Fun Facts

One acre of soybeans can make 82,368 crayons!

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.

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

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

Energy experts estimate global ethanol production and use reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 110 million metric tons per year. That’s equivalent to taking more than 20 million vehicles off the road.

More than 87 percent of land in Kansas is farmland.

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

Soybean oil is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E.

All the wheat grown in Kansas in a single year would fit in a train stretching from western Kansas to the Atlantic Ocean.

In addition to meat, pigs provide us with lots of other products, including valves for human heart surgery, suede for shoes and clothing, and gelatin for many food and non-food uses.

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.  

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.

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

For a dessert to officially be considered ice cream, it must contain at least 10 percent milkfat.

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. 

Did you know corn tortillas can differ in color based on the type of corn used? Some are white and others are yellow.

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.

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

Gluten is what helps bread expand while the dough rises, and hold its shape while baking and after it cools. It’s also what makes bread chewy.

One bale of cotton can make 3,085 diapers.

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