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๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ! ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐ŸฒClaire Swale resides in Aylmer, Ontario with her partner Greg ...
05/26/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ! ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

Claire Swale resides in Aylmer, Ontario with her partner Greg McLean, with her son Harvey farming in Lancashire. She is an avid Holstein and Jersey enthusiast, owning cattle on both sides of the Atlantic under the โ€˜Heavenlyโ€™ prefix including several All Canadian and All-American nominated animals. Having moved from Lancashire to Canada in 2021, Claire is currently the Marketing Manager for Select Sires Canada, travelling throughout North America capturing daughter and bull pictures for global markets.

Claire has had the opportunity to judge extensively all over the world, including shows throughout North America, Australia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and extensively within the United Kingdom.

Claire is extremely passionate about the youth of our industry and in Canada is actively involved in various 4-H events/projects, and mentoring programs. In 2018, she had the honour to be the official showmanship judge at the Canadian 4-H Dairy Classic show at the Royal Winter Fair, judged the showmanship at World Dairy Expo in 2022, Swiss Expo in 2024 and most recently the All Britain Calf Show..
Claire brings a wealth of experience to the ring and is widely recognised as one of the most experienced showmanship judges world-wide.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น! Richard Osborne along with his wife, Teresa and children, Easton and Sienna ow...
05/24/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น!

Richard Osborne along with his wife, Teresa and children, Easton and Sienna own and operate their farm under the Willow Creek Genetics prefix. Here they milk approximately 100 Holsteins and Jerseys on a 200 acre farm in Hagersville, Ontario. Willow Creek has bred and owned several All-Canadian and All Ontario nominated cattle. With the herd currently comprised of 23 EX, 68 VG and 8 GP cattle.

While working towards the goal of owning a farm Richard worked for 12 years as a cattle fitter traveling across Canada, the U.S.A, Spain, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Brazil and Holland. Richard also worked full time in the A.I. industry for Alta Genetics as well
as in the Dairy nutrition industry for Grand Valley Fortifiers for several years while establishing their current dairy operation.
Richard has had the opportunity to officiate at multiple 4-H and Dairy breed shows and breedersโ€™ cups throughout Ontario. As well as having the opportunity to place the conformation portion of the 2019 Western Canadian Classic in Alberta.

Furthermore, Richard has had the opportunity to judge internationally in the Dominican Republic for their National Jersey and Brown Swiss Show. Richard has been selected to participate as a judge for the All Canadian and All Ontario competition for both the jersey and Holstein breeds. Outside of the farm Richard has served on his County Holstein club and dairy farmers of Ontario committees in the director and executive roles

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„!โœจ๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€โœจAdam Hodgins from Kincardine Ontario ...
05/02/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„!

โœจ๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€โœจ

Adam Hodgins from Kincardine Ontario operates Hodglynn Holsteins along with wife Jess and five children.

Hodglynn Holsteins is a herd of 65 cows with an emphasis on type and productive cows, along with a focus on marketing top industry cow families. Hodglynn has been home to many All-Canadian and All-American nominees.

Adam was the associate judge of the Red and White Holstein Show at World Dairy Expo in 2011 & 2024. In 2025 Adam judged the Vancouver Island Show, Halifax Summer Show, and the International Red and White Show at World Dairy Expo. Most recently, in 2026 he served as the judge of the Red and White Holsteins, Jerseys and Ayrshires at the Borderway UK Dairy Expo, and was the associate judge of the New York Spring Holstein Show.

We look forward to welcoming Adam to officiate the Holstein Classes in July! Hodglynn Holsteins Ltd

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