agricultural seed planting systems are provided . in some aspects , the system includes a processing unit , a frame , a furrow opener coupled to the frame for opening a furrow in soil , and a sensor in communication with the processing unit and adapted to sense a characteristic associated with seed planting . the sensor may generate a signal associated with the sensed characteristic and the processing unit may receive the signal . in some aspects , the sensed characteristic may be either a soil characteristic or a seed characteristic . information associated with the sensed characteristic can be saved in memory for future use and to assist with more effective planting in the future .