Fun Facts

Did you know cotton is becoming a big crop in Kansas? Last year, farmers here produced over 164 million pounds of cotton! 

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

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. 

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

There are 7 different breeds of dairy cattle. Farmers choose their breeds based on milk production, size and even personality.

A finished bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.

Corn is produced on every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica. 

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

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

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.

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

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

Wheat flour is a good source of complex carbohydrates and contains protein. Plus, it’s low in fat and sodium.

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

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!

The United States grows more soybeans than any other country and six out of every ten rows of soybeans are exported to other countries.

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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

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

There are more than 29 cuts of beef that meet government guidelines for lean, including tenderloin, T-bone steak and extra lean ground beef.