Fun Facts

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

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

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.

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

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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

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

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

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

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

Did 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.

Did you know there are 15,000 soybean farms in Kansas? In 2016, Kansas farmers harvested more than 4 million acres of soybeans.

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

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.  

Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

It takes five to six months for a pig to reach market weight (about 265 pounds). One market hog provides about 160 pounds of pork for the grocery store’s meat case.

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

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 cotton gin first came to Kansas in 1854 when a Polish immigrant wanted to gin local cotton near Valley Falls.

One bushel of corn makes 2.8 gallons of ethanol.

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.