Fun Facts

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

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

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

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

One cowhide can produce enough leather to make 20 footballs, 18 soccer balls, 18 volleyballs or 12 basketballs.

In pre-refrigeration days, hogs were harvested in the fall and cured for six to seven months, just in time for Easter dinner. That’s how ham came to be the traditional Easter favorite.

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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.

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

Sows 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.

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

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.

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

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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.

Looking for a gluten-free grain? Try sorghum! It's gluten-free and packed with protein, iron, vitamin B-6, niacin, magnesium and phosphorus.  

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

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.

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

Soybean oil is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E.