Systems and methods are presented for automatically capturing visual data of aseed placedby a seed planting machine (e.g., a crop row planter). An electroniccontroller is configuredto receive a signal indicative of a seed being dispensed by the seed plantingmachine and totrigger a camera to capture an image of the dispensed seed in response to adetermination,based on the signal, that the seed has been dispensed by the seed plantingmachine. In someimplementations, the system includes a seed sensor configured to detect a seedmovingthrough a seed tube that dispensed seeds from the seed planting machine. Inotherimplementations, the system is configured to detect a new seed being dispensedby the seedplanting machine by analyzing image data captured by a camera.
