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Economic
Impact of the
Kansas Livestock Industry
Kansas
ranked third
nationally with 6 million cattle on ranches and in feedyards as of
January 1, 2010. That's a little over twice the state's human
population of more than 2.8 million. (Kansas Ag Statistics)
Cattle represented 45%
of the 2008 Kansas agricultural cash receipts. (Kansas Ag Statistics)
Cattle generated $5.55 billion in cash receipts during
2009. (Kansas Ag Statistics)
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Kansas
ranked seventh nationally in beef cow numbers as of January 1,
2010, with 1.43 million
head. (Kansas Ag Statistics)
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Kansas
ranks third nationwide in commercial cattle processed with
6.5 million head in 2008. (Kansas Ag Statistics)
Kansas
ranks
fourth in the value of live animals and meat exported to other
countries at $688.6 million in 2008. (Kansas Ag Statistics)
Meat
packing and prepared meat products manufacturing make up the largest
share of the food processing industry in the state. This industry
provides employment for over 18,700 people in Kansas. (Kansas Department of Labor)
Kansas
ranked second in
fed cattle marketed with 5.14 million in 2007. That represents 22.9% of all
cattle fed in the
United States. (Kansas Ag Statistics)
Kansas
ranked third in
total red meat production in 2009. Beef represented 5.3 billion pounds
of the total. (Kansas Ag Statistics)
Kansas
companies that produce, process, distribute and sell meat and poultry
products employ as many as 19,242 people and generate an additional 51,210
jobs in supplier and ancillary industries.
These include jobs in companies supplying goods and services to
manufacturers, distributors and retailers, as well as those depending on
sales to workers in the meat industry. (American
Meat Institute)
The
meat industry was responsible for as much as $10.8 billion in economic
activity in Kansas during 200
Kansas
ranks second in hides and skins exported from the U.S., totaling $341.9 million in
2008. (Kansas Ag Statistics)
In
2007, Kansas
had 30,000 farms
with cattle and calves. (Kansas Ag Statistics)
Kansas
has 46.2 million
acres of farm ground; however, not all of this land can be used to grow
crops. Cattle are the ideal mechanism for efficiently utilizing grasses
and plants growing on the 17.5 million acres of Kansas pasture and rangeland. These acres are not suited for the production of
cultivated crops and would be wasted if it were not for ruminants, such
as cattle, turning these resources into essential protein and nutrients
for human use.
(Kansas Ag Statistics)
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