Fun Facts

Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

Did you know there are 15,000 soybean farms in Kansas? In 2016, Kansas farmers harvested more than 4 million acres of soybeans.

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

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.

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

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. 

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

Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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

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.

Sorghum can be used to make environmentally-friendly packing peanuts, fencing materials, floral arrangements, brooms and more!

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

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

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.

Looking for a gluten-free grain? Try sorghum! It's gluten-free and packed with protein, iron, vitamin B-6, niacin, magnesium and phosphorus.  

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

There are more than 29 cuts of beef that meet government guidelines for lean, including tenderloin, T-bone steak and extra lean ground beef.

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

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

Did you know some of the fertilizer farmers add to the soil comes from the air we breathe? Companies can convert nitrogen in the air into nitrogen to nourish the ground.