Fun Facts

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

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

Gluten is what helps bread expand while the dough rises, and hold its shape while baking and after it cools. It’s also what makes bread chewy.

One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.

There are more than 300 licensed dairy herds in Kansas with about 143,000 cows total. In 2015 cows produced about 365 million gallons of milk, making Kansas the 16th largest milk producing state.

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

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

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

Did you know corn tortillas can differ in color based on the type of corn used? Some are white and others are yellow.

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

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

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.

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

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

One cowhide can produce enough leather to make 20 footballs, 18 soccer balls, 18 volleyballs or 12 basketballs.

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

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.

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...

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...

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.