Fun Facts

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.

Did you know corn tortillas can differ in color based on the type of corn used? Some are white and others are yellow.

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

One bale of cotton can make 4,312 mid-calf socks.

One 60-pound bushel of wheat provides about 42 pounds of white flour, enough for about 70, one-pound loaves of white bread.

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

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

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.

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

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.

In pre-refrigeration days, hogs were harvested in the fall and cured for six to seven months, just in time for Easter dinner. That’s how ham came to be the traditional Easter favorite.

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.

Within an hour of birth calves are up and ready to nurse. A baby calf will drink a gallon of milk a day.

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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

Drink local with milk! It takes about 48 hours for milk to travel from dairy farms to the grocery store.

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

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

One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.

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...