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

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In Kansas alone, pig farmers raised over 3.2 million pigs in 2015, producing over 600 million pounds of pork!

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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...

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Kansas is known for its sunflowers. They provide food for insects, birds and cattle, and make great cooking oil, biofuel and a delicious snack for people!

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In pre-refrigeration days, hogs were harvested in the fall and cured for six to seven months, just in time for Easter dinner. That’s how ham came to be the traditional Easter favorite.

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

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

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More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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In 2018, farmers in Kansas planted 165,000 acres of cotton, which produced about 335,000 bales!

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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.

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One 60-pound bushel of wheat provides about 42 pounds of white flour, enough for about 70, one-pound loaves of white bread.

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Gluten-free grains have no caloric advantage over grains containing gluten like wheat, barley and rye. All carbohydrates have four calories per gram. Gluten-free foods are often higher in fat and...

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The average Kansas dairy cow produces about 7 gallons of milk each day. That’s more than 2,544 gallons of milk over the course of a typical year.

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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.

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Milk is one of the best sources of calcium. Our bodies absorb 28 percent of the calcium found in milk, but as little as 5 percent of the calcium found in other foods like spinach.

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Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

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Did you know the corn humans eat is different from the corn that cattle eat? Most of the corn people eat is sweet  corn. Cattle and other livestock eat field corn.

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

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

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

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

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