AgTech – An Emerging Industry Full Of Opportunities And Legal Challenges

As home to more than forty per cent of Canada's cultivated farmland¹ and a rapidly growing tech sector², Saskatchewan has quickly developed into a thriving incubator for agricultural technology (typically referred to as "AgTech"). With the importance of the agricultural industry to rural economies in Saskatchewan, AgTech has become an integral part of Saskatchewan's rural economies.

Several important legal issues have emerged as legislators and industry participants grapple with the rapidly growing AgTech industry. Some of these developments include right to repair laws, data privacy and security laws, and the essential need to address intellectual property ("IP") in AgTech-related agreements.