Fun Facts

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

Fertilizer contains a lot of helpful nutrients, thanks to Mother Nature! Potash, which is salt from ancient evaporated oceans, is used in fertilizer to feed our soil.

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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...

Cotton can be found in much more than clothes and other fabrics! Cotton by-products can be used to make paper currency, cosmetics and feed for dairy cattle and livestock.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The majority of oil used for cooking in our country is U.S.-grown 100% soybean oil!

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

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

In addition to meat, pigs provide us with lots of other products, including valves for human heart surgery, suede for shoes and clothing, and gelatin for many food and non-food uses.

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

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

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

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

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

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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