Fun Facts

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

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

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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

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.  

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

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

Did you know that in Kansas cows outnumber people 2-to1? There are almost 3 million people and more than 6 million cattle!

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

There are four main types of sorghum: grain, forage, biomass and sweet. Their most popular uses are: for food (grain sorghum), as livestock feed (forage sorghum), to produce bioenergy (biomass...

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

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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

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

The cotton gin first came to Kansas in 1854 when a Polish immigrant wanted to gin local cotton near Valley Falls.

Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

Did you know Kansas farmers grow about 330 million bushels of wheat each year? That’s enough to make 23 billion loaves of bread!

The 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...

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.

Did you know that Americans consume about 132 pounds of wheat flour per person each year?

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.