Fun Facts

Compared with 50 years ago, pig farmers are using 41% less water to produce a pound of pork, with a 35% smaller carbon footprint.

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!

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

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

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.

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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.

Cattle are great recyclers. They convert natural resources that would otherwise be wasted into beef, an edible protein containing 10 essential nutrients such as zinc, iron and B vitamins.  

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Output from Kansas agriculture has a direct economic impact of $22.5 billion per year.