Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Canadian Potato Amount Sold
Canadian potato amount sold measures reported commercial volume marketed by producers, distinct from total production or remaining inventory. Procurement and analysts can compare sales pace with contracts, stocks, prices, shipments, and exports to understand later-season availability.
Market Data
How to read this market
Canadian potato amount-sold data measures reported commercial volume marketed by producers under the source's definition. The market object is sold volume by province, crop use, period, and channel where available, distinct from total production or remaining inventory.
Use the data to compare marketing pace with production, stocks, contracts, prices, shipments, and exports. Faster sales can reflect strong demand, earlier contracted movement, or liquidation of stored inventory rather than a universal tightening.
Data Module
Canadian Potato Amount Sold
Market objectcommercially sold potato volume
Primary measuresamount sold and sales pace
Key dimensionsprovince, crop use, period
Commercial usemarketing and inventory analysis
GeographyCanada by province
Compare withproduction, stocks, contracts, prices
Analysis
Why this matters
Amount sold is not the same as spot-market demand. Contract deliveries can accelerate reported movement without increasing open-market buying.
Commercial interpretation should compare sales pace with remaining inventory and the composition of sales before concluding that later-season supply is tightening.
Signal 01
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index
UCUI translates crop and market complexity into a simple uncertainty signal. Higher readings indicate greater uncertainty—not necessarily higher prices.
Understand uncertainty. Anticipate risk. Act earlier.
UCUI is designed to analyze potato-industry publications and data signals across regions, varieties, weather, disease, storage, supply, and demand.
WeatherHigh
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StorageMedium
SupplyMedium
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Today’s market analysis.
A daily editorial synthesis of physical potato data, crop signals, market reporting, and what participants should watch next.
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Signal 02
MassGain Potato Index
Independent physical-pricing intelligence and market-trend analysis for procurement, forecasting, contracting, and scenario planning.
Core Russet Carton Median
312.45 USD/MT
Latest qualifying physical-market observation
+4.75 (+1.55%)
Price discovery for the physical potato market
MPI is designed to track physical pricing data, price trends, deltas, and divergences across regions and potato types.
Series window45 days
Current public coverageCore russet cartons
Primary source basisQualifying USDA physical rows
UnitUSD per metric tonne
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Signal 03
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An independent spot reference designed for price discovery, contract discussions, procurement comparisons, and risk modeling.
Russet Burbank — U.S. Midsize
305 USD/MT
Demonstration reference format
+1.6% WoW · Confidence: High
A trusted benchmark for pricing, contracts, and risk
MSR is intended to use real transactions and verifiable physical-market data to support negotiations, price checks, contracting, and risk models.
ProductRusset Burbank
SpecificationU.S. midsize, 40–70 count
Reference typePhysical spot benchmark
StatusIn development
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Content
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- Price discovery
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for procurement teams, growers, processors, and analysts that need to understand the amount of Canadian potatoes sold. Amount sold measures reported commercial movement from producers, but the figure must be distinguished from production, inventory, contract deliveries, and open-market sales. MassGain helps users interpret volume by province, crop use, timing, and market channel.
The suite compares amount sold with production, stocks, farm value, prices, shipments, processor demand, and exports. Procurement can see whether higher sales reflect stronger demand, early movement, or liquidation of stored inventory. Growers can compare marketing pace. Analysts can calculate implied average value and identify provinces where production is accumulating rather than moving. Finance can evaluate cash-flow timing and inventory exposure.
Reported sales may include contracted and spot transactions and may be revised. They do not necessarily show destination, specification, or remaining availability. MassGain documents source definitions and provides the physical-market context needed to understand how much of the crop has entered commerce, how quickly it is moving, and what that implies for later-season supply.
Use Case
Canadian production is stable, but MassGain shows amount sold running well ahead of normal in one storage province. Most movement is contracted processor delivery, leaving less discretionary inventory for spring. Procurement advances supplemental coverage.
FAQs
What does Canadian potato amount sold measure?
It measures reported commercial volume sold or marketed by producers under the source’s definition.
Is amount sold the same as spot sales?
No. It may include contracted, program, seed, fresh, processing, and other commercial transactions.
How does MassGain interpret sales pace?
It compares sales with production, inventory, prices, contracts, shipments, exports, and seasonal history.
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Data and Methodology
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Timing and revisions
Figures may reflect the latest available observation rather than a same-day transaction. Source data and MassGain calculations may be corrected, restated, or revised.
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