Fun Facts

The United States grows more soybeans than any other country and six out of every ten rows of soybeans are exported to other countries.

For a dessert to officially be considered ice cream, it must contain at least 10 percent milkfat.

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

Compared with 50 years ago, pig farmers are using 41% less water to produce a pound of pork, with a 35% smaller carbon footprint.

One cowhide can produce enough leather to make 20 footballs, 18 soccer balls, 18 volleyballs or 12 basketballs.

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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

Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.

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

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

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

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

Grains can be categorized into food grains (for people) and feed grains (for cattle). Cattle eat feed grains like field corn and grain sorghum. An average of 4 ½ pounds of grain is used to produce a...

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

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

Farmers in Kansas grow more than 650 million bushels of corn each year. 

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

One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.

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

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

Fertilizer contains a lot of helpful nutrients, thanks to Mother Nature! Potash, which is salt from ancient evaporated oceans, is used in fertilizer to feed our soil.