Fun Facts

Pig farmers have reduced greenhouse gas emissions on pig farms by 35% per pound of pork by changing how crops are raised, how pigs are fed, and how nutrients are recycled.

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

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

One dairy cow can produce more than 3,000 gallons of milk in a year. There are about 160,000 dairy cows in Kansas. That's a lot of milk!

Gluten is what helps bread expand while the dough rises, and hold its shape while baking and after it cools. It’s also what makes bread chewy.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

In 2018, farmers in Kansas planted 165,000 acres of cotton, which produced about 335,000 bales!

Did you know cotton is becoming a big crop in Kansas? Last year, farmers here produced over 164 million pounds of cotton! 

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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.

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

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

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

Did you know the corn humans eat is different from the corn that cattle eat? Most of the corn people eat is sweet  corn. Cattle and other livestock eat field corn.

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.