Fun Facts

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

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.

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

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

In Kansas alone, pig farmers raised over 3.2 million pigs in 2015, producing over 600 million pounds of pork!

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

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...

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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

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

Grain sorghum is one of the oldest known grains. Its origins can be traced back to ancient Africa and India.

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

Milk is one of the best sources of calcium. Our bodies absorb 28 percent of the calcium found in milk, but as little as 5 percent of the calcium found in other foods like spinach.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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