Fun Facts

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The average Kansas dairy cow produces about 7 gallons of milk each day. That’s more than 2,544 gallons of milk over the course of a typical year.

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

One Kansas farmer raises enough food to feed about 155 people!

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.

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

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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.

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

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. 

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

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

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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