Fun Facts

Did you know some of the fertilizer farmers add to the soil comes from the air we breathe? Companies can convert nitrogen in the air into nitrogen to nourish the ground.

One cowhide can produce enough leather to make 20 footballs, 18 soccer balls, 18 volleyballs or 12 basketballs.

In 2018, farmers in Kansas planted 165,000 acres of cotton, which produced about 335,000 bales!

About one-third of the milk produced in the U.S. is used for making cheese.

One Kansas farmer raises enough food to feed about 155 people!

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

There are about 60-80 pods on a mature soybean plant. Each pod contains three small soybeans.

Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

98 percent of all corn farms are family-run farms.

For a dessert to officially be considered ice cream, it must contain at least 10 percent milkfat.

A common ingredient in fertilizer is phosphate, which comes from ancient sea life. Phosphate is one of many natural ingredients used to keep soil — and plants! — healthy.

All the wheat grown in Kansas in a single year would fit in a train stretching from western Kansas to the Atlantic Ocean.

Gluten is what helps bread expand while the dough rises, and hold its shape while baking and after it cools. It’s also what makes bread chewy.

One bushel of corn fed to livestock produces 5.6 pounds of retail beef, 13 pounds of retail pork, 19.6 pounds of chicken or 28 pounds of catfish.

Sorghum can be used to make environmentally-friendly packing peanuts, fencing materials, floral arrangements, brooms and more!

One bale of cotton can make 4,312 mid-calf socks.

Pig farmers have reduced greenhouse gas emissions on pig farms by 35% per pound of pork by changing how crops are raised, how pigs are fed, and how nutrients are recycled.

One dairy cow can produce more than 3,000 gallons of milk in a year. There are about 160,000 dairy cows in Kansas. That's a lot of milk!

Mexico and Japan are our top international corn buyers. They buy 50 percent of U.S. corn exports.

One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.

Output from Kansas agriculture has a direct economic impact of $22.5 billion per year.