Fun Facts

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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

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.

One bushel of corn fed to livestock produces 5.6 pounds of retail beef, 13 pounds of retail pork, 19.6 pounds of chicken or 28 pounds of catfish.

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

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

One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

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

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.

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,...

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

Did you know that in Kansas cows outnumber people 2-to1? There are almost 3 million people and more than 6 million cattle!

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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.