Fun Facts

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

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.

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

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

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

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

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.

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

The majority of oil used for cooking in our country is U.S.-grown 100% soybean oil!

Did you know there are 15,000 soybean farms in Kansas? In 2016, Kansas farmers harvested more than 4 million acres of soybeans.

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.

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

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

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

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 cotton is becoming a big crop in Kansas? Last year, farmers here produced over 164 million pounds of cotton! 

Cattle are great recyclers. They convert natural resources that would otherwise be wasted into beef, an edible protein containing 10 essential nutrients such as zinc, iron and B vitamins.  

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.

One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.