Fun Facts

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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.  

Sorghum can be used to make environmentally-friendly packing peanuts, fencing materials, floral arrangements, brooms and more!

One Kansas farmer raises enough food to feed about 155 people!

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

Kansas is known for its sunflowers. They provide food for insects, birds and cattle, and make great cooking oil, biofuel and a delicious snack for people!

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

Cotton can be found in much more than clothes and other fabrics! Cotton by-products can be used to make paper currency, cosmetics and feed for dairy cattle and livestock.

One bushel of corn fed to livestock produces 5.6 pounds of retail beef, 13 pounds of retail pork, 19.6 pounds of chicken or 28 pounds of catfish.

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

Within an hour of birth calves are up and ready to nurse. A baby calf will drink a gallon of milk a day.

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

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

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!

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

Pork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.

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

98 percent of all corn farms are family-run farms.

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

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.