Kansas exports more than $4.8 billion in agricultural products per year.

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

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

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Kansas is the top state for growing and storing wheat.

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There are more than 300 licensed dairy herds in Kansas with about 143,000 cows total. In 2015 cows produced about 365 million gallons of milk, making Kansas the 16th largest milk producing state.

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

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

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

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

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

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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!

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

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

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Did 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.

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

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

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

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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.  

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Did you know Kansas has more than 2 million pigs?

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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.

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One cowhide can produce enough leather to make 20 footballs, 18 soccer balls, 18 volleyballs or 12 basketballs.

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