Fun Facts

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...

Output from Kansas agriculture has a direct economic impact of $22.5 billion per year.

Enriched white bread and other enriched grain products are a good source of iron and B vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and folic acid), as well as complex carbohydrates.

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

Within an hour of birth calves are up and ready to nurse. A baby calf will drink a gallon of milk a day.

Did you know that in Kansas cows outnumber people 2-to1? There are almost 3 million people and more than 6 million cattle!

Wheat flour is a good source of complex carbohydrates and contains protein. Plus, it’s low in fat and sodium.

The largest market for field corn is to provide feed for animals like cattle, pigs, chicken, and even catfish. 

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.  

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

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

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

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...

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

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

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

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.

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

A bushel of soybeans weighs 60 pounds and produces 11 pounds of oil and 48 pounds of soybean meal.

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.