date:Dec 07, 2012
A new Kansas State University-themed wheat variety will be introduced in February 2013 -- the month the university begins its sesquicentennial celebration. The variety is named 1863 in honor of the year Kansas State University opened as the nation's first operational land-grant university under the Morrill Act.
While Kansas State University is known for areas beyond agriculture, having a commercial wheat variety named in celebration of the university is a neat connection to our heritage as a la