Fun Facts

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

Did you know cotton is becoming a big crop in Kansas? Last year, farmers here produced over 164 million pounds of cotton! 

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. 

Gluten-free grains have no caloric advantage over grains containing gluten like wheat, barley and rye. All carbohydrates have four calories per gram. Gluten-free foods are often higher in fat and...

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

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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

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

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

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.

For a dessert to officially be considered ice cream, it must contain at least 10 percent milkfat.

Did you know some of the fertilizer farmers add to the soil comes from the air we breathe? Companies can convert nitrogen in the air into nitrogen to nourish the ground.

Kansas grows winter wheat that is planted and sprouts in the fall, becomes dormant in the winter, grows again in the spring and is harvested in early summer.

About a third of a steer is used for beef production. The rest of the animal is used to make by-products found in medicines, cosmetics, detergents, insulation, and much more!

One 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.

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.

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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

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

Output from Kansas agriculture has a direct economic impact of $22.5 billion per year.

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