Founded in 1936, Hy-Line International was the first of the modern layer genetics companies to incorporate hybridization and the explosive potential of hybrid vigor into its breeding program on a commercial scale and to use it alongside time tested methods of genetic selection coupled with scientific statistical analysis to develop and improve one of the world's most extensive gene pools.

Hy-Line geneticists, more than six decades ago, developed the world's first hybrid egg laying chicken produced on a commercial scale and through the decades have maintained and improved the genetic product through the use of time tested breeding techniques in combination with blood typing and other new genetic innovations to guarantee ongoing genetic superiority and consistency - bird to bird, variety to variety, generation to generation.

Hy-Line International's dedication to genetic excellence for nearly three quarters of a century has produced revolutionary breakthroughs in the science of poultry breeding that have not only benefited the worldwide egg production industry, but in so doing have helped to feed the earth's burgeoning human population.

Building on our Heritage
Hy-Line International today is not only the world's oldest layer genetics company, but is the industry leader in all facets of our business. From Day One we have lived by our time honored mission statement:

We will produce the best genetic products possible.
We will deal honestly and fairly with our customers, employees, and suppliers.
We will sell our products vigorously, but without misrepresentation.
We will back up our sales with expert technical support.
Guided by this core commitment, Hy-Line International today has developed a presence in the worldwide industry that has never been equaled.

In the United States, Hy-Line brand layers dominate the large and highly sophisticated American egg industry and the company's strategically placed nationwide sales, production, and service network means that every customer can expect hands on service and be guaranteed a high quality product delivered to his farm in a timely manner.

Hy-Line International has the only nationwide chick production network in the industry with seven regional production centers located in Iowa, California, Washington, Texas, Georgia, Indiana and Pennsylvania. From these state-of-the-art hatcheries commercial day-old chicks are delivered on time, in the large quantities desired and with a minimum of stress on the chicks to anywhere in the country.

Hy-Line's distribution effort is backed up by a team of professional veterinarians, pathologists, nutritionists, microbiologists and poultry husbandry specialists who assist customers in solving their individual technical problems.

In order to do this Hy-Line maintains the largest breeding company owned diagnostic laboratory in the industry in Dallas Center, Iowa. Hy-Line specialists at this ultra-modern facility use the most advanced scientific techniques to diagnose problems and provide solutions. It is our Technical Service Department's goal to ensure that every customer of Hy-Line brand chicks gets the ultimate bred-in genetic potential from their flocks.

Hy-Line International has the largest layer breeding stock hatchery in the world at its Dallas Center, Iowa parent stock production complex producing breeders for the domestic distribution system as well as supplying parent breeders all around the world. The central Iowa complex also maintains grandparent stock farms and a new, modern great grandparent facility.

Internationally, Hy-Line International has developed a distribution system that covers over 110 countries worldwide. Hy-Line brand brown and white egg birds are sold in the northern and southern hemispheres and from the arctic to the Antarctic through a network of national distributors, wholly owned subsidiaries and joint venture organizations.

The entire Hy-Line International sales, production and technical service outreach is directed from the company's new corporate headquarters building in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Into the Future with Confidence
With our eyes to the future, Hy-Line International is investing heavily in the modern tools of genetics, which are now becoming available to science. The chicken genome is being studied by Hy-Line molecular biologists in order to mark and use genes of economic significance. These studies have the awesome potential to yield tremendous genetic breakthroughs in chicken performance in the future. In fact, Hy-Line International today is the only layer breeding company in the world to have its own molecular biology laboratory. At the same time, however, we will use the newest tools of genetics to augment the time tested systems that have given Hy-Line International such unequaled success in the past. We will take advantage of the new techniques where they apply, but will not discard the old.

Hy-Line International began as a pioneer exploring the unknown potential of genetics. The success that we have attained has not changed us. As a company we still possess and cherish that same spirit of discovery. We are committed, prepared and ready to be the pioneers in the poultry genetics of the new millennium.