Fun Facts

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

The largest market for field corn is to provide feed for animals like cattle, pigs, chicken, and even catfish. 

It takes five to six months for a pig to reach market weight (about 265 pounds). One market hog provides about 160 pounds of pork for the grocery store’s meat case.

Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

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.

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.

A bushel of soybeans weighs 60 pounds and produces 11 pounds of oil and 48 pounds of soybean meal.

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

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

Did you know there are 15,000 soybean farms in Kansas? In 2016, Kansas farmers harvested more than 4 million acres of soybeans.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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!

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

Did you know Kansas has an official state soil? It's called Harney silt loam and it covers about 4 million acres of land in our state.