System and method for detecting air pockets within an agricultural field

A system for detecting air pockets within a field, the system comprising:

• a ground-engaging tool configured to engage soil of the field during a seed planting operation;
• a non-contact-based sensor configured to capture data indicative of subsurface soil of the soil;
• and
• a computing system communicatively coupled to the non-contact-based sensor, the computing system configured to:
• determine a property of the subsurface soil based on the data captured by the non-contact-based sensor;
• and
• determine when an air pocket is present between a seed planted within the subsurface soil and the subsurface soil based on the determined property of the subsurface soil.

A method for detecting air pockets within a field as a seed-planting implement travels across the field, the seed-planting implement including a ground-engaging tool configured to engage soil of the field during a seed planting operation, method comprising:

• receiving, with a computing system, non-contact-based sensor data indicative of subsurface soil of the soil;
• determining, with the computing system, a property of the subsurface soil based on the received non-contact-based sensor data;
• determining, with the computing system, when an air pocket is present between a seed planted within the subsurface soil and the subsurface soil based on the determined property of the subsurface soil;
• and
• initiating, with the computing system, a control action associated with adjusting a force applied to the ground-engaging tool when determined that the air pocket is present.