Fun Facts

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

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...

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. 

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

Kansas is known for its sunflowers. They provide food for insects, birds and cattle, and make great cooking oil, biofuel and a delicious snack for people!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

Sorghum can be used to make environmentally-friendly packing peanuts, fencing materials, floral arrangements, brooms and more!

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

There are more than 29 cuts of beef that meet government guidelines for lean, including tenderloin, T-bone steak and extra lean ground beef.

Farmers in Kansas grow more than 650 million bushels of corn each year. 

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

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.

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

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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