Fun Facts

Soybean oil is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E.

Did you know corn tortillas can differ in color based on the type of corn used? Some are white and others are yellow.

The majority of oil used for cooking in our country is U.S.-grown 100% soybean oil!

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!

The 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.

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...

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

One Kansas farmer raises enough food to feed about 155 people!

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

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,...

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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

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

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

Did you know there are 15,000 soybean farms in Kansas? In 2016, Kansas farmers harvested more than 4 million acres of soybeans.

One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.

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. 

Kansas grows winter wheat that is planted and sprouts in the fall, becomes dormant in the winter, grows again in the spring and is harvested in early summer.

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

The largest market for field corn is to provide feed for animals like cattle, pigs, chicken, and even catfish. 

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