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...
See full factThere 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...
See full fact98 percent of all corn farms are family-run farms.
See full factDrink local with milk! It takes about 48 hours for milk to travel from dairy farms to the grocery store.
See full factOne acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!
See full factThe majority of oil used for cooking in our country is U.S.-grown 100% soybean oil!
See full factIn 2018, farmers in Kansas planted 165,000 acres of cotton, which produced about 335,000 bales!
See full factFarmers in Kansas grow more than 650 million bushels of corn each year.
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 factEnriched white bread and other enriched grain products are a good source of iron and B vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and folic acid), as well as complex carbohydrates.
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 factAbout two-thirds of the Kansas corn crop is used in-state as livestock feed or in food production.
See full factIn Kansas alone, pig farmers raised over 3.2 million pigs in 2015, producing over 600 million pounds of pork!
See full factOne bale of cotton can make 4,312 mid-calf socks.
See full factPork tenderloin is as lean as a skinless chicken breast.
See full factAbout four percent of the land in Kansas is part of conservation or wetland reserve programs.
See full factCorn is produced on every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica.
See full factMore than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.
See full factThe largest market for field corn is to provide feed for animals like cattle, pigs, chicken, and even catfish.
See full factSmall engines like lawnmowers and boats can use E10 fuel.
See full factDid you know some of the fertilizer farmers add to the soil comes from the air we breathe? Companies can convert nitrogen in the air into nitrogen to nourish the ground.
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