Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Cme Potato Futures
cme potato futures is often a historical derivatives reference rather than a current physical potato benchmark. MassGain documents the contract, delivery geography, listing status, liquidity, settlement, and regional cash-market basis so users can distinguish archival data from usable modern market infrastructure.
Market Data
How to read this market
CME potato-futures data documents historical exchange references by contract specification, delivery geography, settlement rules, listing period, liquidity, and active or inactive status.
Use the data to determine whether a CME reference is archival or current and compare the legacy series with the regional physical potato market and basis it represented.
Data Module
CME Potato Futures
Market objecthistorical exchange-traded derivative
Primary fieldscontract, product, delivery, period
Key dimensionsregion, settlement, liquidity, status
Commercial usehistorical and model research
Controlscurrent listing and contract definition
Compare withphysical regional benchmarks
Analysis
Why this matters
Historical CME potato futures can remain visible in databases long after their commercial usefulness changes. Without current liquidity and physical-basis alignment, an archival series is not a live hedge.
Commercial interpretation should verify listing status and distinguish historical financial prices from modern regional cash markets.
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 agricultural finance teams, processors, traders, lenders, and commodity researchers searching for CME potato futures. MassGain helps users determine whether the reference is historical or current, what potato specification the contract covered, how delivery worked, and whether the series has any valid role in modern risk analysis.
A futures label alone is not enough. A useful hedge needs current liquidity, a workable delivery mechanism, and close alignment with the user’s physical exposure. Potatoes are highly differentiated by geography, variety, grade, end use, crop period, storage, quality, and freight. MassGain therefore compares the legacy CME series with physical potato benchmarks and basis relationships rather than treating it as a generic national price.
The page supports historical research, quantitative backtesting, hedge-policy review, and credit analysis. MassGain does not imply that a liquid CME potato futures market currently exists. It provides the listing-status, contract-definition, and physical-market context needed to distinguish archival data from usable current market infrastructure.
Use Case
A commodity analyst sees CME potato futures mentioned in an old price chart and considers extending the series into a current forecast. MassGain identifies the historical contract, documents the discontinuity, and shows which modern regional physical series are more appropriate for current analysis.
FAQs
Are CME potato futures currently tradable?
Current exchange listings must be checked; many CME potato references are historical rather than live contracts.
Can historical CME futures prices still be useful?
Yes, for research or backtesting when contract terms, inactive periods, and basis differences are documented.
What does MassGain add?
It validates the instrument and connects the historical financial series with the physical potato market 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.