Fun Facts

Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.

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

98 percent of all corn farms are family-run farms.

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.

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

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

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.

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. 

Dairy farmers work with animal nutritionists to create recipes that meet the specific nutritional requirements of their cows. A cow’s diet is a combination of hay, grain, silage and proteins,...

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

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.

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.  

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

Small engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.

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

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

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

The cotton gin first came to Kansas in 1854 when a Polish immigrant wanted to gin local cotton near Valley Falls.

Farmers in Kansas grow more than 650 million bushels of corn each year. 

Did you know that one acre of soybeans can produce 82,368 crayons?

A common ingredient in fertilizer is phosphate, which comes from ancient sea life. Phosphate is one of many natural ingredients used to keep soil — and plants! — healthy.