Fun Facts

The average Kansas dairy cow produces about 7 gallons of milk each day. That’s more than 2,544 gallons of milk over the course of a typical year.

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

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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.

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.

Energy experts estimate global ethanol production and use reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 110 million metric tons per year. That’s equivalent to taking more than 20 million vehicles off the road.

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

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

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

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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

Beef from cows and steers are used in two different ways. Cow meat is used primarily as ground beef for hamburgers and the majority of steer meat is used as steaks.

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.

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

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

Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

Cotton bolls, which are the puffs of white produced by cotton plants, are technically fruit.

Did you know cotton is becoming a big crop in Kansas? Last year, farmers here produced over 164 million pounds of cotton! 

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

Sows give birth (called farrowing) to an average of eight to twelve piglets at a time and will raise six to eight litters of piglets in their lifetime.