One 60-pound bushel of wheat provides about 42 pounds of white flour, enough for about 70, one-pound loaves of white bread.

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One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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

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One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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

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

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About 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!

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A bushel of soybeans weighs 60 pounds and produces 11 pounds of oil and 48 pounds of soybean meal.

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Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.

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

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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...

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

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Did you know that one acre of soybeans can produce 82,368 crayons?

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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.

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Did you know cotton is becoming a big crop in Kansas? Last year, farmers here produced over 164 million pounds of cotton! 

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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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In 2018, farmers in Kansas planted 165,000 acres of cotton, which produced about 335,000 bales!

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

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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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Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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98 percent of all corn farms are family-run farms.

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