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

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Cattle 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.  

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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. 

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One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.

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

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

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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.

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

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From farm to processor to distribution and retail, dairy creates jobs that support the economic well-being of Kansans. The dairy industry contributes $592 million annually to the Kansas economy and...

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

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Drink local with milk! It takes about 48 hours for milk to travel from dairy farms to the grocery store.

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Looking for a gluten-free grain? Try sorghum! It's gluten-free and packed with protein, iron, vitamin B-6, niacin, magnesium and phosphorus.  

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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.

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There are more than 300 licensed dairy herds in Kansas with about 143,000 cows total. In 2015 cows produced about 365 million gallons of milk, making Kansas the 16th largest milk producing state.

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Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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

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

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

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Energy experts estimate global ethanol production and use reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 110 million metric tons per year. That’s equivalent to taking more than 20 million vehicles off the road.

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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!

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

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