processing logic including one or more processors is configured to execute instructions for processing agricultural data and performing speed control of a machine and associated implement during a transition period for adjusting a setting of an agricultural parameter; and

a communication unit coupled to the processing logic, the communication unit including a transmitter and a receiver are configured to transmit and receive agricultural data from the implement, wherein the processing logic is configured to execute instructions to generate a signal to adjust the setting of the agricultural parameter from a first setpoint to a second setpoint, and to determine a desired speed control during the transition period based on a desired transition distance or productivity for the transition period, wherein adjusting a setting of the agricultural parameter from a first setpoint to a second setpoint comprises one or more of changing a population of planted seeds by a controlling a seed meter, changing seed variety, changing application rate of fertilizer, fungicide, or insecticide, changing applied downforce, or upforce to a gauge wheel that is adjacent to a furrow formed by the implement, and controlling the force applied by a row cleaner of the implement, wherein to determine a desired speed control during the transition period from the first setpoint to the second setpoint comprises determining whether one of a shortest transition distance, a productivity being optimized during the transition period by reducing speed of the machine and associated implement from a first speed to a lower second speed for productivity and then returning the machine to the first speed after the transition period ends, or a maximum transition distance during the transition period is desired, wherein the processing logic is configured to execute instructions to control the speed of the implement during the transition period based on the determined desired speed control.