Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Cme Potato Contract
cme potato contract is a historical derivatives reference whose usefulness depends on the exact product and delivery market it represented. MassGain documents contract terms, listing status, settlement, liquidity, regional cash prices, and basis so archival data is not mistaken for current market infrastructure.
Market Data
How to read this market
CME potato-contract data documents the historical exchange instrument by underlying product, unit, delivery geography, settlement rules, listing period, liquidity, and market status.
Use the data to compare the legacy financial reference with regional physical potato prices, crop conditions, storage, freight, and basis and to verify whether the contract remains relevant to a modern exposure.
Data Module
CME Potato Contract
Market objecthistorical exchange contract
Primary fieldsproduct, delivery, period, settlement
Key dimensionsregion, liquidity, status, basis
Commercial usederivatives history and model validation
Controlscurrent listing and structural breaks
Compare withregional cash prices
Analysis
Why this matters
A CME label does not make a historical potato series a current or national benchmark. The contract may have represented a narrow regional deliverable market and can become inactive.
Commercial interpretation should verify current listing status and preserve product and delivery basis before using archival prices.
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
DiseaseHigh
StorageMedium
SupplyMedium
Single-day snapshot based on a scan of 11,500+ web and social signals. Get historical and real-time data by clicking the button below.
The MassGain Daily
Today’s market analysis.
A daily editorial synthesis of physical potato data, crop signals, market reporting, and what participants should watch next.
September 10, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato prices quiet at $30/cwt as regional harvest damage buzzes beneath the surface
Market indicators are stable, but reporting from Europe and select growing areas shows real, localized crop stress — a reminder that steady headline prices can mask uneven physical risk.
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
Single-day snapshot based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varieties by clicking the button below.
Signal 03
MassGain Spot Reference
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
Based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varities by clicking the button below. Full access also includes historical data -- including depreciated NYMEX/CBOE/EEX spot references -- projections, trends, and AI-driven insights.
The MassGain Product Ladder
From insight to intelligence to action
Four integrated products built for the physical potato market, delivered through public pages, reports, exports, dashboards, and API access.
1
Content
Original research, commentary, aggregated news, and market updates.
- What matters right now?
- What is happening out there?
2
UCUI™
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index: an AI-powered signal of crop risk and market uncertainty.
- Understand uncertainty
- Anticipate risk
- Act earlier
3
MPI™
MassGain Potato Index: independent physical-pricing intelligence and trend analysis.
- Price discovery
- Regional trends
- Procurement planning
4
MSR™
MassGain Spot Reference: an independent benchmark for price discovery and risk modeling.
- Contracts
- Negotiations
- Risk models
Content + UCUI + MPI + MSR + API access
Get historical series, regional detail, constituent data, exports, alerts, and direct data access.
Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for processors, agricultural finance teams, traders, lenders, and market researchers investigating a CME potato contract. MassGain helps users identify the exact historical product, delivery basis, listing period, and current status before assuming that an archival ticker or contract reference remains a live market.
The analysis focuses on what the contract actually represented. Potatoes differ by region, variety, grade, end use, crop period, storage condition, and delivery terms, so a futures contract may cover only a narrow segment of commercial exposure. MassGain places the legacy CME instrument beside regional cash prices, crop conditions, storage, freight, and basis relationships to show where it matched the physical market and where it did not.
The page supports historical research, hedge-policy reviews, model governance, and lending analysis. MassGain does not imply that CME currently lists a tradable potato contract and does not provide investment advice. It provides the contract-definition and market-structure context needed to use historical CME references responsibly.
Use Case
A processor risk team finds a CME potato contract reference in an old treasury model. MassGain identifies the contract and delivery market, confirms that the reference is historical, and helps the team replace the stale derivative assumption with current physical benchmarks and explicit basis scenarios.
FAQs
Did CME have a potato contract?
Historical CME potato futures references existed, but current listing and tradability must be verified separately.
Why does the contract basis matter?
A contract tied to one product or region may not hedge other potato exposures effectively.
How does MassGain use legacy CME data?
It documents the contract and compares the historical series with the physical market and basis it represented.
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Data and Methodology
Professional market-data standards
MassGain is building transparent public market infrastructure. Each live metric will identify its date, unit, coverage, methodology, and source basis.
Data provenance
MassGain uses public, licensed, contributed, and independently derived physical-market information. Source availability and publication schedules vary.
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.
Not transactional pricing
MassGain figures are informational reference values and do not constitute executable bids, offers, settlements, or guarantees that a transaction can occur at the displayed value.
No individualized advice
Content and data are provided for informational and analytical purposes and do not constitute financial, investment, legal, trading, or individualized procurement advice.
Independent publication
Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
Commercial use and licensing
Public display does not grant rights to reproduce, redistribute, republish, or incorporate MassGain indices or references into commercial products or contracts without authorization.