Fun Facts

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. 

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Within an hour of birth calves are up and ready to nurse. A baby calf will drink a gallon of milk a day.

Kansas exports more than $4.8 billion in agricultural products per year.

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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.

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

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.

Did you know Kansas farmers grow about 330 million bushels of wheat each year? That’s enough to make 23 billion loaves of bread!

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...

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...

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

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

There are 7 different breeds of dairy cattle. Farmers choose their breeds based on milk production, size and even personality.

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