Fun Facts

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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.

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,...

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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

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

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

All the wheat grown in Kansas in a single year would fit in a train stretching from western Kansas to the Atlantic Ocean.

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

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

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!

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.

One bale of cotton can make 1,256 pillowcases.

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

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.

The journey from the time a calf is conceived to the time beef is consumed takes 24-30 months and thousands of miles—from ranches, farms, feed yards and packing plants to grocery stores and...

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

Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.

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.

There are more than 300 licensed dairy herds in Kansas with about 143,000 cows total. In 2015 cows produced about 365 million gallons of milk, making Kansas the 16th largest milk producing state.

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