Fun Facts

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

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

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

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

Did you know some of the fertilizer farmers add to the soil comes from the air we breathe? Companies can convert nitrogen in the air into nitrogen to nourish the ground.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

Wheat flour is a good source of complex carbohydrates and contains protein. Plus, it’s low in fat and sodium.

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.

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

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

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.

There are more than 300 licensed dairy herds in Kansas with about 143,000 cows total. In 2015 cows produced about 365 million gallons of milk, making Kansas the 16th largest milk producing state.

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

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