Wheat flour is a good source of complex carbohydrates and contains protein. Plus, it’s low in fat and sodium.
See full factLooking for a gluten-free grain? Try sorghum! It's gluten-free and packed with protein, iron, vitamin B-6, niacin, magnesium and phosphorus.
See full factThere 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...
See full factCorn is produced on every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica.
See full factThe United States grows more soybeans than any other country and six out of every ten rows of soybeans are exported to other countries.
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 factDid you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?
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 factAbout two-thirds of the Kansas corn crop is used in-state as livestock feed or in food production.
See full factMexico and Japan are our top international corn buyers. They buy 50 percent of U.S. corn exports.
See full factIn 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.
See full factA common ingredient in fertilizer is phosphate, which comes from ancient sea life. Phosphate is one of many natural ingredients used to keep soil — and plants! — healthy.
See full factThere 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.
See full factWithin an hour of birth calves are up and ready to nurse. A baby calf will drink a gallon of milk a day.
See full factDairy 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,...
See full factCattle 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.
See full factEnergy experts estimate global ethanol production and use reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 110 million metric tons per year. That’s equivalent to taking more than 20 million vehicles off the road.
See full factSmall engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.
See full factOne acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!
See full factFarmers in Kansas grow more than 650 million bushels of corn each year.
See full factDid you know that one acre of soybeans can produce 82,368 crayons?
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