System and method for detecting a plug of a tool of a tillage implement

A method for detecting an operational status of at least one ground engaging tool of a tillage implement, the implement including an implement frame and a tool assembly supported relative to the frame, the tool assembly including a toolbar coupled to the frame and the at least one engaging tool coupled to the toolbar, the method comprising:

• controlling, with a computing device, an operation of the tillage implement as the implement is being moved across a field;
• monitoring, with the computing device, a draft load acting on the at least one ground engaging tool and transferred to the toolbar based on data received from a sensor associated with the tool assembly;
• comparing the monitored draft load to at least one predetermined threshold value set for the at least one ground engaging tool;
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• identifying that the at least one ground engaging tool is plugged when the monitored draft load differs from the at least one predetermined threshold value.

A system for detecting an operational status of a ground engaging tool of a tillage implement, the system comprising:

• an agricultural implement including a frame, a first tool assembly supported relative to the frame, the first tool assembly including a first toolbar coupled to the frame and a first ground engaging tool coupled to the toolbar, and a second tool assembly supported relative to the frame, the second tool assembly including a second toolbar coupled to the frame and a second ground engaging tool coupled to the toolbar;
• a first sensor coupled to the first toolbar, the first sensor configured to capture data indicative of a first load acting on the first ground engaging tool;
• a second sensor coupled to the second toolbar, the second sensor configured to capture data indicative of a second load acting on the second ground engaging tool;
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• a controller configured to monitor the first load acting on the first ground engaging tool based on data provided by the first sensor and the second load acting on the second ground engaging tool based on data provided by the second sensor, the controller being further configured to identify the first ground engaging tool or the second ground engaging tool as plugged based on a difference in the first load or the second load deviating from a predetermined range.