A soil apparatus is drawn through a furrow and reflectance from the furrow is obtained from the soil apparatus, and a height off target is measured between the soil apparatus and the furrow.

A soil apparatus is drawn through a furrow and reflectance from the furrow is obtained from the soil apparatus, and a height off target is measured between the soil apparatus and the furrow.

A processing system having: a processing unit to execute instructions for processing agricultural data; and a memory to store agricultural data, the processing unit is configured to execute instructions to obtain soil data from at least one sensor of an implement, and to determine, based on the soil data, seed germination data including at least one of time to germination, time to emergence, and seed germination risk for display on a display device.

A processing system having: a processing unit to execute instructions for processing agricultural data; and a memory to store agricultural data, the processing unit is configured to execute instructions to obtain soil data from at least one sensor of an implement, and to determine, based on the soil data, seed germination data including at least one of time to germination, time to emergence, and seed germination risk for display on a display device.