Sectional control method for use with an agricultural implement

A sectional control method for use with an agricultural implement having a toolbar with a plurality of soil engaging tools mounted thereto, the soil engaging tools being movable between a raised position and a lowered position and being configured to be disengaged from the soil when in the raised position and configured to be engaged with the soil when in the lowered position, comprising:

• moving the soil engaging tools to the lowered position;
• mapping movement of the agricultural implement with a satellite navigation system when the soil engaging tools are in the lowered position to generate a seeded soil map;
• comparing a real-time position of the agricultural implement during seeding of the soil to the seeded soil map with a processing unit, the processing unit activating an alert detectable by a user of the agricultural implement if the real-time position of the agricultural implement indicates that the agricultural implement is traversing over soil that has been previously seeded without automatically adjusting the seeding of the soil that has been previously seeded;
• identifying to an operator of the agricultural implement one or more sections of the toolbar to be moved from the lowered position to the raised position so that the previously seeded soil is not disturbed;
• manually initiating a corrective action to selectively raise the one or more sections of the toolbar identified from the lowered position wherein the soil engaging tools engage the soil to the raised position wherein at least a portion of the soil engaging tools are disengaged from the soil in response to the alert so that the previously seeded soil is not disturbed;
• and
• terminating the alert, in response to the movement of the one or more sections of the toolbar to the raised position.