Fun Facts

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

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

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...

Enriched white bread and other enriched grain products are a good source of iron and B vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and folic acid), as well as complex carbohydrates.

Dairy farmers work with animal nutritionists to create recipes that meet the specific nutritional requirements of their cows. A cow’s diet is a combination of hay, grain, silage and proteins,...

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

About one-third of the milk produced in the U.S. is used for making cheese.

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

The journey from the time a calf is conceived to the time beef is consumed takes 24-30 months and thousands of miles—from ranches, farms, feed yards and packing plants to grocery stores and...

One dairy cow can produce more than 3,000 gallons of milk in a year. There are about 160,000 dairy cows in Kansas. That's a lot of milk!

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

Output from Kansas agriculture has a direct economic impact of $22.5 billion per year.

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

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.

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

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...

Cotton can be found in much more than clothes and other fabrics! Cotton by-products can be used to make paper currency, cosmetics and feed for dairy cattle and livestock.

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

The United States grows more soybeans than any other country and six out of every ten rows of soybeans are exported to other countries.

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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.