Fun Facts

Wheat flour is a good source of complex carbohydrates and contains protein. Plus, it’s low in fat and sodium.

One 60-pound bushel of wheat provides about 42 pounds of white flour, enough for about 70, one-pound loaves of white bread.

Did you know corn tortillas can differ in color based on the type of corn used? Some are white and others are yellow.

Gluten-free grains have no caloric advantage over grains containing gluten like wheat, barley and rye. All carbohydrates have four calories per gram. Gluten-free foods are often higher in fat and...

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

The top five agiculture commodities in Kansas are cattle, corn, wheat, soybeans and sorghum.

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

Cotton can be found in much more than clothes and other fabrics! Cotton by-products can be used to make paper currency, cosmetics and feed for dairy cattle and livestock.

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.

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.

From farm to processor to distribution and retail, dairy creates jobs that support the economic well-being of Kansans. The dairy industry contributes $592 million annually to the Kansas economy and...

The United States grows more soybeans than any other country and six out of every ten rows of soybeans are exported to other countries.

Drink local with milk! It takes about 48 hours for milk to travel from dairy farms to the grocery store.

The majority of oil used for cooking in our country is U.S.-grown 100% soybean oil!

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

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

Grains can be categorized into food grains (for people) and feed grains (for cattle). Cattle eat feed grains like field corn and grain sorghum. An average of 4 ½ pounds of grain is used to produce a...

Milk is one of the best sources of calcium. Our bodies absorb 28 percent of the calcium found in milk, but as little as 5 percent of the calcium found in other foods like spinach.

Enriched white bread and other enriched grain products are a good source of iron and B vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and folic acid), as well as complex carbohydrates.

Farmers in Kansas grow more than 650 million bushels of corn each year. 

Did you know the corn humans eat is different from the corn that cattle eat? Most of the corn people eat is sweet  corn. Cattle and other livestock eat field corn.