Fun Facts

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...

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,...

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

Did you know some of the fertilizer farmers add to the soil comes from the air we breathe? Companies can convert nitrogen in the air into nitrogen to nourish the ground.

Pig farmers have reduced greenhouse gas emissions on pig farms by 35% per pound of pork by changing how crops are raised, how pigs are fed, and how nutrients are recycled.

One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.

Kansas grows winter wheat that is planted and sprouts in the fall, becomes dormant in the winter, grows again in the spring and is harvested in early summer.

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

Did you know that Americans consume about 132 pounds of wheat flour per person each year?

In Kansas alone, pig farmers raised over 3.2 million pigs in 2015, producing over 600 million pounds of pork!

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...

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

Energy experts estimate global ethanol production and use reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 110 million metric tons per year. That’s equivalent to taking more than 20 million vehicles off the road.

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

Drink local with milk! It takes about 48 hours for milk to travel from dairy farms to the grocery store.

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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

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

Corn is produced on every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica. 

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

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