Fun Facts

Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

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.

Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.

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

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

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

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.

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

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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

A bushel of soybeans weighs 60 pounds and produces 11 pounds of oil and 48 pounds of soybean meal.

Energy experts estimate global ethanol production and use reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 110 million metric tons per year. That’s equivalent to taking more than 20 million vehicles off the road.

The journey from the time a calf is conceived to the time beef is consumed takes 24-30 months and thousands of miles—from ranches, farms, feed yards and packing plants to grocery stores and...

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

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

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

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...

Did you know that one acre of soybeans can produce 82,368 crayons?

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.

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.

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...