Fun Facts

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

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

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

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.

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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.

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

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

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

In pre-refrigeration days, hogs were harvested in the fall and cured for six to seven months, just in time for Easter dinner. That’s how ham came to be the traditional Easter favorite.

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

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.

The average Kansas dairy cow produces about 7 gallons of milk each day. That’s more than 2,544 gallons of milk over the course of a typical year.

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 1,256 pillowcases.

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

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

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.

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.

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