Fun Facts

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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

Kansas is known for its sunflowers. They provide food for insects, birds and cattle, and make great cooking oil, biofuel and a delicious snack for people!

In 2018, farmers in Kansas planted 165,000 acres of cotton, which produced about 335,000 bales!

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

Dairy farmers work with animal nutritionists to create recipes that meet the specific nutritional requirements of their cows. A cow’s diet is a combination of hay, grain, silage and proteins,...

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

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

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

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.

Cotton can be found in much more than clothes and other fabrics! Cotton by-products can be used to make paper currency, cosmetics and feed for dairy cattle and livestock.

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

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

One bale of cotton can make 4,312 mid-calf socks.

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

Mexico and Japan are our top international corn buyers. They buy 50 percent of U.S. corn exports.

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

Fertilizer contains a lot of helpful nutrients, thanks to Mother Nature! Potash, which is salt from ancient evaporated oceans, is used in fertilizer to feed our soil.

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

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

Did you know Kansas has an official state soil? It's called Harney silt loam and it covers about 4 million acres of land in our state.