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.
See full factAbout two-thirds of the Kansas corn crop is used in-state as livestock feed or in food production.
See full factA finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.
See full factIn addition to meat, pigs provide us with lots of other products, including valves for human heart surgery, suede for shoes and clothing, and gelatin for many food and non-food uses.
See full factSorghum can be used to make environmentally-friendly packing peanuts, fencing materials, floral arrangements, brooms and more!
See full factIt takes five to six months for a pig to reach market weight (about 265 pounds). One market hog provides about 160 pounds of pork for the grocery store’s meat case.
See full factAbout a third of a steer is used for beef production. The rest of the animal is used to make by-products found in medicines, cosmetics, detergents, insulation, and much more!
See full factWheat flour is a good source of complex carbohydrates and contains protein. Plus, it’s low in fat and sodium.
See full factOne bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.
See full factA bushel of soybeans weighs 60 pounds and produces 11 pounds of oil and 48 pounds of soybean meal.
See full factGrain sorghum is one of the oldest known grains. Its origins can be traced back to ancient Africa and India.
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 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 factOne acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!
See full factDid you know that Americans consume about 132 pounds of wheat flour per person each year?
See full factMexico and Japan are our top international corn buyers. They buy 50 percent of U.S. corn exports.
See full factThe cotton gin first came to Kansas in 1854 when a Polish immigrant wanted to gin local cotton near Valley Falls.
See full factFarmers in Kansas grow more than 650 million bushels of corn each year.
See full factCorn is produced on every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica.
See full factMore than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.
See full factKansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.
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