System and method for detecting an operational status of a tool of an agricultural implement based on fluid flow

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

• monitoring, with the computing device, a fluid flow past the ground engaging tool as the agricultural implement is being moved across the field;
• comparing a direction associated with the fluid flow past the ground engaging tool as the agricultural implement is moved across the field to a predetermined threshold direction value;
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• identifying an operational status of the ground engaging tool based at least in part on the comparison between the direction associated with the fluid flow past the ground engaging tool and the predetermined threshold direction value.

A system for detecting the operational status of ground engaging tools for agricultural implements, the system comprising:

• an agricultural implement including a frame and a ground engaging tool coupled to the frame, a ground engaging portion of the ground engaging tool configured to engage soil within a field as the agricultural implement is moved across the field;
• at least one sensor supported relative to the frame, the at least one sensor configured to capture data indicative of at least one of a speed or direction of a fluid flow past the ground engaging tool as the agricultural implement is moved across the field;
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• a controller configured to monitor the data received from the at least one sensor, compare a direction associated with the fluid flow past the ground engaging tool as the agricultural implement is moved across the field to a predetermined threshold direction value, and identify an operational status of the ground engaging tool based at least in part on a comparison between the direction associated with the fluid flow past the ground engaging tool as the agricultural implement is moved across the field and the predetermined threshold direction value.