One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.
See full factThe top five agiculture commodities in Kansas are cattle, corn, wheat, soybeans and sorghum.
See full factSorghum can be used to make environmentally-friendly packing peanuts, fencing materials, floral arrangements, brooms and more!
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.
See full factDid you know Kansas farmers grow about 330 million bushels of wheat each year? That’s enough to make 23 billion loaves of bread!
See full factOutput from Kansas agriculture has a direct economic impact of $22.5 billion per year.
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 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 factOne bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.
See full factDid you know that one acre of soybeans can produce 82,368 crayons?
See full factDid you know corn tortillas can differ in color based on the type of corn used? Some are white and others are yellow.
See full factCotton bolls, which are the puffs of white produced by cotton plants, are technically fruit.
See full factAbout one-third of the milk produced in the U.S. is used for making cheese.
See full factDid 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.
See full factGluten-free grains have no caloric advantage over grains containing gluten like wheat, barley and rye. All carbohydrates have four calories per gram. Gluten-free foods are often higher in fat and...
See full factWheat flour is a good source of complex carbohydrates and contains protein. Plus, it’s low in fat and sodium.
See full factThere are about 60-80 pods on a mature soybean plant. Each pod contains three small soybeans.
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 factA finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.
See full factDid you know that Americans consume about 132 pounds of wheat flour per person each year?
See full factOne bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.
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