Fun Facts

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

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.

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

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...

From farm to processor to distribution and retail, dairy creates jobs that support the economic well-being of Kansans. The dairy industry contributes $592 million annually to the Kansas economy and...

There are about 60-80 pods on a mature soybean plant. Each pod contains three small soybeans.

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

Gluten is what helps bread expand while the dough rises, and hold its shape while baking and after it cools. It’s also what makes bread chewy.

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

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

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.

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

Compared with 50 years ago, pig farmers are using 41% less water to produce a pound of pork, with a 35% smaller carbon footprint.

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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

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

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.

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

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

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

Grain sorghum is one of the oldest known grains. Its origins can be traced back to ancient Africa and India.