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.
See full factOne acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!
See full factSorghum can be used to make environmentally-friendly packing peanuts, fencing materials, floral arrangements, brooms and more!
See full factOne Kansas farmer raises enough food to feed about 155 people!
See full factWithin an hour of birth calves are up and ready to nurse. A baby calf will drink a gallon of milk a day.
See full factKansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.
See full factDid you know the corn humans eat is different from the corn that cattle eat? Most of the corn people eat is sweet corn. Cattle and other livestock eat field corn.
See full factCotton bolls, which are the puffs of white produced by cotton plants, are technically fruit.
See full factFarmers in Kansas grow more than 650 million bushels of corn each year.
See full factOutput from Kansas agriculture has a direct economic impact of $22.5 billion per year.
See full factThe top five agiculture commodities in Kansas are cattle, corn, wheat, soybeans and sorghum.
See full factEnriched 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.
See full factOne bale of cotton can make 4,312 mid-calf socks.
See full factThere are 7 different breeds of dairy cattle. Farmers choose their breeds based on milk production, size and even personality.
See full factThe 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.
See full factAbout one-third of the milk produced in the U.S. is used for making cheese.
See full factDid you know that Americans consume about 132 pounds of wheat flour per person each year?
See full factMilk 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.
See full factThe cotton gin first came to Kansas in 1854 when a Polish immigrant wanted to gin local cotton near Valley Falls.
See full factOne cowhide can produce enough leather to make 20 footballs, 18 soccer balls, 18 volleyballs or 12 basketballs.
See full factFor a dessert to officially be considered ice cream, it must contain at least 10 percent milkfat.
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