Garvie Mountain Angus
Trevor Welch
As a fourth-generation farmer, Trevor Welch is invested in his livestock and the farmland they graze. His family has operated the farm since 1904, and Trevor still lives on the same property as the original homestead. Trevor’s grandfather ran the farm as a dairy and in the early 1970s, Trevor’s father transitioned the farm to registered purebred Black Angus, which it remains today, with around 30 cow/calf pairs.
As a Living Lab New Brunswick participant, Garvie Mountain Angus examined its rotational grazing system and made modifications to better promote the movement of cattle to have less impact on the ground at one time. They are also working with site contracts to monitor the carbon sequestration happening through forages cages in the pasturelands. Monitoring stations are set up in each paddock where the Living Lab site contractors and researchers take soil and greenhouse gas samples.
Management Practices
Rotational Grazing
40% Legume Content
