Fun Facts

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

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

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

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.

Did you know there are 15,000 soybean farms in Kansas? In 2016, Kansas farmers harvested more than 4 million acres of soybeans.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Did you know that Americans consume about 132 pounds of wheat flour per person each year?

The cotton gin first came to Kansas in 1854 when a Polish immigrant wanted to gin local cotton near Valley Falls.

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.

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.

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

There are four main types of sorghum: grain, forage, biomass and sweet. Their most popular uses are: for food (grain sorghum), as livestock feed (forage sorghum), to produce bioenergy (biomass...

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 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.