Kansas exports more than $4.8 billion in agricultural products per year.

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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...

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

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

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

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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.

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Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.

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Milk 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.

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

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

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There are more than 29 cuts of beef that meet government guidelines for lean, including tenderloin, T-bone steak and extra lean ground beef.

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In addition to meat, pigs provide us with lots of other products, including valves for human heart surgery, suede for shoes and clothing, and gelatin for many food and non-food uses.

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Did you know Kansas has an official state soil? It's called Harney silt loam and it covers about 4 million acres of land in our state. 

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

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

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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.

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Kansas is known for its sunflowers. They provide food for insects, birds and cattle, and make great cooking oil, biofuel and a delicious snack for people!

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

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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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Sows give birth (called farrowing) to an average of eight to twelve piglets at a time and will raise six to eight litters of piglets in their lifetime.

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