About Jyga Technologies

With 30+ years of innovation and leadership, Jyga Technologies was the first company to design and manufacture automated feeding systems for sows. These systems ensure an ideal daily feed intake for pigs in all growing phases, leading to excellent results. In addition to the GESTAL feeding system, the company develops VISION software and the ROBUST equipment line at its headquarters in Canada. New products are rigorously tested at its 2,200-sow experimental farm to ensure they meet the highest quality standards.

With offices in Germany and the USA, Jyga Technologies distributes its precision feeding systems worldwide through an extensive network of distributors and knowledgeable technical experts.

Our Story

In 1994, JYGA Technologies became the first company to ever design and manufacture electronic feeding systems, ensuring all your sows maximize intake and giving you great results.

The very first building of Aldo Farm holding sows and piglets

1ST GENERATION

In 1963, Euclide Lefebvre, a mechanic by trade, moved to the small town of St-Lambert-de-Lauzon, just outside of Quebec City. It's where he chose to put down his roots and raise his family.

He'd bought a little piece of land thinking he'd set up his own mechanic shop, but life had other plans. Instead, he and his wife, Madeleine Gagne, ended up starting a farm-- what would become Aldo Farm. Their two youngest boys, Donald and Alain, took to the farm life right away. While other son, Nelson, spent most of his time helping his father in the garage.

2ND GENERATION

IN 1988
In 1988, Mr. Lefebvre sold the farm to his two sons, Alain and Donald. With the strong minds of entrepreneurs, Alain and Donald wanted to achieve even more. They wanted a feeding system that would solve some of their own farm problems. Working every day in the farm, they realized that feeding the pigs is a recurrent job that needs precision. And that’s where Jyga Technologies came in!
IN 1994
In 1994, Jyga’s systems, named GESTAL, offered possibilities to optimize the productivity of each sow. In 2004, the Lefebvre brothers bought Jyga Technologies and, true to their expertise, they launched and marketed the first computerized swine feeding system in the world. It is not surprising to see this company being distinguished from the others by the diversity of its products.
In 2013
In 2013, after buying 3 existing sites and building 2 others, the two brothers were the owners of a 2,200 sow farm with about 2,500 acres of crops. As very hard workers, they were able to expand Jyga Technologies to a worldwide company by adding the first international office in Germany.

The Lefebvre family in Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon

3RD GENERATION

The Lefebvre family's values aren't going anywhere, as Alain's and Donald's children will ensure the company's continuity.

In fact, Roxanne, Samuel, Isabelle, and Sarah-Maude have joined the team in the accounting, sales, human resources, and logitics departments.

In 2015, one year after the third generation started to join the business, another step was taken as they decided to move to a bigger plant to accommodate the company’s growth.

Jyga Technologies Head Office in Quebec.

TODAY

In 2018, a second office opens, this time in Kansas, USA.

Celebrating Jyga Technologies’ 25th anniversary in 2019, the Lefebvre family launched ROBUST, a new equipment line, and moved again, to a much bigger building.

With now over 150 employees and having GESTAL products in more than 45 countries around the world, the fast-growing company always looks back on its beginning, the dream of the young Euclide and Madeleine.

Jyga Technologies is not just an equipment manufacturing company,