Fun Facts

Wheat flour is a good source of complex carbohydrates and contains protein. Plus, it’s low in fat and sodium.

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.

Dairy farmers work with animal nutritionists to create recipes that meet the specific nutritional requirements of their cows. A cow’s diet is a combination of hay, grain, silage and proteins,...

Sows give birth (called farrowing) to an average of eight to twelve piglets at a time and will raise six to eight litters of piglets in their lifetime.

In addition to meat, pigs provide us with lots of other products, including valves for human heart surgery, suede for shoes and clothing, and gelatin for many food and non-food uses.

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

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

About one-third of the milk produced in the U.S. is used for making cheese.

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. 

Pig farmers have reduced greenhouse gas emissions on pig farms by 35% per pound of pork by changing how crops are raised, how pigs are fed, and how nutrients are recycled.

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

There are 7 different breeds of dairy cattle. Farmers choose their breeds based on milk production, size and even personality.

One Kansas farmer raises enough food to feed about 155 people!

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

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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

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 can be found in much more than clothes and other fabrics! Cotton by-products can be used to make paper currency, cosmetics and feed for dairy cattle and livestock.

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

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