Fun Facts

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

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.

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

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

Beef from cows and steers are used in two different ways. . Cow meat is used primarily as ground beef for hamburgers and the majority of steer meat is used as steaks.

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

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...

Milk is one of the best sources of calcium. Our bodies absorb 28 percent of the calcium found in milk, but as little as 5 percent of the calcium found in other foods like spinach.

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

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

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

Did you know Kansas farmers grow about 330 million bushels of wheat each year? That’s enough to make 23 billion loaves of bread!

Enriched white bread and other enriched grain products are a good source of iron and B vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and folic acid), as well as complex carbohydrates.

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!

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. 

About four percent of the land in Kansas is part of conservation or wetland reserve programs.

One bale of cotton can make 4,312 mid-calf socks.

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

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

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!

Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.