Fun Facts

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

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

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

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. 

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

Did you know that one acre of soybeans can produce 82,368 crayons?

There are more than 300 licensed dairy herds in Kansas with about 143,000 cows total. In 2015 cows produced about 365 million gallons of milk, making Kansas the 16th largest milk producing state.

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.

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.

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

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

Did you know the corn humans eat is different from the corn that cattle eat? Most of the corn people eat is sweet  corn. Cattle and other livestock eat field corn.

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

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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

Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

It takes five to six months for a pig to reach market weight (about 265 pounds). One market hog provides about 160 pounds of pork for the grocery store’s meat case.

Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.

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,...

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

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.