Our History

The path to today's Hallway Feeds began in May 1964 when Robert Hall, Jr. purchased Farmers Feed Mill. As a highly successful and respected livestockman in Central Kentucky, Mr. Hall saw the feed business as an opportunity to put his extensive knowledge of the livestock and horse industry into practice. His love of farming and his desire to serve agriculture has continually served as the driving force behind the success of Hallway Feeds.

For almost thirty years Farmers Feed Mill supplied commodity feedstuffs to the area's dairy and beef cattle industry. During that time Lexington urbanized, the landscape of Kentucky agriculture evolved, and the thoroughbred horse industry grew explosively.

Farmers Feed Mill evolved as well, setting a new course to supply the horse industry with the highest quality, custom-manufactured feeds. In 1983, the company introduced a new trademark -- Hallway Feeds -- a brand now recognized around the world.

During the early 1980s, demand for Hallway Feeds grew at a tremendous pace. In 1986, the company moved into its current state-of-the-art facility and created a partnership with Kentucky Equine Research (KER). KER's cutting edge research and scientific assistance has consistently aided Hallway Feeds in manufacturing the world's highest quality and most innovative horse feeds.

In the 1990s, Hallway Feeds introduced a new line of equine performance products, Hallway Racing Products. These feeds quickly set a new standard of nutrition for the equine athlete as they gained favor nationally and internationally. Hallway Racing Products have fueled seven of the last twelve Kentucky Derby winners, and trainers using the products have won over $225 million dollars over the last five years in black-type stakes wins alone.

With a devotion to the horse industry and unwavering commitment to the most technologically advanced and nutritionally sound products, the 21st century finds Hallway Feeds poised to lead the specialty equine feed manufacturing industry for years to come.

"The horse industry embraces a large family of people who care deeply about the animals that connect us. We are proud to be a part of that family."
- Lee Hall, VP Hallway Feeds