Fun Facts

About four percent of the land in Kansas is part of conservation or wetland reserve programs.

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

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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

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.

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

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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. 

Cotton bolls, which are the puffs of white produced by cotton plants, are technically fruit.

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

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!

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

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...

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

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!