Fun Facts

In Kansas alone, pig farmers raised over 3.2 million pigs in 2015, producing over 600 million pounds of pork!

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

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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

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

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

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. 

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

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

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

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

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 some of the fertilizer farmers add to the soil comes from the air we breathe? Companies can convert nitrogen in the air into nitrogen to nourish the ground.

In pre-refrigeration days, hogs were harvested in the fall and cured for six to seven months, just in time for Easter dinner. That’s how ham came to be the traditional Easter favorite.

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

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

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

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

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

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