Seed meter monitoring system

A detector (102) is supported adjacent the seed cells (58) within a seed meter housing (34) and provides an indication of the presence or absence of seeds in the cells (58). A processor (104) receives the seed presence indications and provides an operator readout (134) to facilitate adjustments to the seed meter system to maintain a single seed per seed cell at the given seed population. In one embodiment, the detector is a video camera (124), and the readout includes a slow motion rendering of the seed cells downstream of a seed singulator (80). In another embodiment, a light source (114) is located on one side of the seed cells (58), and a light detector (116) is located on the opposite side of the seed cell to determine presence or absence of material in the cell.