Fun Facts

Looking for a gluten-free grain? Try sorghum! It's gluten-free and packed with protein, iron, vitamin B-6, niacin, magnesium and phosphorus.  

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!

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

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

Did you know that Americans consume about 132 pounds of wheat flour per person each year?

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

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

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

Enriched 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.

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

Compared with 50 years ago, pig farmers are using 41% less water to produce a pound of pork, with a 35% smaller carbon footprint.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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