Fun Facts

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

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

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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.

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

Kansas exports more than $4.8 billion in agricultural products per year.

It 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.

Gluten-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...

One dairy cow can produce more than 3,000 gallons of milk in a year. There are about 160,000 dairy cows in Kansas. That's a lot of milk!

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

A 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.

Corn is produced on every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica. 

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

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

Grain sorghum is one of the oldest known grains. Its origins can be traced back to ancient Africa and India.

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

Cotton bolls, which are the puffs of white produced by cotton plants, are technically fruit.

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

There are about 60-80 pods on a mature soybean plant. Each pod contains three small soybeans.

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

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.