Fun Facts

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

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

One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.

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

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. 

Cattle are great recyclers. They convert natural resources that would otherwise be wasted into beef, an edible protein containing 10 essential nutrients such as zinc, iron and B vitamins.  

Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

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.

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

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...

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.

One bale of cotton can make 4,312 mid-calf socks.

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...

Milk is one of the best sources of calcium. Our bodies absorb 28 percent of the calcium found in milk, but as little as 5 percent of the calcium found in other foods like spinach.

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.

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

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

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

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

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

Did you know that Americans consume about 132 pounds of wheat flour per person each year?