Fun Facts

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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,...

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

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

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

About two-thirds of the Kansas corn crop is used in-state as livestock feed or in food production.

One dairy cow can produce more than 3,000 gallons of milk in a year. There are about 160,000 dairy cows in Kansas. That's a lot of milk!

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

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

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.

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

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...