The top five agiculture commodities in Kansas are cattle, corn, wheat, soybeans and sorghum.
See full factThere are 7 different breeds of dairy cattle. Farmers choose their breeds based on milk production, size and even personality.
See full factDid you know there are 15,000 soybean farms in Kansas? In 2016, Kansas farmers harvested more than 4 million acres of soybeans.
See full factWithin an hour of birth calves are up and ready to nurse. A baby calf will drink a gallon of milk a day.
See full factIn 2018, farmers in Kansas planted 165,000 acres of cotton, which produced about 335,000 bales!
See full factAbout one-third of the milk produced in the U.S. is used for making cheese.
See full factAbout two-thirds of the Kansas corn crop is used in-state as livestock feed or in food production.
See full factOne Kansas farmer raises enough food to feed about 155 people!
See full factOne 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!
See full factMexico and Japan are our top international corn buyers. They buy 50 percent of U.S. corn exports.
See full factIn 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.
See full factMexico and Japan are our top international corn buyers. They buy 50 percent of U.S. corn exports.
See full factA bushel of soybeans weighs 60 pounds and produces 11 pounds of oil and 48 pounds of soybean meal.
See full factA 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.
See full factDid you know cotton is becoming a big crop in Kansas? Last year, farmers here produced over 164 million pounds of cotton!
See full factDid 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.
See full factMore than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.
See full factKansas exports more than $4.8 billion in agricultural products per year.
See full factBeef 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.
See full factSoybean oil is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E.
See full factPork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.
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