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.
See full factFor a dessert to officially be considered ice cream, it must contain at least 10 percent milkfat.
See full factIn Kansas alone, pig farmers raised over 3.2 million pigs in 2015, producing over 600 million pounds of pork!
See full factThe largest market for field corn is to provide feed for animals like cattle, pigs, chicken, and even catfish.
See full factGrain sorghum is one of the oldest known grains. Its origins can be traced back to ancient Africa and India.
See full factDid you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?
See full factMore than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.
See full factDid you know that in Kansas cows outnumber people 2-to1? There are almost 3 million people and more than 6 million cattle!
See full factThe journey from the time a calf is conceived to the time beef is consumed takes 24-30 months and thousands of miles—from ranches, farms, feed yards and packing plants to grocery stores and...
See full factKansas exports more than $4.8 billion in agricultural products per year.
See full factKansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.
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 factThe cotton gin first came to Kansas in 1854 when a Polish immigrant wanted to gin local cotton near Valley Falls.
See full factPig farmers have reduced greenhouse gas emissions on pig farms by 35% per pound of pork by changing how crops are raised, how pigs are fed, and how nutrients are recycled.
See full factThe 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.
See full factDrink local with milk! It takes about 48 hours for milk to travel from dairy farms to the grocery store.
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 factA finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.
See full factThere are about 60-80 pods on a mature soybean plant. Each pod contains three small soybeans.
See full factDid you know cotton is becoming a big crop in Kansas? Last year, farmers here produced over 164 million pounds of cotton!
See full factDid 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.
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