Fun Facts

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Did you know Kansas farmers grow about 330 million bushels of wheat each year? That’s enough to make 23 billion loaves of bread!

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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

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

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

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.

One cowhide can produce enough leather to make 20 footballs, 18 soccer balls, 18 volleyballs or 12 basketballs.

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

The top five agiculture commodities in Kansas are cattle, corn, wheat, soybeans and sorghum.

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

Cattle 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.  

Did you know Kansas has an official state soil? It's called Harney silt loam and it covers about 4 million acres of land in our state. 

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

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

It takes five to six months for a pig to reach market weight (about 265 pounds). One market hog provides about 160 pounds of pork for the grocery store’s meat case.