Introduction

Making farmers' lives easier by creating innovative and valued solutions

Lely North America, based in Pella, Iowa, is part of the Lely Group, founded in 1948. Lely North America first brought production for the U.S. and Canadian markets in 2004. The Lely Group is active in more than 50 countries and employs over 2,300 people.

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Low angle image of the Lely North American headquarters exterior in Pella, Iowa. There are clouds in a blue sky in the background and a black and white cow statue in the foreground.
Close-up shot of a hand placing a glass milk bottle with a Lely logo to the right of another glass milk bottle with a Lely logo on it. Both bottles are resting on a table covered with a black tablecloth. There is a red cow figurine placed behind the two milk bottles.
Lely North America production facility. There are Lely milking robots and automated feeding systems in various states of manufature in the foreground and shelves with machine parts and boxes in the background.

Innovative solutions for North American Dairy Farms

Lely North America first brought production for the U.S. and Canadian markets in 2004 and has experienced tremendous growth in the two decades since. 

In 2022, Lely opened its new North American headquarters and manufacturing facility in Pella, known as Lely Park. The new campus greatly increased production capacity to better serve customers in the U.S. and Canada.

Lely North America employs approximately 60 people at the Lely Park campus and more than 130 team members in North America.

Every day we help customers make choices about how they set up and run their farms. Lely supports farmers by providing expert advice and innovative solutions that contribute to efficient farm management, present and future.

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  • Great place to work

    Lely North America employs approximately 60 people at the Lely Park campus and more than 130 team members in North America. Lely North America has more than 70 product specialists in the field and 300+ certified technicians working at local Lely Centers. Lely has a rigorous training program with dedicated training centers at the Pella, Iowa headquarters as well as Woodstock, Ontario. 

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    Find out more about our company and our innovative products for dairy farmers. Here you can find the latest updates, press releases and our news archive.

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    We help customers across North America make choices on how they set up and run their farm with advice and innovative solutions that contribute to efficient farm management.

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Farmers across North America make choices about how they set up and run their farms. Every day, we help them make the best choices for themselves and their farms. We do this by providing advice and innovative solutions that contribute to efficient farm management for today and the future.