Racing to the top

By Lia Bichel
HY GAIN Feeds knows what it takes to be a winner.
The Officer-based company, which has provided feed to many Melbourne Cup winning horses, has beaten the competition to win the Manufacturing and Export Award at this year’s Premier Regional Business Awards.
Established in 1983, Hy Gain Feeds is a family-owned company dedicated to the production of high-quality feeds and nutritional supplements for the equine industry, both domestically and internationally.
The diverse Hy Gain product range covers all equine disciplines from high performance athletes such as thoroughbred and standard bred racehorses and elite equestrian horses through to stud animals and pleasure and pony club mounts.
The Officer-based company established a strategy of producing high-quality products based on nutritional science and innovation. The strategy proved to be invaluable, having placed the company at the forefront of equine feed technology in both Australian and overseas markets.
Today, as the world’s resources and food stocks come under pressure from environmental change and the impact of increasing populations, Hy Gain is again leading the way with innovation by improving feed efficiency and nutritional outcomes that enable reduced feeding rates.
These gains are achieved through the addition of bio additives which stimulate the metabolism, improve disease resistance and enhance biological function.
The successful company also employs dynamic manufacturing processes that reduce waste in raw materials and energy and water consumption, along with an active waste reduction strategy to achieve total packaging recyclability.
The Australian grown and blended feeds and supplements have established the Hy Gain brand as a superior premium quality product backed by the latest in equine nutritional research and exported around the world.