Fun Facts

Gluten is what helps bread expand while the dough rises, and hold its shape while baking and after it cools. It’s also what makes bread chewy.

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.

Compared with 50 years ago, pig farmers are using 41% less water to produce a pound of pork, with a 35% smaller carbon footprint.

About four percent of the land in Kansas is part of conservation or wetland reserve programs.

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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.

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.

Did you know that one acre of soybeans can produce 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.

The top five agiculture commodities in Kansas are cattle, corn, wheat, soybeans and sorghum.

Looking for a gluten-free grain? Try sorghum! It's gluten-free and packed with protein, iron, vitamin B-6, niacin, magnesium and phosphorus.  

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

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

The cotton gin first came to Kansas in 1854 when a Polish immigrant wanted to gin local cotton near Valley Falls.

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

Beef from cows and steers are used in two different ways. . Cow meat is used primarily as ground beef for hamburgers and the majority of steer meat is used as steaks.

There are four main types of sorghum: grain, forage, biomass and sweet. Their most popular uses are: for food (grain sorghum), as livestock feed (forage sorghum), to produce bioenergy (biomass...