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

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

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

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

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Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.

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Did you know that in Kansas cows outnumber people 2-to1? There are almost 3 million people and more than 6 million cattle!

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

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

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

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A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

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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...

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

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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.

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Fertilizer contains a lot of helpful nutrients, thanks to Mother Nature! Potash, which is salt from ancient evaporated oceans, is used in fertilizer to feed our soil.

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

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One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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

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One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

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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.

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

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