A draft load control system for an agricultural implement includes a row unit,adown force system configured to apply a force within or to the row unit, adraft loadsensor disposed on the row unit and configured to generate a sensor signalindicative of adraft load on the row unit, and a controller that includes a memory and aprocessor. Thecontroller is configured to receive the sensor signal from the draft loadsensor indicativeof the draft load on the row unit, and in response to the draft load exceedinga thresholdrange, perform a control operation, a monitoring operation, or both.