One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.
See full factDid 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.
See full factOne bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.
See full factDid you know there are 15,000 soybean farms in Kansas? In 2016, Kansas farmers harvested more than 4 million acres of soybeans.
See full factMore than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.
See full factCotton bolls, which are the puffs of white produced by cotton plants, are technically fruit.
See full factFor a dessert to officially be considered ice cream, it must contain at least 10 percent milkfat.
See full factFarmers in Kansas grow more than 650 million bushels of corn each year.
See full factOne Kansas farmer raises enough food to feed about 155 people!
See full factEnergy 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.
See full factAbout 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!
See full factSorghum can be used to make environmentally-friendly packing peanuts, fencing materials, floral arrangements, brooms and more!
See full factAbout two-thirds of the Kansas corn crop is used in-state as livestock feed or in food production.
See full factAbout two-thirds of the Kansas corn crop is used in-state as livestock feed or in food production.
See full factIn Kansas alone, pig farmers raised over 3.2 million pigs in 2015, producing over 600 million pounds of pork!
See full factSows give birth (called farrowing) to an average of eight to twelve piglets at a time and will raise six to eight litters of piglets in their lifetime.
See full factEnriched 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.
See full factOutput from Kansas agriculture has a direct economic impact of $22.5 billion per year.
See full factDrink local with milk! It takes about 48 hours for milk to travel from dairy farms to the grocery store.
See full factOne 60-pound bushel of wheat provides about 42 pounds of white flour, enough for about 70, one-pound loaves of white bread.
See full factIn 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.
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