801

1,558,348

198

4,521

96,192

 -

3

3

3

5

49

44

37,472

27

14,675

1

(D)

17

134,701

37

207,438

9

50,100

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
8 AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Turtle Mountain/Trenton Indian Service Yankton

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ................................... number

Land in farms .............................. acres Average size of farms ................... acres Reservation acres on farms ................... acres

Farms by percent of land

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of cropland

 harvested on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Farms by percent of livestock

 on reservation:

 Less than 25 percent ........................... 25 to 49.9 percent ............................. 50 to 74.9 percent ............................. 75 to 99.9 percent ............................. 100 percent ..................................

Estimated market value of

 land and buildings 3 ....................... $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

 Average per acre ..................... dollars

Estimated market value of all

 machinery and equipment 3 ................. $1,000

 Average per farm ..................... dollars

Farms by size:

 1 to 9 acres .................................. 10 to 49 acres ................................ 50 to 179 acres ............................... 180 to 499 acres .............................. 500 to 999 acres .............................. 1,000 acres or more ...........................

Total cropland ............................. farms

acres Harvested cropland ....................... farms

acres Irrigated land .............................. farms

acres

TENURE

Full owners ............................... farms

acres Part owners ............................... farms

acres Tenants .................................. farms

acres

66

69,725

1,056

23,042

10

6

6

7

35

3

2

1

1

25

4

2

 -

 -

45

(D)

(D)

(D)

2,405

34,359

 -

2

23

14

14

13

52

18,918

48

13,826 -

 -

5

(D)

29

(D)

32

13,434

60

61,062

1,018

20,993

7

5

6

5

35

2

2

 -

 -

24

3

2

 -

 -

45

14,959

204,923

248

(D)

(D)

 -

2

23

12

12

11

46

10,459

42

7,493 -

 -

5

(D)

23

(D)

32

13,434

72

99,421

1,381

30,747

35

17

6

2

12

23

10

6

 -

7

14

1

1

 -

13

42,606

819,342

475

7,497

144,171

1

 -

4

15

19

33

69

56,965

65

47,608

3

(D)

5

2,056

50

74,659

17

22,706

4

(D)

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

4

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

3

(D)

(D)

(D)

35

8,750

 -

 -

 -

2

1

1

2

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

 -

 -

3

(D)

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 9

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

All reservations in

MT, ND, SD Blackfeet Cheyenne River Sioux

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL

 PRODUCTS SOLD

Market value of agricultural

 products sold (see text) .................... $1,000

 Average per farm ................... dollars

 Crops, including nursery

 and greenhouse crops ................... $1,000

 Livestock, poultry, and

 their products .......................... $1,000

FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS

 (SEE TEXT)

Less than $1,000 ............................... $1,000 to $2,499 ................................ $2,500 to $4,999 ................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .............................. $25,000 to $49,999 .............................. $50,000 to $99,999 .............................. $100,000 or more ...............................

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS

Farms reporting -

 Computers for farm business .................... Internet access ................................

Farms by type of

 organization:

 Family or individual ............................ Partnership ................................... Corporation .................................. Other-cooperative, estate or trust,

 institutional, etc ..............................

FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 3

Total farm production

 expenses ............................... $1,000

Selected farm production

 expenses:

 Livestock and poultry

 purchased ............................ $1,000

 Feed purchased ......................... $1,000

 Fertilizer, lime, and

 soil conditioners ....................... $1,000

 Gasoline, fuels, and oils .................. $1,000

 Hired farm labor ......................... $1,000

 Interest expense ........................ $1,000

 Chemicals purchased .................... $1,000

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ................... farms

number

 Beef cows inventory ....................... farms

number

 Milk cows inventory ....................... farms

number

Cattle and calves sold ....................... farms

number

480,699

100,271

177,671

303,028

714

173

223

288

622

610

744

1,420

2,305

2,660

4,068

357

241

128

449,955

48,299

49,272

29,934

25,804

23,476

40,173

24,631

3,153

712,332

2,986

461,170

106

2,935

3,050

532,577

85,415

56,157

19,084

66,331

403

57

77

105

223

203

198

255

614

758

1,330

78

17

96

77,078

6,492

11,227

2,449

5,586

3,358

7,119

2,214

1,003

178,005

961

132,538

17

327

932

130,668

36,319

102,597

18,328

17,991

58

13

11

21

54

46

56

95

172

191

276

32

38

8

38,719

1,951

5,208

2,747

2,154

2,336

3,625

2,812

222

42,318

212

31,846

8

366

213

26,503

8,988

45,393

1,755

7,233

42

8

6

15

42

27

35

23

78

91

173

11

7

7

9,356

397

1,829

346

586

490

981

220

139

21,781

134

17,000

4

4

135

13,464

44,611

110,424

2,651

41,961

44

5

11

10

55

50

79

150

195

231

346

37

10

11

38,386

4,986

6,444

1,405

2,293

1,349

3,822

1,230

325

92,490

316

63,940

8

297

326

80,046

17,448

93,807

287

17,161

25

4

5

6

25

24

38

59

82

107

161

15

2

8

10,923

783

1,970

103

862

322

1,270

103

147

36,514

145

27,916

1

(D)

146

33,972

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
10 AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Crow Crow Creek Sioux Devils Lake Sioux

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL

 PRODUCTS SOLD

Market value of agricultural

 products sold (see text) .................... $1,000

 Average per farm ................... dollars

 Crops, including nursery

 and greenhouse crops ................... $1,000

 Livestock, poultry, and

 their products .......................... $1,000

FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS

 (SEE TEXT)

Less than $1,000 ............................... $1,000 to $2,499 ................................ $2,500 to $4,999 ................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .............................. $25,000 to $49,999 .............................. $50,000 to $99,999 .............................. $100,000 or more ...............................

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS

Farms reporting -

 Computers for farm business .................... Internet access ................................

Farms by type of

 organization:

 Family or individual ............................ Partnership ................................... Corporation .................................. Other-cooperative, estate or trust,

 institutional, etc ..............................

FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 3

Total farm production

 expenses ............................... $1,000

Selected farm production

 expenses:

 Livestock and poultry

 purchased ............................ $1,000

 Feed purchased ......................... $1,000

 Fertilizer, lime, and

 soil conditioners ....................... $1,000

 Gasoline, fuels, and oils .................. $1,000

 Hired farm labor ......................... $1,000

 Interest expense ........................ $1,000

 Chemicals purchased .................... $1,000

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ................... farms

number

 Beef cows inventory ....................... farms

number

 Milk cows inventory ....................... farms

number

Cattle and calves sold ....................... farms

number

43,057

114,211

13,861

29,197

72

33

21

31

43

22

52

103

170

180

304

32

33

8

45,981

1,316

5,731

2,546

2,221

3,218

2,802

2,411

252

57,297

233

38,194

8

14

240

67,293

4,294

31,115

449

3,845

48

16

10

15

10

9

16

14

39

44

127

3

 -

8

5,744

267

1,105

241

318

451

341

79

76

9,842

70

8,393

1

(D)

67

8,032

15,027

288,976

3,793

11,233

14

1

 -

1

4

1

7

24

33

33

40

8

2

2

18,881

5,899

2,298

935

468

1,008

1,603

682

31

24,152

31

12,221

1

(D)

31

14,915

791

41,610

(D)

(D)

14

1

 -

 -

1

 -

 -

3

11

9

15

2

 -

2

681

30

51

(D)

35

8

(D)

(D)

4

2,046

4

1,401 -

 -

4

1,230

15,535

124,278

10,604

4,931

16

 -

8

3

13

21

15

49

56

68

111

12

1

1

14,193

490

713

1,645

810

1,046

860

1,658

72

15,059

67

8,167

2

(D)

68

7,892

164

18,251

44

120

4

 -

 -

 -

2

3

 -

 -

 -

2

7

1

 -

1

374

17

90

(D)

25

(D)

10

 -

7

818

5

477 -

 -

5

265

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 11

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Flandreau Santee Sioux Flathead Fort Belknap

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL

 PRODUCTS SOLD

Market value of agricultural

 products sold (see text) .................... $1,000

 Average per farm ................... dollars

 Crops, including nursery

 and greenhouse crops ................... $1,000

 Livestock, poultry, and

 their products .......................... $1,000

FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS

 (SEE TEXT)

Less than $1,000 ............................... $1,000 to $2,499 ................................ $2,500 to $4,999 ................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .............................. $25,000 to $49,999 .............................. $50,000 to $99,999 .............................. $100,000 or more ...............................

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS

Farms reporting -

 Computers for farm business .................... Internet access ................................

Farms by type of

 organization:

 Family or individual ............................ Partnership ................................... Corporation .................................. Other-cooperative, estate or trust,

 institutional, etc ..............................

FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 3

Total farm production

 expenses ............................... $1,000

Selected farm production

 expenses:

 Livestock and poultry

 purchased ............................ $1,000

 Feed purchased ......................... $1,000

 Fertilizer, lime, and

 soil conditioners ....................... $1,000

 Gasoline, fuels, and oils .................. $1,000

 Hired farm labor ......................... $1,000

 Interest expense ........................ $1,000

 Chemicals purchased .................... $1,000

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ................... farms

number

 Beef cows inventory ....................... farms

number

 Milk cows inventory ....................... farms

number

Cattle and calves sold ....................... farms

number

341

34,052

(D)

(D)

2

1

 -

2

3

1

 -

1

5

7

8

 -

 -

2

(D)

 -

(D)

 -

(D)

(D)

 -

(D)

5

215

5

87

 -

 -

3

31

28

5,500

(D)

(D)

2

 -

 -

2

1

 -

 -

 -

2

2

3

 -

 -

2

(D)

 -

(D)

 -

(D)

(D)

 -

(D)

2

(D)

2

(D)

 -

 -

2

(D)

34,183

36,717

10,810

23,373

177

79

104

99

178

119

88

87

444

569

827

43

40

21

30,223

1,829

3,205

1,145

1,832

2,766

3,939

825

520

52,840

483

37,442

32

956

489

35,714

4,753

30,663

1,239

3,513

40

12

16

14

23

23

16

11

67

85

135

4

1

15

4,254

214

394

98

494

124

834

53

93

9,594

92

7,529

2

(D)

82

6,656

9,879

81,641

4,922

4,956

30

3

5

9

15

13

18

28

50

59

96

12

8

5

9,064

647

1,200

332

559

564

806

263

72

16,026

70

11,386

3

5

73

10,374

3,731

44,957

1,604

2,128

28

3

5

9

9

8

12

9

32

37

72

6

 -

5

3,454

(D)

552

115

204

199

203

123

46

6,228

45

4,531

1

(D)

46

4,190

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
12 AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Fort Berthold Fort Peck Lake Traverse

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL

 PRODUCTS SOLD

Market value of agricultural

 products sold (see text) .................... $1,000

 Average per farm ................... dollars

 Crops, including nursery

 and greenhouse crops ................... $1,000

 Livestock, poultry, and

 their products .......................... $1,000

FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS

 (SEE TEXT)

Less than $1,000 ............................... $1,000 to $2,499 ................................ $2,500 to $4,999 ................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .............................. $25,000 to $49,999 .............................. $50,000 to $99,999 .............................. $100,000 or more ...............................

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS

Farms reporting -

 Computers for farm business .................... Internet access ................................

Farms by type of

 organization:

 Family or individual ............................ Partnership ................................... Corporation .................................. Other-cooperative, estate or trust,

 institutional, etc ..............................

FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 3

Total farm production

 expenses ............................... $1,000

Selected farm production

 expenses:

 Livestock and poultry

 purchased ............................ $1,000

 Feed purchased ......................... $1,000

 Fertilizer, lime, and

 soil conditioners ....................... $1,000

 Gasoline, fuels, and oils .................. $1,000

 Hired farm labor ......................... $1,000

 Interest expense ........................ $1,000

 Chemicals purchased .................... $1,000

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ................... farms

number

 Beef cows inventory ....................... farms

number

 Milk cows inventory ....................... farms

number

Cattle and calves sold ....................... farms

number

31,022

131,448

23,503

7,519

24

2

1

15

21

28

36

109

132

149

211

22

2

1

26,391

1,414

1,198

3,749

1,809

700

2,449

2,626

134

24,775

132

16,363 -

 - 126

14,792

1,930

36,419

687

1,244

17

1

1

7

7

8

7

5

18

28

47

5

 -

1

2,374

123

169

44

203

68

445

17

41

5,446

40

3,902 -

 -

31

3,027

61,692

112,576

46,600

15,091

62

16

18

22

51

91

98

190

331

353

418

54

57

19

56,118

1,253

2,107

6,559

4,365

2,884

5,178

5,527

254

38,884

246

27,712

7

21

244

25,816

10,115

107,610

7,571

2,544

15

1

6

1

7

17

10

37

58

59

74

9

2

9

7,825

118

86

710

798

451

943

872

45

7,072

43

5,699

1

(D)

44

5,228

31,435

137,273

17,929

13,506

20

5

2

10

18

35

35

104

103

121

201

14

12

2

33,224

4,867

2,996

3,279

1,907

931

2,823

2,403

154

33,451

135

14,513

9

470

150

20,075

152

9,513

114

38

8

2

 -

2

2

1

1

 -

3

7

14

 -

 -

2

(D)

 -

(D)

 -

(D)

(D)

(D)

 -

7

153

7

114 -

 -

4

72

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 13

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Lower Brule Northern Cheyenne Pine Ridge

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL

 PRODUCTS SOLD

Market value of agricultural

 products sold (see text) .................... $1,000

 Average per farm ................... dollars

 Crops, including nursery

 and greenhouse crops ................... $1,000

 Livestock, poultry, and

 their products .......................... $1,000

FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS

 (SEE TEXT)

Less than $1,000 ............................... $1,000 to $2,499 ................................ $2,500 to $4,999 ................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .............................. $25,000 to $49,999 .............................. $50,000 to $99,999 .............................. $100,000 or more ...............................

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS

Farms reporting -

 Computers for farm business .................... Internet access ................................

Farms by type of

 organization:

 Family or individual ............................ Partnership ................................... Corporation .................................. Other-cooperative, estate or trust,

 institutional, etc ..............................

FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 3

Total farm production

 expenses ............................... $1,000

Selected farm production

 expenses:

 Livestock and poultry

 purchased ............................ $1,000

 Feed purchased ......................... $1,000

 Fertilizer, lime, and

 soil conditioners ....................... $1,000

 Gasoline, fuels, and oils .................. $1,000

 Hired farm labor ......................... $1,000

 Interest expense ........................ $1,000

 Chemicals purchased .................... $1,000

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ................... farms

number

 Beef cows inventory ....................... farms

number

 Milk cows inventory ....................... farms

number

Cattle and calves sold ....................... farms

number

16,206

216,083

4,491

11,715

14

1

3

2

8

7

10

30

38

49

64

7

1

3

15,512

3,258

2,102

882

685

588

846

681

48

21,764

44

11,722 -

 -

45

18,416

4,460

131,190

(D)

(D)

12

1

2

1

3

4

3

8

17

23

31

1

 -

2

4,904

804

444

(D)

300

87

197

(D)

18

5,027

16

3,074 -

 -

14

3,339

4,852

75,808

(D)

(D)

16

 -

5

4

7

8

9

15

33

36

57

2

 -

5

3,444

297

987

34

245

265

156

20

49

10,364

47

8,359

1

(D)

47

9,125

2,489

49,790

(D)

(D)

16

 -

3

3

4

8

5

11

24

26

45

1

 -

4

2,208

(D)

732

21

189

164

98

(D)

36

7,360

34

6,226 -

 -

34

5,216

33,049

87,432

3,077

29,972

67

4

10

24

40

45

77

111

176

192

341

18

9

10

32,439

5,644

4,281

944

1,710

1,707

3,153

503

288

77,577

279

50,748

4

18

276

56,620

10,262

48,636

410

9,852

58

4

7

13

33

32

25

39

88

104

194

7

1

9

10,594

917

1,845

60

669

431

884

95

153

31,942

149

22,654

1

(D)

143

20,907

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
14 AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Rocky Boy’s Rosebud Standing Rock

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL

 PRODUCTS SOLD

Market value of agricultural

 products sold (see text) .................... $1,000

 Average per farm ................... dollars

 Crops, including nursery

 and greenhouse crops ................... $1,000

 Livestock, poultry, and

 their products .......................... $1,000

FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS

 (SEE TEXT)

Less than $1,000 ............................... $1,000 to $2,499 ................................ $2,500 to $4,999 ................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .............................. $25,000 to $49,999 .............................. $50,000 to $99,999 .............................. $100,000 or more ...............................

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS

Farms reporting -

 Computers for farm business .................... Internet access ................................

Farms by type of

 organization:

 Family or individual ............................ Partnership ................................... Corporation .................................. Other-cooperative, estate or trust,

 institutional, etc ..............................

FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 3

Total farm production

 expenses ............................... $1,000

Selected farm production

 expenses:

 Livestock and poultry

 purchased ............................ $1,000

 Feed purchased ......................... $1,000

 Fertilizer, lime, and

 soil conditioners ....................... $1,000

 Gasoline, fuels, and oils .................. $1,000

 Hired farm labor ......................... $1,000

 Interest expense ........................ $1,000

 Chemicals purchased .................... $1,000

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ................... farms

number

 Beef cows inventory ....................... farms

number

 Milk cows inventory ....................... farms

number

Cattle and calves sold ....................... farms

number

1,310

31,200

458

852

19

 -

1

1

5

9

4

3

12

18

33

2

4

3

(D)

(D)

46

(D)

(D)

100

(D)

(D)

21

2,213

19

1,861 -

 -

18

1,442

962

24,662

110

852

19

 -

1

1

5

8

3

2

10

16

32

2

2

3

685

(D)

46

5

53

100

(D)

(D)

21

2,213

19

1,861 -

 -

18

1,442

46,980

134,614

7,103

39,877

24

4

9

14

44

55

55

144

149

166

301

28

13

7

38,430

8,029

4,013

1,228

2,058

1,896

2,851

763

299

96,084

285

57,555

10

164

307

67,050

7,620

73,978

(D)

(D)

19

2

8

7

23

20

9

15

39

57

92

5

2

4

6,337

1,135

777

83

470

211

188

(D)

78

14,162

73

9,437

5

(D)

79

10,862

44,663

124,756

5,449

39,213

27

4

11

10

39

43

77

147

159

177

312

22

10

14

40,329

5,356

5,752

1,745

2,267

1,918

4,254

1,685

310

90,160

296

60,775

9

222

296

67,731

5,908

93,775

744

5,164

11

 -

4

 -

10

6

15

17

31

33

51

3

 -

9

6,087

997

945

112

286

168

507

74

57

15,673

52

10,997

1

(D)

46

11,451

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 15

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Turtle Mountain/Trenton Indian Service Yankton

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL

 PRODUCTS SOLD

Market value of agricultural

 products sold (see text) .................... $1,000

 Average per farm ................... dollars

 Crops, including nursery

 and greenhouse crops ................... $1,000

 Livestock, poultry, and

 their products .......................... $1,000

FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS

 (SEE TEXT)

Less than $1,000 ............................... $1,000 to $2,499 ................................ $2,500 to $4,999 ................................ $5,000 to $9,999 ................................ $10,000 to $24,999 .............................. $25,000 to $49,999 .............................. $50,000 to $99,999 .............................. $100,000 or more ...............................

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS

Farms reporting -

 Computers for farm business .................... Internet access ................................

Farms by type of

 organization:

 Family or individual ............................ Partnership ................................... Corporation .................................. Other-cooperative, estate or trust,

 institutional, etc ..............................

FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 3

Total farm production

 expenses ............................... $1,000

Selected farm production

 expenses:

 Livestock and poultry

 purchased ............................ $1,000

 Feed purchased ......................... $1,000

 Fertilizer, lime, and

 soil conditioners ....................... $1,000

 Gasoline, fuels, and oils .................. $1,000

 Hired farm labor ......................... $1,000

 Interest expense ........................ $1,000

 Chemicals purchased .................... $1,000

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ................... farms

number

 Beef cows inventory ....................... farms

number

 Milk cows inventory ....................... farms

number

Cattle and calves sold ....................... farms

number

2,114

32,033

(D)

(D)

21

2

3

9

16

5

6

4

16

27

60

3

 -

3

1,676

(D)

(D)

(D)

116

(D)

(D)

(D)

35

3,394

32

1,917

1

(D)

34

1,891

1,307

21,783

253

1,054

21

2

3

9

15

5

3

2

13

24

54

3

 -

3

(D)

194

184

(D)

(D)

14

73

(D)

32

(D)

30

(D)

 -

 -

31

(D)

8,411

116,821

3,019

5,392

5

 -

 -

1

7

11

22

26

31

34

59

9

1

3

6,120

685

635

629

243

141

815

521

61

13,227

53

6,320

3

280

63

6,812

 -

 -

 -

 -

4

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

2

4

2

 -

 -

2

(D)

 -

(D)

 -

1

 -

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
16 AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

All reservations in

MT, ND, SD Blackfeet Cheyenne River Sioux

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY - Con.

Hogs and pigs inventory ..................... farms

number

Hogs and pigs sold ......................... farms

number

Sheep and lambs inventory .................. farms

number

Sheep and lambs sold ...................... farms

number

Horses and ponies inventory ................. farms

number

Horses and ponies sold ...................... farms

number

Bison inventory ............................ farms

number

Bison sold ................................. farms

number

Layers 20 weeks old and older

 inventory ................................. farms

number

Broilers and other meat-

 type chickens sold ......................... farms

number

SELECTED CROPS HARVESTED

Corn for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .................. farms

acres

tons

Wheat for grain, All ......................... farms

acres bushels

 Winter wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Durum wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Spring wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ............................. farms

acres bushels

Oats for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Sunflower seed, All ......................... farms

acres

pounds

Soybeans for beans ........................ farms

acres bushels

Forage - land used for all hay

 and haylage, grass silage,

 and greenchop (see text) ................... farms

acres tons, dry

84

26,097

106

49,657

157

19,568

142

16,167

2,467

31,353

552

4,934

75

17,089

31

2,880

135

29,579

13

2,233

263

67,046

5,435,838

295

47,569

275,127

1,094

964,425

23,473,209

237

133,471

2,998,937

295

226,552

5,664,768

832

604,402

14,809,504

349

134,839

5,427,650

214

20,968

900,312

156

53,894

47,121,811

253

92,941

2,901,073

2,534

693,774

912,208

16

526

23

819

24

1,473

19

1,336

1,023

17,119

226

2,445

46

9,907

17

1,182

36

784

1

(D)

14

4,079

484,559

8

1,210

7,444

124

99,608

2,347,046

18

6,411

177,532

30

16,229

435,776

98

76,968

1,733,738

51

15,690

537,074

37

3,885

137,124

9

5,446

4,143,880

8

2,084

89,487

622

147,917

173,113

7

17,518

8

31,258

6

290

4

392

214

2,995

35

269

2

(D)

1

(D)

10

25,934

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

98

113,100

2,769,434

2

(D)

(D)

12

(D)

(D)

97

103,032

2,487,269

99

87,349

3,366,252

8

650

32,780 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

166

43,782

70,260

2

(D)

3

(D)

2

(D)

 -

 -

142

2,313

21

230

2

(D)

1

(D)

4

48

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

16

7,582

146,387 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

15

(D)

(D)

25

11,679

369,434

4

180

6,680 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

78

18,811

24,349

12

2,397

17

7,079

22

4,086

23

4,555

242

4,505

77

1,249

5

3,432

4

885

7

142

 -

 -

7

1,824

78,071

12

3,108

9,908

35

21,974

420,596

30

17,195

356,987

2

(D)

(D)

11

(D)

(D)

3

518

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

14

4,461

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

126

45,536

31,057

1

(D)

4

(D)

6

170

6

399

125

3,548

51

1,119

4

(D)

3

(D)

3

85

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

3

986

558,080

1

(D)

(D)

43

15,267

11,676

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 17

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Crow Crow Creek Sioux Devils Lake Sioux

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY - Con.

Hogs and pigs inventory ..................... farms

number

Hogs and pigs sold ......................... farms

number

Sheep and lambs inventory .................. farms

number

Sheep and lambs sold ...................... farms

number

Horses and ponies inventory ................. farms

number

Horses and ponies sold ...................... farms

number

Bison inventory ............................ farms

number

Bison sold ................................. farms

number

Layers 20 weeks old and older

 inventory ................................. farms

number

Broilers and other meat-

 type chickens sold ......................... farms

number

SELECTED CROPS HARVESTED

Corn for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .................. farms

acres

tons

Wheat for grain, All ......................... farms

acres bushels

 Winter wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Durum wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Spring wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ............................. farms

acres bushels

Oats for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Sunflower seed, All ......................... farms

acres

pounds

Soybeans for beans ........................ farms

acres bushels

Forage - land used for all hay

 and haylage, grass silage,

 and greenchop (see text) ................... farms

acres tons, dry

1

(D)

7

(D)

6

(D)

8

1,482

262

3,031

57

183

3

1,981 -

 -

10

251

1

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

11

2,061

40,956

69

75,488

1,461,392

55

59,717

1,197,561 -

 -

 -

37

15,771

263,831

38

8,264

398,689

13

670

21,250 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

193

43,052

77,065

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

121

1,571

27

81

2

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

5

2,840

40,800

2

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

3

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

56

8,287

10,859

1

(D)

1

(D)

1

(D)

2

(D)

27

373

5

(D)

1

(D)

 -

 -

4

144

1

(D)

9

1,965

233,477

12

4,645

13,568

9

3,021

(D)

7

2,333

(D)

 -

 -

 -

3

688

(D)

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

5

(D)

250,650

9

4,332

144,267

22

9,505

8,866

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

13

215

3

21

1

(D)

 -

 -

3

(D)

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

3

(D)

203

1

(D)

1

(D)

4

528

5

458

32

929

10

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

29

7,953

678,229

20

1,647

13,063

51

26,887

645,396

5

1,107

34,746

5

2,140

32,985

47

23,640

577,665

48

11,279

480,266

28

3,810

158,130

40

10,101

11,533,964

29

8,459

248,135

85

25,155

39,675

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

4

27

2

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

8

1,433

1,895

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
18 AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Flandreau Santee Sioux Flathead Fort Belknap

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY - Con.

Hogs and pigs inventory ..................... farms

number

Hogs and pigs sold ......................... farms

number

Sheep and lambs inventory .................. farms

number

Sheep and lambs sold ...................... farms

number

Horses and ponies inventory ................. farms

number

Horses and ponies sold ...................... farms

number

Bison inventory ............................ farms

number

Bison sold ................................. farms

number

Layers 20 weeks old and older

 inventory ................................. farms

number

Broilers and other meat-

 type chickens sold ......................... farms

number

SELECTED CROPS HARVESTED

Corn for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .................. farms

acres

tons

Wheat for grain, All ......................... farms

acres bushels

 Winter wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Durum wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Spring wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ............................. farms

acres bushels

Oats for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Sunflower seed, All ......................... farms

acres

pounds

Soybeans for beans ........................ farms

acres bushels

Forage - land used for all hay

 and haylage, grass silage,

 and greenchop (see text) ................... farms

acres tons, dry

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

1

(D)

4

45

3

5

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

6

515

1,054

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

9

102

19

176

45

1,771

33

1,348

521

4,156

117

549

21

932

6

90

40

1,320

2

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

6

700

14,010

35

7,333

290,410

10

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

28

5,030

225,250

27

2,114

141,805

26

924

57,061 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

515

70,665

168,075

3

48

6

114

4

440

4

306

91

793

19

65

9

380

4

(D)

9

110

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

4

370

26,900

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

3

(D)

(D)

7

623

37,950

7

335

17,043 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

81

13,430

28,545

1

(D)

1

(D)

6

571

5

536

69

647

9

35

1

(D)

 -

 -

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

27

43,985

1,244,800

3

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

27

42,422

1,183,696

9

1,295

41,063

2

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

51

17,608

23,056

 -

 -

 -

 -

2

(D)

2

(D)

54

512

6

23

1

(D)

 -

 -

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

9

15,246

419,300 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

9

15,246

419,300

4

605

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

27

6,195

5,251

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 19

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Fort Berthold Fort Peck Lake Traverse

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY - Con.

Hogs and pigs inventory ..................... farms

number

Hogs and pigs sold ......................... farms

number

Sheep and lambs inventory .................. farms

number

Sheep and lambs sold ...................... farms

number

Horses and ponies inventory ................. farms

number

Horses and ponies sold ...................... farms

number

Bison inventory ............................ farms

number

Bison sold ................................. farms

number

Layers 20 weeks old and older

 inventory ................................. farms

number

Broilers and other meat-

 type chickens sold ......................... farms

number

SELECTED CROPS HARVESTED

Corn for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .................. farms

acres

tons

Wheat for grain, All ......................... farms

acres bushels

 Winter wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Durum wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Spring wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ............................. farms

acres bushels

Oats for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Sunflower seed, All ......................... farms

acres

pounds

Soybeans for beans ........................ farms

acres bushels

Forage - land used for all hay

 and haylage, grass silage,

 and greenchop (see text) ................... farms

acres tons, dry

2

(D)

3

7

5

299

5

150

107

1,281

13

85

1

(D)

 -

 -

2

(D)

 -

 -

8

1,317

70,630

14

1,208

9,512

131

131,552

3,531,780

1

(D)

(D)

121

96,999

2,586,999

68

(D)

(D)

46

9,232

431,348

53

7,988

411,314

17

4,322

6,840,070

5

966

29,987

117

36,432

44,205

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

41

601

2

(D)

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

7

3,495

107,848 -

 -

 -

5

(D)

(D)

3

(D)

(D)

3

1,045

36,475

9

1,783

80,425 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

21

8,233

8,648

7

1,184

7

3,183

16

2,941

16

1,778

150

1,270

28

75

6

122

3

28

20

532

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

5

575

12,639

364

424,383

10,436,579

3

448

(D)

146

114,282

(D)

317

309,653

7,672,292

66

13,426

482,044

18

1,286

47,813 -

 -

 -

2

(D)

(D)

275

77,931

112,656

 -

 -

1

(D)

5

330

3

(D)

30

428

9

27

1

(D)

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

57

59,481

1,372,008 -

 -

 -

23

13,485

346,628

49

45,996

1,025,380

9

1,330

50,572

3

145

6,327 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

50

13,459

26,028

6

(D)

5

1,792

13

3,313

12

1,782

76

688

10

54

1

(D)

 -

 -

3

27

1

(D)

87

18,971

2,453,143

60

3,766

41,007

89

22,698

921,009

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

89

(D)

(D)

7

779

47,343

20

1,165

74,986 -

 -

 - 122

52,425

1,912,889

170

39,115

66,798

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

12

117 -

 -

1

(D)

 -

 -

3

27

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

8

1,992

2,459

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
20 AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Lower Brule Northern Cheyenne Pine Ridge

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY - Con.

Hogs and pigs inventory ..................... farms

number

Hogs and pigs sold ......................... farms

number

Sheep and lambs inventory .................. farms

number

Sheep and lambs sold ...................... farms

number

Horses and ponies inventory ................. farms

number

Horses and ponies sold ...................... farms

number

Bison inventory ............................ farms

number

Bison sold ................................. farms

number

Layers 20 weeks old and older

 inventory ................................. farms

number

Broilers and other meat-

 type chickens sold ......................... farms

number

SELECTED CROPS HARVESTED

Corn for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .................. farms

acres

tons

Wheat for grain, All ......................... farms

acres bushels

 Winter wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Durum wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Spring wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ............................. farms

acres bushels

Oats for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Sunflower seed, All ......................... farms

acres

pounds

Soybeans for beans ........................ farms

acres bushels

Forage - land used for all hay

 and haylage, grass silage,

 and greenchop (see text) ................... farms

acres tons, dry

5

320

5

165 -

 -

 -

 -

44

592

10

40

2

(D)

2

(D)

1

(D)

 -

 -

9

2,671

400,595

14

5,686

19,202

22

11,321

271,002

20

8,135

233,281 -

 -

 -

10

3,186

37,721

 -

 -

 -

2

(D)

(D)

15

4,113

3,047,200

8

4,208

71,862

45

15,870

15,182

3

(D)

3

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

26

445

5

26

2

(D)

2

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

2

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

4

1,205

(D)

4

1,205

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

2

(D)

(D)

18

6,003

5,828

 -

 -

 -

 -

2

(D)

1

(D)

53

558

10

40

1

(D)

1

(D)

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

3

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

2

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

29

7,674

4,892

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

 -

 -

45

456

8

(D)

1

(D)

1

(D)

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

20

4,402

2,891

5

220

5

721

3

(D)

2

(D)

230

4,604

66

751

8

(D)

2

(D)

9

224

 -

 -

10

2,153

41,231

11

2,013

7,304

42

20,654

330,273

35

13,023

261,572 -

 -

 -

23

7,631

68,701

 -

 -

 -

5

575

9,754

14

4,600

2,827,950

3

(D)

(D)

192

68,519

58,881

1

(D)

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

142

3,779

39

541

8

(D)

2

(D)

2

(D)

 -

 -

3

388

7,780

3

180

(D)

10

4,792

77,984

7

2,919

67,046 -

 -

 -

7

1,873

10,938

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

70

15,768

14,755

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
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Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Rocky Boy’s Rosebud Standing Rock

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY - Con.

Hogs and pigs inventory ..................... farms

number

Hogs and pigs sold ......................... farms

number

Sheep and lambs inventory .................. farms

number

Sheep and lambs sold ...................... farms

number

Horses and ponies inventory ................. farms

number

Horses and ponies sold ...................... farms

number

Bison inventory ............................ farms

number

Bison sold ................................. farms

number

Layers 20 weeks old and older

 inventory ................................. farms

number

Broilers and other meat-

 type chickens sold ......................... farms

number

SELECTED CROPS HARVESTED

Corn for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .................. farms

acres

tons

Wheat for grain, All ......................... farms

acres bushels

 Winter wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Durum wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Spring wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ............................. farms

acres bushels

Oats for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Sunflower seed, All ......................... farms

acres

pounds

Soybeans for beans ........................ farms

acres bushels

Forage - land used for all hay

 and haylage, grass silage,

 and greenchop (see text) ................... farms

acres tons, dry

1

(D)

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

34

347

3

18

1

(D)

 -

 -

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

5

6,473

109,550 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

5

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

14

2,227

2,446

1

(D)

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

34

347

3

18

1

(D)

 -

 -

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

2

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

2

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

14

2,227

2,446

9

554

9

879

4

22

3

15

181

2,591

41

450

6

583

4

43

16

605

2

(D)

45

11,676

497,749

52

10,960

45,388

50

24,201

558,692

47

19,674

489,815 -

 -

 -

15

4,527

68,877

 -

 -

 -

8

1,082

28,978

19

7,783

5,862,381

16

2,573

48,351

267

117,461

111,380

1

(D)

1

(D)

2

(D)

1

(D)

62

1,056

11

98

2

(D)

1

(D)

6

215

1

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

2

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

57

16,835

11,180

11

1,599

11

3,106

14

2,757

12

2,160

158

2,188

44

755

13

6,441

8

1,563

8

227

4

130

16

6,050

424,213

42

5,369

19,673

51

23,426

210,690

9

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

48

20,241

174,326

1

(D)

(D)

13

1,498

21,428

31

16,497

12,973,622

11

3,909

106,225

157

50,464

46,565

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

1

(D)

36

450

12

61

7

610

2

(D)

1

(D)

 -

 -

3

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

3

495

5,954 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

3

495

5,954

 -

 -

 -

5

438

2,725

2

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

27

8,659

7,260

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
22 AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of All Reservation Farms and of Reservation Farms Operated by

American Indians or Alaska Natives in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Turtle Mountain/Trenton Indian Service Yankton

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

Total 1

Farms

operated by

American

Indians or

Alaska

Natives 2

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY - Con.

Hogs and pigs inventory ..................... farms

number

Hogs and pigs sold ......................... farms

number

Sheep and lambs inventory .................. farms

number

Sheep and lambs sold ...................... farms

number

Horses and ponies inventory ................. farms

number

Horses and ponies sold ...................... farms

number

Bison inventory ............................ farms

number

Bison sold ................................. farms

number

Layers 20 weeks old and older

 inventory ................................. farms

number

Broilers and other meat-

 type chickens sold ......................... farms

number

SELECTED CROPS HARVESTED

Corn for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Corn for silage or greenchop .................. farms

acres

tons

Wheat for grain, All ......................... farms

acres bushels

 Winter wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Durum wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

 Spring wheat for grain ..................... farms

acres bushels

Barley for grain ............................. farms

acres bushels

Oats for grain .............................. farms

acres bushels

Sunflower seed, All ......................... farms

acres

pounds

Soybeans for beans ........................ farms

acres bushels

Forage - land used for all hay

 and haylage, grass silage,

 and greenchop (see text) ................... farms

acres tons, dry

4

142

4

(D)

1

(D)

1

(D)

43

460

8

93

1

(D)

 -

 -

2

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

5

4,942

108,315 -

 -

 -

4

(D)

(D)

4

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

2

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

43

6,670

9,545

3

(D)

3

(D)

1

(D)

1

(D)

42

(D)

8

93

1

(D)

 -

 -

2

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

40

6,402

(D)

2

(D)

2

(D)

8

635

9

770

19

90

6

14

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

38

11,554

427,664

36

5,831

28,897

8

(D)

91,944

8

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

1

(D)

(D)

 -

 -

 -

11

660

19,568

1

(D)

(D)

44

13,854

269,720

59

15,583

20,542

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

2

(D)

 -

 -

1

(D)

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

 1 Data are for farms and ranches reporting at least some agricultural production on reservations during 2002. 2 At least one of the reported operators (out of a maximum of three) self-identified as American Indian or Alaska Native either exclusively or in

combination with other races. 3 Data are based on a sample of farms.
2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 23

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Table 2. Selected Operator Characteristics for All Operators on Reservations and for All American Indian or

Alaska Native Operators on Reservations in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

All operators on

reservations in MT, ND, SD Blackfeet Cheyenne River Sioux

Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2

Operators .........................

Sex of operator:

 Male ........................... Female .........................

Primary occupation:

 Farming ........................ Other ..........................

Place of residence:

 On farm operated ................ Not on farm operated .............

Days worked off farm:

 None .......................... Any ........................... 1 to 49 days ................... 50 to 99 days ................. 100 to 199 days ............... 200 days or more ..............

Years on present farm:

 2 years or less ................... 3 or 4 years ..................... 5 to 9 years ..................... 10 years or more .................

Age group:

 Under 25 years .................. 25 to 34 years ................... 35 to 44 years ................... 45 to 54 years ................... 55 to 64 years ................... 65 to 74 years ................... 75 years and over ................

 Average age of -

 All operators .................. Principal operator ............... Second operator ............... Third operator .................

Living on an American

 Indian reservation .................

7,392

5,300

2,092

5,092

2,300

6,241

1,151

3,586

3,806

590

310

641

2,265

270

515

1,245

5,373

175

677

1,576

2,128

1,522

929

385

51.1

53.0

48.2

43.5

5,220

1,920

1,370

550

1,135

785

1,608

312

762

1,158

112

83

182

577

91

154

369

1,306

66

178

446

553

378

222

77

49.9

52.5

45.0

37.0

1,750

584

404

180

400

184

470

114

296

288

33

27

47

181

9

45

87

443

13

70

123

154

115

82

27

50.7

53.7

46.3

45.5

426

262

182

80

164

98

227

35

113

149

13

16

18

73

4

22

37

199

3

31

69

65

53

32

9

50.0

53.1

44.1

38.3

256

636

457

179

488

148

531

105

314

322

58

22

64

178

17

34

82

503

18

72

174

162

113

67

30

49.2

51.5

45.9

41.9

503

237

167

70

176

61

192

45

106

131

17

9

30

52

10

13

28

186

9

27

78

44

39

27

13

48.7

51.5

42.5

42.9

224

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
24 AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS - MT, ND, SD 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 2. Selected Operator Characteristics for All Operators on Reservations and for All American Indian or

Alaska Native Operators on Reservations in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Crow Crow Creek Sioux Devils Lake Sioux

Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2

Operators .........................

Sex of operator:

 Male ........................... Female .........................

Primary occupation:

 Farming ........................ Other ..........................

Place of residence:

 On farm operated ................ Not on farm operated .............

Days worked off farm:

 None .......................... Any ........................... 1 to 49 days ................... 50 to 99 days ................. 100 to 199 days ............... 200 days or more ..............

Years on present farm:

 2 years or less ................... 3 or 4 years ..................... 5 to 9 years ..................... 10 years or more .................

Age group:

 Under 25 years .................. 25 to 34 years ................... 35 to 44 years ................... 45 to 54 years ................... 55 to 64 years ................... 65 to 74 years ................... 75 years and over ................

 Average age of -

 All operators .................. Principal operator ............... Second operator ............... Third operator .................

Living on an American

 Indian reservation .................

559

424

135

341

218

453

106

288

271

23

20

35

193

18

36

123

384

7

46

131

165

127

60

23

50.9

52.9

47.3

44.1

398

176

134

42

69

107

147

29

60

116

5

10

15

65

7

6

42

121

5

14

28

65

41

12

11

51.2

54.2

44.4

32.1

171

91

69

22

67

24

78

13

49

42

7

5

4

26

6

5

13

67

3

7

24

18

20

10

9

51.7

53.7

48.5

49.8

43

26

19

7

11

15

21

5

8

18

2

2

2

10

5

4

3

14

2

3

7

4

2

5

3

49.6

54.2

39.8

38.8

21

175

135

40

138

37

139

36

104

71

16

2

23

30

4

10

8

154

4

7

41

55

43

16

9

51.8

52.4

51.5

42.0

106

9

8

1

8

1

9

 -

4

5

 -

 -

2

3

 -

2

 -

7

 -

 -

 -

8

1

 -

 -

50.0

49.1

(D)

 -

6

See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
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Table 2. Selected Operator Characteristics for All Operators on Reservations and for All American Indian or

Alaska Native Operators on Reservations in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Flandreau Santee Sioux Flathead Fort Belknap

Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2

Operators .........................

Sex of operator:

 Male ........................... Female .........................

Primary occupation:

 Farming ........................ Other ..........................

Place of residence:

 On farm operated ................ Not on farm operated .............

Days worked off farm:

 None .......................... Any ........................... 1 to 49 days ................... 50 to 99 days ................. 100 to 199 days ............... 200 days or more ..............

Years on present farm:

 2 years or less ................... 3 or 4 years ..................... 5 to 9 years ..................... 10 years or more .................

Age group:

 Under 25 years .................. 25 to 34 years ................... 35 to 44 years ................... 45 to 54 years ................... 55 to 64 years ................... 65 to 74 years ................... 75 years and over ................

 Average age of -

 All operators .................. Principal operator ............... Second operator ............... Third operator .................

Living on an American

 Indian reservation .................

11

10

1

3

8

10

1

2

9

1

2

1

5

 -

1

3

7

 -

1

3

3

3

 -

1

50.5

50.3

(D)

 -

4

5

5

 -

1

4

4

1

1

4

1

2

1

 -

 -

1

 -

4

 -

1

 -

1

2

 -

1

53.4

53.4 -

 -

3

1,442

942

500

772

670

1,299

143

534

908

104

64

122

618

55

140

308

939

19

102

277

441

327

198

78

52.5

54.7

49.3

43.5

1,323

190

130

60

93

97

163

27

56

134

7

16

19

71

12

17

41

120

3

9

39

80

28

22

9

51.6

54.3

47.9

40.3

187

197

136

61

114

83

155

42

96

101

14

11

15

61

9

10

32

146

5

15

34

58

47

23

15

52.8

57.6

46.9

37.8

111

111

75

36

55

56

90

21

50

61

6

8

8

26

6

4

16

85

4

5

17

36

28

13

8

53.2

57.4

45.5

31.6

101

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Table 2. Selected Operator Characteristics for All Operators on Reservations and for All American Indian or

Alaska Native Operators on Reservations in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Fort Berthold Fort Peck Lake Traverse

Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2

Operators .........................

Sex of operator:

 Male ........................... Female .........................

Primary occupation:

 Farming ........................ Other ..........................

Place of residence:

 On farm operated ................ Not on farm operated .............

Days worked off farm:

 None .......................... Any ........................... 1 to 49 days ................... 50 to 99 days ................. 100 to 199 days ............... 200 days or more ..............

Years on present farm:

 2 years or less ................... 3 or 4 years ..................... 5 to 9 years ..................... 10 years or more .................

Age group:

 Under 25 years .................. 25 to 34 years ................... 35 to 44 years ................... 45 to 54 years ................... 55 to 64 years ................... 65 to 74 years ................... 75 years and over ................

 Average age of -

 All operators .................. Principal operator ............... Second operator ............... Third operator .................

Living on an American

 Indian reservation .................

338

263

75

276

62

293

45

192

146

35

25

25

61

10

10

54

264

6

45

69

100

54

50

14

49.8

50.9

47.1

51.6

179

62

50

12

43

19

50

12

34

28

7

3

2

10

1

4

17

40

2

7

11

20

7

15

 -

50.4

51.8

45.8

(D)

53

833

613

220

619

214

658

175

410

423

80

37

82

224

22

55

134

622

14

65

155

262

173

115

49

52.3

53.4

50.1

49.0

598

107

75

32

79

28

86

21

46

61

8

4

10

25

3

9

28

67

1

8

24

33

25

15

1

50.6

52.7

44.2

(D)

100

338

258

80

261

77

283

55

168

170

27

15

39

89

14

25

46

256

9

26

75

98

88

25

17

50.4

51.6

49.2

42.3

150

16

11

5

7

9

14

2

1

15

1

 -

2

12

 -

2

6

8

 -

2

1

5

6

2

 -

51.0

54.3

(D)

 -

13

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Table 2. Selected Operator Characteristics for All Operators on Reservations and for All American Indian or

Alaska Native Operators on Reservations in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Lower Brule Northern Cheyenne Pine Ridge

Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2

Operators .........................

Sex of operator:

 Male ........................... Female .........................

Primary occupation:

 Farming ........................ Other ..........................

Place of residence:

 On farm operated ................ Not on farm operated .............

Days worked off farm:

 None .......................... Any ........................... 1 to 49 days ................... 50 to 99 days ................. 100 to 199 days ............... 200 days or more ..............

Years on present farm:

 2 years or less ................... 3 or 4 years ..................... 5 to 9 years ..................... 10 years or more .................

Age group:

 Under 25 years .................. 25 to 34 years ................... 35 to 44 years ................... 45 to 54 years ................... 55 to 64 years ................... 65 to 74 years ................... 75 years and over ................

 Average age of -

 All operators .................. Principal operator ............... Second operator ............... Third operator .................

Living on an American

 Indian reservation .................

121

79

42

80

41

98

23

51

70

15

4

5

46

3

8

39

71

2

19

35

33

17

9

6

47.6

49.5

45.3

41.1

62

45

20

25

17

28

38

7

10

35

3

1

3

21

 -

3

23

19

1

6

15

16

5

1

1

45.2

46.8

42.1

43.0

43

107

65

42

48

59

85

22

42

65

4

2

11

48

5

1

17

84

 -

17

19

29

24

15

3

50.4

52.4

47.1

(D)

88

72

43

29

30

42

52

20

26

46

4

2

7

18

5

1

9

57

 -

10

13

20

16

10

3

50.7

52.5

47.8

(D)

70

601

425

176

424

177

527

74

309

292

45

11

75

161

28

49

107

418

38

43

134

158

129

64

35

50.2

52.9

48.9

33.6

391

272

189

83

172

100

239

33

103

169

17

5

42

81

12

30

49

181

19

21

64

55

74

27

12

49.9

52.6

48.7

28.9

234

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Table 2. Selected Operator Characteristics for All Operators on Reservations and for All American Indian or

Alaska Native Operators on Reservations in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Rocky Boy’s Rosebud Standing Rock

Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2

Operators .........................

Sex of operator:

 Male ........................... Female .........................

Primary occupation:

 Farming ........................ Other ..........................

Place of residence:

 On farm operated ................ Not on farm operated .............

Days worked off farm:

 None .......................... Any ........................... 1 to 49 days ................... 50 to 99 days ................. 100 to 199 days ............... 200 days or more ..............

Years on present farm:

 2 years or less ................... 3 or 4 years ..................... 5 to 9 years ..................... 10 years or more .................

Age group:

 Under 25 years .................. 25 to 34 years ................... 35 to 44 years ................... 45 to 54 years ................... 55 to 64 years ................... 65 to 74 years ................... 75 years and over ................

 Average age of -

 All operators .................. Principal operator ............... Second operator ............... Third operator .................

Living on an American

 Indian reservation .................

54

45

9

24

30

47

7

20

34

2

 -

1

31

4

3

15

32

1

 -

18

21

4

10

 -

50.4

52.4

45.7

(D)

43

44

38

6

19

25

39

5

14

30

2

 -

1

25

3

2

12

27

 -

 -

16

16

3

9

 -

50.9

52.3

40.5

(D)

42

557

397

160

443

114

483

74

306

251

56

22

43

130

37

35

65

420

17

51

95

175

102

81

36

51.7

54.2

47.5

47.9

253

126

91

35

81

45

101

25

61

65

6

2

10

33

15

18

26

67

10

14

27

40

19

14

2

47.0

49.1

41.7

49.9

94

559

408

151

454

105

476

83

313

246

59

33

40

114

25

25

75

438

12

59

120

154

108

77

29

50.6

51.7

48.3

50.3

433

78

60

18

64

14

71

7

44

34

9

3

5

13

4

4

15

55

2

9

18

21

17

10

1

49.3

50.5

46.2

(D)

69

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Table 2. Selected Operator Characteristics for All Operators on Reservations and for All American Indian or

Alaska Native Operators on Reservations in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: 2002 - Con.

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Characteristics

Turtle Mountain/Trenton Indian Service Yankton

Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2 Total 1 American Indian

or Alaska Native

operators 2

Operators .........................

Sex of operator:

 Male ........................... Female .........................

Primary occupation:

 Farming ........................ Other ..........................

Place of residence:

 On farm operated ................ Not on farm operated .............

Days worked off farm:

 None .......................... Any ........................... 1 to 49 days ................... 50 to 99 days ................. 100 to 199 days ............... 200 days or more ..............

Years on present farm:

 2 years or less ................... 3 or 4 years ..................... 5 to 9 years ..................... 10 years or more .................

Age group:

 Under 25 years .................. 25 to 34 years ................... 35 to 44 years ................... 45 to 54 years ................... 55 to 64 years ................... 65 to 74 years ................... 75 years and over ................

 Average age of -

 All operators .................. Principal operator ............... Second operator ............... Third operator .................

Living on an American

 Indian reservation .................

87

78

9

51

36

70

17

26

61

4

1

6

50

4

10

18

55

5

11

20

26

13

10

2

47.3

49.1

(D)

28.5

61

77

69

8

43

34

62

15

23

54

4

 -

5

36

4

10

16

47

5

9

18

23

12

8

2

47.1

49.6

44.7

28.5

59

99

90

9

86

13

85

14

63

36

7

7

3

19

 -

13

19

67

2

21

29

16

15

15

1

46.8

48.2

44.8

37.7

45

4

4

 -

2

2

2

2

1

3

 -

 -

 -

3

 -

2

1

1

 -

2

1

1

 -

 -

 -

38.3

38.3 -

 -

3

 1 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm or ranch on places where operators would identify themselves as American Indian or

Alaska Native.

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Appendix A.

Definitions and Explanations

Acres and quantity harvested. Crops were reported

in whole acres, except for the following crops that

were reported in tenths of acres: potatoes,

sweetpotatoes, tobacco, fruit and nut crops including

land in orchards, berries, vegetables, and nursery and

greenhouse crops in the open. Totals for crops

reported in tenths of acres were rounded to whole acres

at the aggregate level during the tabulation process.

Nursery and greenhouse crops grown under glass or

other protection were reported in square feet and are

published in square feet.

If two or more crops were harvested from the same

land during the year, the acres were counted for each

crop. Therefore, the total acres of all crops harvested

generally exceeded the acres of cropland harvested.

An exception to this procedure was hay crops.

When more than one cutting of hay was taken from the

same acres, the acres were counted only once but the

quantity harvested included all cuttings. Acreage cut

for both dry hay and haylage, silage, or greenchop was

reported for each crop. For interplanted crops or

‘‘skip-row’’ crops, acres were reported according to

the portion of the field occupied by each crop. If a

crop was interplanted in an orchard or vineyard and

harvested, then the entire orchard or vineyard acreage

was reported under the appropriate fruit crop and the

interplanted estimated crop acreage was reported under

the appropriate crop.

If a crop was planted but not harvested, the acres were

not reported as harvested. These acres were reported

in the ‘‘land’’ section on the report form under the

appropriate cropland items – cropland used only for

pasture or grazing, cropland on which all crops failed

or were abandoned, cropland idle or used for cover

crops or soil-improvement but not harvested and not

pastured or grazed, or cropland in cultivated summer

fallow. This does not include fruit and nut orchards

and vineyards that were not harvested. All land in

orchards was reported as cropland harvested.

Crops that were only hogged or grazed, were reported

as ‘‘cropland used only for pasture or grazing.’’ Crop

residue left in fields after harvest and later hogged or

grazed was not reported as cropland used only for

pasture or grazing, but reported as cropland harvested.

Acres of land in bearing and nonbearing fruit orchards,

citrus or other groves, vineyards, and nut trees were

reported as harvested cropland, regardless of whether

the crop was harvested or failed. Abandoned orchards

were reported as cropland idle, not as harvested

cropland, and the individual abandoned orchard crop

acres were not reported.

Allotted land. See Deeded land.

American Indian and Alaska Native farm

operators, total. Data for American Indian and

Alaska Native farm operators include all operators

who selected the American Indian or Alaska Native

race category on the report form, regardless of whether

they also checked another race category. The data also

include the number of operators who did not report

individually, but were counted on a supplemental

report form from American Indian reservations.

Crop units of measure - field crops. The regional

report forms allowed the operator to report the quantity

of field crops harvested in a unit of measure commonly

used in the region. When the operator reported in units

different than the unit of measure published, the

quantity harvested was converted to the published unit

of measure.

Data are based on a sample of farms. For censuses

since 1978, selected data items were collected from

only a sample of farms. These data are subject to

sampling error. For the 2002 census, the sample report

form was distributed to approximately 21-percent of
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all farms, including all large and specialized farms.

Sections 17 through 21 of the census report form

included questions on production expenses, fertilizer

and chemical applications, machinery and equipment,

market value of land and buildings, and farm labor.

Deeded land. Land individually or tribally owned that

is subject to real estate and/or property taxes.

Farms by economic class. This is a new term for

2002. It is a combination of the market value of

agricultural products sold and federal farm program

payments. It represents the gross market value before

taxes and production expense of all agricultural

products sold or removed from the operation in 2002

and government payments regardless if who received

the payment. It includes sales by the operators as well

as the value of any shares received by partners,

landlords, contractors, or others associated the

operation. It does not include government payments

received by the landlords. The value of commodities

placed in Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is

included in this figure.

Farms by size. All farms were classified into size

groups according to the total land area in the farm.

The land area of a farm is an operating unit concept

and includes land owned and operated as well as land

rented from others. Land rented to or assigned to a

tenant was considered part of the tenant’s farm and not

part of the owner’s.

Farms by tenure of operator. All farms were

classified by tenure of operators in the 2002 census.

The classifications used were:

• Full owners operated only land they owned.

• Part owners operated land they owned and also

land they rented from others.

• Tenants operated only land they rented from others

or worked on shares for others.

Farms by type of organization. All farms were

classified by type of organization in the 2002 census.

The classifications used were:

• Individual or family (sole proprietorship),

excluding partnership and corporation.

• Partnership, including family partnership - further

subclassified into the following two categories:

1. Registered under state law.

2. Not registered under state law.

• Corporation, including family corporations -

further subclassified into the following two

categories:

1. Family held or other than family held.

2. More than 10 stockholders.

• Other, cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc.

Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, grass

silage, and greenchop. Data shown represent the area

harvested with each acre counted only once if both dry

hay and haylage, grass silage, or greenchop were cut

from the same acreage or if there were multiple

cuttings of dry hay or haylage, grass silage, or

greenchop. Forage production is the sum of the

quantity harvested of all hay including alfalfa, other

tame, small grain, and wild hay and all haylage, grass

silage and greenchop after converting the all haylage,

grass silage, and greenchop quantity harvested to a dry

equivalent basis (13-percent moisture). The green tons

of all haylage, grass silage, and greenchop harvested

were multiplied by a factor of 0.4943 to convert to a

dry equivalent.

The conversion factor of 0.4943 is based on the

assumption that one ton of dry hay is 0.87 ton of dry

matter, one ton of haylage or grass silage is 0.45 ton

dry matter, and one ton of greenchop is 0.25 ton dry

matter. The all haylage, grass silage, and greenchop

quantity harvested is assumed to be comprised of 90-

0percent haylage and grass silage and 10-percent

greenchop. Therefore, the conversion factor used to

adjust all haylage, grass silage, and greenchop quantity

harvested to a dry equivalent basis =

[(0.45*0.9)+(0.25*0.1)]/0.87 = 0.4943.

Harvested cropland. This category includes land

from which crops were harvested or hay was cut, or

land was used to grow short-rotation woody crops,

land in orchards, citrus groves, Christmas trees,

vineyards, nurseries, and greenhouses. Land from
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which two or more crops were harvested was counted

only once. Land in tapped maple trees was included in

woodland not pastured. 

Inventory, livestock and poultry. Data were

collected for livestock and poultry inventory as of

December 31, 2002. These data include cattle grown

or fed on the operation for others on a custom or

contract basis, cattle on land used rent free, and cattle

on public, private, or industrial property under a

grazing permit.

Irrigated land. This category includes all land

watered by any artificial or controlled means, such as

sprinklers, flooding, furrows or ditches, sub-irrigation,

and spreader dikes. Included are supplemental, partial,

and preplant irrigation. Each acre was counted only

once regardless of the number of times it was irrigated

or harvested. Livestock lagoon waste water distributed

by sprinkler or flood systems was also included.

Land in farms. The acreage designated as ‘‘land in

farms’’ consists primarily of agricultural land used for

crops, pasture, or grazing. It also includes woodland

and wasteland not actually under cultivation or used

for pasture or grazing, provided it was part of the farm

operator’s total operation. Large acreages of

woodland or wasteland held for nonagricultural

purposes were deleted from individual reports during

the edit process. Land in farms includes acres in the

Conservation Reserve and Wetlands Reserve

Programs.

Land in farms is an operating unit concept and

includes land owned and operated as well as land

rented from others. Land used rent free was reported

as land rented from others. All grazing land, except

land used under government permits on a per-head

basis, was included as ‘‘land in farms’’ provided it was

part of a farm or ranch. Land under the exclusive use

of a grazing association was reported by the grazing

association and included as land in farms. All land in

American Indian reservations used for growing crops

or grazing livestock was included as land in farms.

Land in reservations not reported by individual

American Indians or non-Native Americans was

reported in the name of the cooperative group that used

the land. In many instances, an entire American Indian

reservation was reported as one farm.

Market value of agricultural products sold. This

category represents the gross market value before taxes

and production expenses of all agricultural products

sold or removed from the operation in 2002 regardless

of who received the payment. It is equivalent to total

sales. It includes sales by the operators)as well as the

value of any shares received by partners, landlords,

contractors, or others associated with the operation.

The value of commodities placed in the Commodity

Credit Corporation (CCC) loan program is included in

this figure. Market value of agricultural products sold

does not include payments received for participation in

other federal farm programs. Also, it does not include

income from farm-related sources such as customwork

and other agricultural services, or income from nonfarm sources.

The value of crops sold in 2002 does not necessarily

represent the sales from crops harvested in 2002. Data

may include sales from crops produced in earlier years

and may exclude some crops produced in 2002 but

held in storage and not sold. For commodities such as

sugar beets and wool sold through a co-op that made

payments in several installments, respondents were

requested to report the total value received in 2002.

The value of agricultural products sold was requested

of all operators. If the operators failed to report this

information, estimates were made based on the amount

of crops harvested, livestock or poultry inventory, or

number sold. Sales figures are expressed in current

dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation or

deflation.

Operator. The term operator designates a person who

operates a farm, either doing the work or making dayto-day decisions about such things as planting,

harvesting, feeding, and marketing. The operator may

be the owner, a member of the owner’s household, a

hired manager, a tenant, a renter, or a sharecropper. If

a person rents land to others or has land worked on

shares by others, he/she is considered the operator only

of the land which is retained for his/her own operation.

For the first time, the census collected information on

the total number of operators, the total number of

women operators, and demographic information for up

to three operators per farm. Unlike previous censuses,

the number of operators does not equal the number of

farms. See also Operators, all.
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Operator characteristics. Data were collected for up

to three operators per farm on age, race, sex, place of

residence, number of days worked off farm, primary

occupation, year in which his/her operation of the farm

began, residence on an American Indian reservation,

number of persons living in the operators’ households,

and Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin. The principal

operator was asked to report the percent of total

household income that came from the farm operation

In addition, data for the total number of operators and

the total number of women operators were collected.

All operator characteristics in the 2002 census were

subject to imputation based on information reported by

farms with similar acreage, tenure, value of sales, and

location. 

Operators, all (multiple). The 2002 census was the

first to collect data for more than one operator per

farm. Demographic and other information were

collected for up to three operators per farm: the

principal operator plus one or two additional operators.

This may be fewer than the number of operators on

some farms. All operators refers to these multiple

operators. Demographic data for up to three operators

reported are presented separately for American Indian

or Alaska Native operators.

Patent fee land. See Deeded land.

Primary occupation of operator. Data on primary

occupation were obtained from up to three operators

per farm. The primary occupation classifications used

were:

• Farming. The operator spent 50-percent or more

of his/her worktime during 2002 at farming or

ranching.

• Other. The operator spent more than 50-percent of

his/her worktime during 2002 at occupations other

than farming or ranching. Also, operators who

spent the majority of their worktime working for

another agricultural operation for wages were

included in this classification.

The proportion of principal operators claiming

“Farming or ranching” as their primary occupation in

2002 increased significantly since 1997. While there

were demographic changes that support this increase,

there is a concern that a 2002 report form design

change may have also contributed to it. To reduce

wording, the definition of “primary occupation” was

not printed on the 2002 report form. It was presumed

to be self-explanatory. In Section 24, item 5a of the

report form, some respondents may have checked the

“yes” box by Farm or ranch operator without

understanding that it meant they were reporting their

primary occupation.

Principal operator. The person primarily responsible

for the on-site, day-to-day operation of the farm or

ranch business. This person may be a hired manager

or business manager. See Operators, all for further

explanation.

Total farm production expenses. Includes the

production expenses provided by the operators,

partners, landlords (excluding property taxes) and

production contractors for the farm business in 2002.

Tenant farmers reported expenses paid by landlords for

the agricultural production on the operation, as well as

their expenses. Farm or ranch operators who rented

part of their land to others reported only the expenses

for the land they actually used themselves and not

expenses for land rented to others. The 2002 total

farm production expenditure concept includes all farmrelated expenses such as: customwork, fuel costs, cost

of cutting timber, services provided to hunters,

cooperative membership fees, etc. However, if the

income from these farm-related categories was not

considered a part of the operation (i.e., if the income

was regarded as derived from a separate business),

then the associated expenses were not included. The

contractor’s portion of expenses was based on

computer generated estimates for 2002.

This item excludes expenses relating to non-farm

activities such as trading and speculation in the

commodities market or livestock trading activities.

Explanations of selected production expenses are listed

below.

Chemicals purchased. These 2002 expenses include

the cost of all insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and

other pesticides, including costs of custom application.

Data exclude commercial fertilizer purchased.

Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners. The expense for

fertilizer is the amount spent on all forms of fertilizer

and lime including rock phosphate and gypsum during
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2002. It also includes the cost of custom application.

In the 1997 census, lime expenses were collected and

published in the all other production expenses

category.

Feed purchased. These expenses include the cost of

all feed for livestock and poultry including grain, hay,

silage, mixed feeds, concentrates, etc., during 2002.

Gasolines, fuels, and oils purchased. These expenses

include the cost of all gasoline, diesel, natural gas, LP

gas, motor oil, and grease products for the farm during

2002. It excludes fuel for personal use of automobiles

by the family; other fuel used for cooking and heating

the farm house; and any other use outside of farmwork

on the operation.

Hired farm and ranch labor. These 2002 expenses

include the total amount paid for farm or ranch labor

including regular workers, part-time workers, and

members of the operator’s family if they received

payments for labor. It includes social security taxes,

state taxes, unemployment tax, payment for sick leave

or vacation pay, workman’s compensation, insurance

premiums, and pension plans.

Interest paid on debts. Interest and finance charges

paid in 2002 on mortgage loans for land and buildings

on the operation are included in this section. Interest

expenses excluded from this category are non-farm

interest expenses and interest expenses originating

from machinery and equipment used for a separate

customwork business or for other operations. Interest

expense for the operators dwelling, where the amount

is separate from interest on farm land and buildings on

the operation is excluded. Interest paid on debts were

reported in one of two categories:

1) Interest paid on debts secured by real estate.

These data include all interest expenses paid in 2002

on debts secured by real estate for the farm.

2) Interest paid on debts not secured by real estate.

These data include all interest expenses paid in 2002

on debts secured by machinery, tractors, trucks, other

equipment, livestock, poultry, breeding stock, money

borrowed for use as working capital, and interest paid

on CCC loans for the farm.

Trust or Federal Trust Land. Indian-owned land,

the title to which is held in trust and protected by the

federal government. Indian people and tribes have use

of the land, but ultimate control of the land remains

with the federal government

Wheat for grain. In the 2002 census, data were

collected by type of wheat - Durum, winter, and spring

and other than Durum.

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Appendix B.

Report Form and Instruction Sheet

The report form and instruction sheet are shown on the following pages.
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