Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Farmgate Potato Price Per Cwt
Farmgate potato price per cwt gives growers and buyers a producer-level benchmark on a 100-pound basis. MassGain keeps region, crop, variety, quality, storage, and commercial terms explicit so unit normalization does not hide basis differences.
Market Data
How to read this market
Farmgate potato-price-per-cwt data records producer-level physical prices with region, variety, grade, crop year, quality, storage, contract status, loading terms, source, and date. The market object is the matched farm-level price with cwt retained as the quoted unit.
Use the data to compare producer offers and historical ranges while keeping unit conversion separate from freight, packing, handling, and other downstream basis adjustments.
Data Module
Farmgate Potato Price per cwt
Market objectproducer-level potato price
Primary unit$ per hundredweight
Unit definition1 cwt = 100 lb
Key dimensionsregion, crop, variety, grade, quality
Commercial usegrower and buyer benchmarking
Compare withdelivered cost after freight and handling
Analysis
Why this matters
A common weight unit removes one source of confusion but not the commercial basis. Two $/cwt prices can still describe different varieties, grades, crop periods, storage conditions, or transfer points.
Commercial interpretation should normalize the unit first, match the farm-level basis second, and add freight or downstream costs only after the producer price is understood.
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.
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StorageMedium
SupplyMedium
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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.
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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
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
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for growers, buyers, processors, lenders, and analysts comparing farmgate potato price per cwt. In U.S. usage, cwt means hundredweight, or 100 pounds, but the common unit does not make two producer prices automatically comparable. Region, variety, grade, crop year, quality, storage, contract status, loading terms, and reporting date still define the commercial basis.
MassGain preserves the original farmgate quote, normalizes comparable units where appropriate, and separates producer value from freight, packing, processing, and other downstream costs.
Use Case
A processor compares a grower offer quoted in dollars per cwt with another origin quoted per ton. MassGain normalizes the weight units, preserves the farm-level transfer point, and handles freight and quality differences separately before comparing delivered economics.
FAQs
What is a farmgate potato price per cwt?
A producer-level potato value quoted per hundredweight; in U.S. usage one cwt equals 100 pounds.
Can $/cwt farmgate prices be compared directly?
Only when region, product, quality, crop period, contract status, and transfer terms are sufficiently matched.
Does farmgate $/cwt include freight?
Not unless the stated terms explicitly include delivery; downstream freight should normally be modeled separately.
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Data and Methodology
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