All the wheat grown in Kansas in a single year would fit in a train stretching from western Kansas to the Atlantic Ocean.
See full factThe top five agiculture commodities in Kansas are cattle, corn, wheat, soybeans and sorghum.
See full factDid you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?
See full factThere are more than 29 cuts of beef that meet government guidelines for lean, including tenderloin, T-bone steak and extra lean ground beef.
See full factCattle are great recyclers. They convert natural resources that would otherwise be wasted into beef, an edible protein containing 10 essential nutrients such as zinc, iron and B vitamins.
See full factWheat flour is a good source of complex carbohydrates and contains protein. Plus, it’s low in fat and sodium.
See full factSoybean oil is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E.
See full factDid you know that in Kansas cows outnumber people 2-to1? There are almost 3 million people and more than 6 million cattle!
See full factFarmers in Kansas grow more than 650 million bushels of corn each year.
See full factThere 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...
See full factFor a dessert to officially be considered ice cream, it must contain at least 10 percent milkfat.
See full factOne bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.
See full factAbout two-thirds of the Kansas corn crop is used in-state as livestock feed or in food production.
See full factAbout four percent of the land in Kansas is part of conservation or wetland reserve programs.
See full factThe cotton gin first came to Kansas in 1854 when a Polish immigrant wanted to gin local cotton near Valley Falls.
See full factSmall engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.
See full factDid you know Kansas farmers grow about 330 million bushels of wheat each year? That’s enough to make 23 billion loaves of bread!
See full factThe 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...
See full factThere 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.
See full factDid you know that Americans consume about 132 pounds of wheat flour per person each year?
See full factKansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.
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