Fun Facts

Did you know that Americans consume about 132 pounds of wheat flour per person each year?

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

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

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

All the wheat grown in Kansas in a single year would fit in a train stretching from western Kansas to the Atlantic Ocean.

From farm to processor to distribution and retail, dairy creates jobs that support the economic well-being of Kansans. The dairy industry contributes $592 million annually to the Kansas economy and...

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.

Cattle are great recyclers. They convert natural resources that would otherwise be wasted into beef, an edible protein containing 10 essential nutrients such as zinc, iron and B vitamins.  

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

There are 7 different breeds of dairy cattle. Farmers choose their breeds based on milk production, size and even personality.

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...

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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

The majority of oil used for cooking in our country is U.S.-grown 100% soybean oil!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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