Fun Facts

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

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

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

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

Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.

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

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

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

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

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

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...

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

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.

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.

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

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

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.

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