Patent ID: 7761349

Claim:
A crop storage system for tracking the custody of crops among remote crop storage facilities, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory having computer executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured for: storing, on a central computer, prior crop custody data for a crop, wherein the prior crop custody data includes prior aeration history data, prior remote crop facility location data, and a history of at least one member of a group comprising: crop moisture content and crop temperature; receiving information that the crop has been moved to another remote crop storage facility; controlling, by the central computer, a crop storage aeration controller of the another remote crop storage facility, wherein the central computer controls the crop storage aeration controller according to a policy, stored on the central computer, in order to maintain a crop storage objective; updating the prior crop custody data with location data of the another remote crop storage facility, with an aeration history indicating the maintenance of the crop storage objective according to the policy stored on the central computer, and with a history of at least one member of a group comprising: crop moisture content and crop temperature; and generating a chain of custody report that includes the prior crop custody data and the updated prior crop custody data.