Planter monitor system and method

A monitor system for an agricultural seed planter having a plurality of row units, each of the plurality of row units having a depth regulation member and a seed meter adapted to discharge seeds in a seed path as the planter moves through a field, the monitor system comprising:

• a seed sensor disposed with respect to the seed path to generate seed signals as the seeds pass;
• a load sensor associated with at least one of the depth regulation members and disposed to generate load signals corresponding to loads exerted on the depth regulation member;
• a visual display;
• and
• processing circuitry operably electrically coupled to said visual display, to said load sensor and to said seed sensor, said processing circuitry configured to monitor and display information pertaining to operation of the planter (“Seed Planting Information”), said processing circuitry further configured to monitor and display information pertaining to loads exerted on the depth regulation member (“Load Information”).