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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

About four percent of the land in Kansas is part of conservation or wetland reserve programs.

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...

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

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.

Did you know that one acre of soybeans can produce 82,368 crayons?

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

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

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

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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

Kansas grows winter wheat that is planted and sprouts in the fall, becomes dormant in the winter, grows again in the spring and is harvested in early summer.

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