Wheat
Trivia II |
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Holy
Cross Shrine in Pfeifer, Kansas, was known as the "2
Cent Church" because the building was built using a 2
cent donation on each bushel of wheat sold by members of the
church. |
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In
1998, Kansas produced a record 506 million bushels of wheat,
enough to make 36.9 BILLION loaves of bread! |
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Wheat
yields have improved by approximately one-half bushel per
acre each year since 1900. |
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New
uses of wheat include cat litter, wheat concrete, biodegradable
spoons and forks, dog treats, hand cleaners, soap, shampoo,
and biodegradable plastic wrap. |
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Turkey
Red winter wheat was brought to Kansas by the 5,000 Mennonites
who settled in Kansas between 1874 and 1884. |
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Between
60 and 63 million acres of wheat are harvested each year in
the United States. If all the acres were side by side, the
wheat fields would cover more than 100,000 square miles, an
area 10 times the size of the state of Vermont, twice as big
as all the New England States, or one-third the size of the
state of Texas. |
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In
1917, the price of wheat in Reno County, Kansas, was $3.17
per bushel. The average price for wheat received by Kansas
farmers in May 2002 was $2.61 per bushel. |
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Kansas
ranks No. 1 among the states in wheat produced, wheat stored,
wheat milled into flour, and in the production of wheat gluten
and wheat starch. |
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A
new variety of wheat can take as long as 17 years to develop
before it is available for farmers to plant. |
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Jagger
is the leading wheat variety planted in the state of Kansas,
accounting for 42.8% of the wheat planted for the 2002 crop. |
