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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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Gluten is what helps bread expand while the dough rises, and hold its shape while baking and after it cools. It’s also what makes bread chewy.

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There are 7 different breeds of dairy cattle. Farmers choose their breeds based on milk production, size and even personality.

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There are more than 29 cuts of beef that meet government guidelines for lean, including tenderloin, T-bone steak and extra lean ground beef.

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

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Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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

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One dairy cow can produce more than 3,000 gallons of milk in a year. There are about 160,000 dairy cows in Kansas. That's a lot of milk!

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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.

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Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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

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

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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...

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

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Did 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.

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

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From farm to processor to distribution and retail, dairy creates jobs that support the economic well-being of Kansans. The dairy industry contributes $592 million annually to the Kansas economy and...

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