One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.
See full factKansas 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!
See full factAll the wheat grown in Kansas in a single year would fit in a train stretching from western Kansas to the Atlantic Ocean.
See full factPork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.
See full factCotton bolls, which are the puffs of white produced by cotton plants, are technically fruit.
See full factDid 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.
See full factCompared with 50 years ago, pig farmers are using 41% less water to produce a pound of pork, with a 35% smaller carbon footprint.
See full factThe top five agiculture commodities in Kansas are cattle, corn, wheat, soybeans and sorghum.
See full factA bushel of soybeans weighs 60 pounds and produces 11 pounds of oil and 48 pounds of soybean meal.
See full factOutput from Kansas agriculture has a direct economic impact of $22.5 billion per year.
See full factFarmers in Kansas grow more than 650 million bushels of corn each year.
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 factIn 2018, farmers in Kansas planted 165,000 acres of cotton, which produced about 335,000 bales!
See full factOne bushel of corn fed to livestock produces 5.6 pounds of retail beef, 13 pounds of retail pork, 19.6 pounds of chicken or 28 pounds of catfish.
See full factThe majority of oil used for cooking in our country is U.S.-grown 100% soybean oil!
See full factDid you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?
See full factOne acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!
See full fact98 percent of all corn farms are family-run farms.
See full factGrains 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...
See full factThe United States grows more soybeans than any other country and six out of every ten rows of soybeans are exported to other countries.
See full factDid you know Kansas farmers grow about 330 million bushels of wheat each year? That’s enough to make 23 billion loaves of bread!
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