Fun Facts

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

There are about 60-80 pods on a mature soybean plant. Each pod contains three small soybeans.

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...

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

About one-third of the milk produced in the U.S. is used for making cheese.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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. 

Fertilizer contains a lot of helpful nutrients, thanks to Mother Nature! Potash, which is salt from ancient evaporated oceans, is used in fertilizer to feed our soil.

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

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

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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

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.

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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.

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.

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