Owned by the Foote family, over 50 head of registered Guernsey cattle call Welcome Stock Guernseys home. It was over 17 years ago now, when seven-year-old, Mary Foote, went out to the barn to pick out her very first show calf from her grandfather, Bill Peck. While the hutches were filled with Holsteins, there was only one calf that caught Mary’s eye, Welcome Hotshot Apple, a Guernsey calf that was
born just days out of the Spring Calf Class. While her grandfather tried talking her out of her decision, even promising to find another Guernsey calf that was born right for the shows with a better pedigree, Mary would end up purchasing Welcome Hotshot Apple for just $1. Apple would be the last Guernsey calf to be born at Welcome Stock Farm in Schuylerville, New York and the start of a new era of the “Welcome” prefix. What started out as simply 4-H project that has turned into Guernsey farm with approximately 60-head of Guernsey cattle. Owned and operated by Wayne, Elizabeth, Wayne, Jr., Mary-Elizabeth and Suzanne Foote, Welcome Stock Guernsey Farm focuses on producing well-balanced cows and heifers that can compete in a show ring and in the bulk tank. The farm resides on approximately 100-owned and 100-rented acres in rural Washington County, New York and plants a variety of corn, alfa-alfa and other crops throughout the year.
