Want to diversify your forage crops while keeping the feed quality of alfalfa? Cup-plant and Kura clover are two new crops that may fit the bill. One is a silage crop, the other a pasture legume. “People can see these crops growing in the field plus walk out into a Kura clover grass pasture at our upcoming field day,” reports Tim Wood of the UW-Madison Lancaster Agricultural Research Station.

The research station”s crops and pasture field day runs from 1-4 p.m. on Monday, July 14. In addition to new crops, the event also features Holstein steers in a rotationally grazed pasture and results from a corn study that compared no-till and chisel for runoff and nutrient leaching.

The research station is located about 4 miles west of Lancaster on Highway 81. Watch for the big red sign across the road. For more information, call the station at (608) 723-2580.