Patent ID: 7472070

Claim:
A crop storage system for providing grain storage insurance for a crop storage facility managed by the crop storage system, the system comprising: an operator interface in communication with a central computer, wherein the operator interface is configured to transmit crop storage data from the crop storage facility to the central computer; a central computer for managing the crop storage facility, wherein the central computer is in communication with the operator interface, wherein the central computer promotes a crop quality objective on the crop storage facility, and wherein the crop quality objective is promoted by: receiving the crop storage data from the crop storage facility; determining whether the crop storage facility is achieving the crop quality objective; adjusting the management of the crop storage facility when the crop quality objective is not being achieved; and a grain spoilage insurance service associated with the central computer, wherein the grain spoilage insurance service evaluates at least one of the crop storage data and the crop quality objective to determine whether to insure the grain.