Interoperability within the agricultural implements industry is part of interconnected public policy issues that have arisen because of new market dynamics created by digital technologies. Western Canadian implement manufacturers have identified a major business challenge from the accelerated lock down of software on combines and tractors, which make implement brands incompatible, or inoperable, with original equipment manufacturers' systems. This report looks at the economic significance of agricultural manufacturing in western Canada with additional insight from industry on the effects of a single change to interoperability on agriculture machinery.