Fun Facts

In pre-refrigeration days, hogs were harvested in the fall and cured for six to seven months, just in time for Easter dinner. That’s how ham came to be the traditional Easter favorite.

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.

In addition to meat, pigs provide us with lots of other products, including valves for human heart surgery, suede for shoes and clothing, and gelatin for many food and non-food uses.

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

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

In Kansas alone, pig farmers raised over 3.2 million pigs in 2015, producing over 600 million pounds of pork!

There are four main types of sorghum: grain, forage, biomass and sweet. Their most popular uses are: for food (grain sorghum), as livestock feed (forage sorghum), to produce bioenergy (biomass...

There are more than 29 cuts of beef that meet government guidelines for lean, including tenderloin, T-bone steak and extra lean ground beef.

About two-thirds of the Kansas corn crop is used in-state as livestock feed or in food production.

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

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!

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

Did you know that in Kansas cows outnumber people 2-to1? There are almost 3 million people and more than 6 million cattle!

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

Corn is produced on every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica. 

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.

Kansas is known for its sunflowers. They provide food for insects, birds and cattle, and make great cooking oil, biofuel and a delicious snack for people!

Soybean oil is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E.

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

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

Grain sorghum is one of the oldest known grains. Its origins can be traced back to ancient Africa and India.