JYGA Technologies Inc., a software and engineering company from St-Nicolas, Québec, has developed an innovative feeding management system. JYGA was founded in 1994 and today offers a sophisticated automated feeding system for lactating sows that helps producers reduce production costs and increase productivity. Everything is evaluated and tested at their experimental farm of 2000 sows.
“Over the past 30 years, genetics and pork production management have changed significantly, resulting in a very different animal and increasing the importance of proper feeding management,” explains Stephane Clement, VP of Business Development. In the past 25 years, the average sow went from producing 16 to 18 piglets per year, to an actual genetic potential today for 30 piglets per year. At the same time, producers are looking for an animal that will have a better feed conversion rate, and consumers are also demanding leaner meat products.
“The genetics of today result in a leaner animal with a reduced appetite that produces twice as many piglets,” says Clement. “However, these changes make sows more vulnerable to stress and drastically reduce the margin for error in feeding and management of this modern hyperprolifique sow. The Gestal FM wireless automated feeding system was developed according to how a careful human being would feed this modern sow.” JYGA has also developed a device capable of monitoring group feed intake in feeder barns or nursery operations.
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