Fun Facts

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

About one-third of the milk produced in the U.S. is used for making cheese.

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

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

About a third of a steer is used for beef production. The rest of the animal is used to make by-products found in medicines, cosmetics, detergents, insulation, and much more!

One cowhide can produce enough leather to make 20 footballs, 18 soccer balls, 18 volleyballs or 12 basketballs.

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

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

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

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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 bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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

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.

From farm to processor to distribution and retail, dairy creates jobs that support the economic well-being of Kansans. The dairy industry contributes $592 million annually to the Kansas economy and...

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

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...

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

In Kansas alone, pig farmers raised over 3.2 million pigs in 2015, producing over 600 million pounds of pork!

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!