KANSAS FOOD FACTS
All the wheat grown in Kansas in a single year would fit in a train stretching from western Kansas to the Atlantic Ocean.
In 2010, Kansas farmers grew wheat on 8.8 million acres. One acre is the size of a football field.
There are about 22,400 wheat farmers in Kansas. (2010)
Kansas is the largest wheat producer in the United States, with North Dakota second.
The United States produced 2.2 billion bushels of wheat in 2004. Kansas and North Dakota combined accounted for close to 1/3 of the nation's wheat production.
The state flower of Kansas is the sunflower.
Windom, Kansas, is known as the Covered Dish Capital of the World.
Some of the first Angus cattle brought to this country from Scotland were 4 Angus bulls transported by George Grant in 1873.
There is a grain elevator in Hutchinson, Kansas that is 1/2 mile long and holds 46 million bushels of grain.
The Stayman, or Stayman Winesap apple variety was discovered by Dr. J. Stayman near Leavenworth, Kansas in 1866.
Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop in Olathe, Kansas, was the first eating station for westbound passengers on the Santa Fe Trail in 1863.
First restaurant chain in the U.S. was the Harvey Houses, that started in 1876 to serve railroad travelers.
The World's Largest Hairball was found in a cow's stomach during slaughter at a Holcomb meat-packing plant, the hairball weighs 55 pounds (when wet) and was 38 inches in circumference. It's on display at the Finney Co. Museum, Garden City, Kansas.
The National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame is located in Bonner Springs, Kansas.
At one time it was against the law to serve ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas.
In 1921, Walter A. Anderson (a short-order cook) and E.W. Ingram (an insurance executive) founded White Castle in Wichita, Kansas. It is the oldest hamburger chain. They served steam-fried hamburgers, 18 per pound of fresh ground beef, cooked on a bed of chopped onions, for a nickel.
Kansas has the largest population of wild grouse (prairie chicken) in North America.
Kansas is the number one state in flour production.
Kansas produced more than 490 million bushels of wheat in 1997. This is enough to make more almost 36 billion loaves of bread.
• Chetopa is the Catfish Capital of Kansas.
• Ellsworth County is the Chicken Fried Steak Capital of Kansas.
• Windom is the Covered Dish Capital of Kansas.
• Pittsburg is the Fried Chicken Capital of Kansas.
• Kirwin is the Goose Capital of Kansas.
• Phillips County is the Hamburger Capital of Kansas.
• Elk Falls is the Outhouse Capital of Kansas.
• Liberal is the Pancake Capital of Kansas.
• Haysville is the Peach Capital of Kansas.
• Chetopa is the Pecan Capital of Kansas.
• Norton is the Pheasant Capital of Kansas.
• Washington County is the Pie Capital of Kansas.
• Leoti is the Pinto Bean Capital of Kansas.
• Lenexa is the Spinach Capital of Kansas.
• Goodland is the Sunflower Capital of Kansas.
• Both Clyde and Thayer claim to be the Watermelon Capital of Kansas.
• Sumner County, Kansas, is known as The Wheat Capital of the World.
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