Fun Facts

Did you know corn tortillas can differ in color based on the type of corn used? Some are white and others are yellow.

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.

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...

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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

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.

There are 7 different breeds of dairy cattle. Farmers choose their breeds based on milk production, size and even personality.

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

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

Grains can be categorized into food grains (for people) and feed grains (for cattle). Cattle eat feed grains like field corn and grain sorghum. An average of 4 ½ pounds of grain is used to produce a...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Did you know that Americans consume about 132 pounds of wheat flour per person each year?

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

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

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.

For a dessert to officially be considered ice cream, it must contain at least 10 percent milkfat.