The present disclosure refers to a method of operating an agricultural system for forming and / or wrapping a bale of crop, the method comprising moving an agricultural apparatus over a field, the agricultural apparatus configured for at least one of forming and wrapping a bale of crop; preparing, by the agricultural apparatus, a bale of crop; observing surroundings in a vicinity of the agricultural apparatus by an observation system (14) while the agricultural apparatus is moving over the field; generating, by the observation system (14), observation data indicating a first bale dropped before to the field being located in the vicinity of the agricultural apparatus; processing the observation data by a data processing unit (15); determining, by the data processing unit (15), the first bale dropped before; and dropping the bale in response to the determining from the baling apparatus to the field. Further, an agricultural system is disclosed.