Navajo Nation Chapter Profile

Navajo Mountain Chapter

Total and Per Farm Overview Number of Farms and % of Western Ranches, Selected Chapters, 2017 Agency Western Agency Number of Farms and Ranches 160 4.4 Coppermine 169

Chilchinbeto 170 Total ($) Cameron 193 Market value of products sold 203,500 3.6 Crop sales 71,600 4.8 Dennehotso 203 Livestock sales 131,900 3.1 Tuba City 216

Farm production expenses 1,487,600 5.5 Tonalea 286

Kaibeto 322 Per farm average ($) Market value of products sold 1,272 Oljato 339 Shonto 356

Share of Sales by Type (%) Kayenta 455 Crop sales 35.2 - 100 200 300 400 500 Livestock sales 64.8

Farms and Ranches by Value of Years on Any Farm Sales

5 years or less 39 $5,000 or more 12

6 to 10 years 31 $1,000 to $4,999 28

Less than $1,000 120 11 years or more 354

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Navajo Mountain Chapter

Livestock and Crop Totals % of Western Agency Livestock Farms Inventory Livestock Inventory 81 751 4.0 Cattle and calves 3,000 Beef cows 74 536 5.5 Sheep and lambs 121 2,577 5.7 2,000 Horses and ponies 93 247 2.9 Goats 79 1,072 5.3 1,000

% of - Western Cattle Sheep Horses Goats Crops Farms Acres Agency Corn, traditional, acres 17 41 5.7 Crop Acres Hay and haylage, acres 2 (D) (D) 60 Vegetables, acres 16 12 4.8 Cantaloupes, acres - - - 40 Honeydew melons, acres - - - Squash, all, acres 16 5 4.5 20 Watermelons, acres 12 3 3.4 - Corn Hay Melons Squash a Total Producers 424 Average age (years) 56.0 All Producers by Age Sex Group Female 215

Male 209 Under 35 65

Other characteristics 35 to 64 209 With military service 17 65+ 150 New and beginning farmers 70 Young Producers 73 - 50 100 150 200 250

See 2017 Census of Agriculture, U.S. Summary and State Data, for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, commodity descriptions, and methodology. a Data collected for a maximum of four producers per farm. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (NA) Not available. (-) Represents zero.