Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Maine Potato Bushel Price
Maine potato bushel price data preserves historical or local bushel-based potato values and their source conventions. MassGain keeps crop year, market class, grade, market stage, and conversion assumptions explicit so analysts can compare older records with modern $/cwt or per-pound series without creating false precision.
Market Data
How to read this market
Maine potato-bushel-price data preserves historical or local potato observations quoted per bushel together with crop year, market class, variety, grade, source, and market stage. The market object is the original price record and its documented unit convention.
Use the data to compare Maine price history and normalize units only when the relevant conversion basis is known. Keep farmgate, shipping-point, wholesale, and contract markets separate even after arithmetic conversion.
Data Module
Maine Potato Bushel Price Context
Market objectMaine potato price quoted per bushel
Primary fieldsprice, unit, crop year, source
Key dimensionsmarket class, variety, grade, stage
Commercial usehistorical and unit-normalized benchmarking
Controldocumented bushel conversion basis
Compare withcwt and pound series on matched basis
Analysis
Why this matters
Historical unit conventions are easy to over-normalize. A clean numerical conversion can still be wrong commercially if the original bushel definition, package, grade, or market stage is unclear.
Commercial interpretation should preserve the source quote first and apply conversion second. The result should remain traceable to the original Maine market record so analysts can distinguish real price movement from changes in measurement.
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 16, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato market steady for now; Russia’s smaller crop is the salient risk
Spot prices are flat and USDA terminal reports read ‘market steady,’ but a renewed forecast for a smaller Russian harvest and recent regional harvest stress leave seasonal import timing and storage losses as the key uncertainty.
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 Maine growers, packers, buyers, lenders, and analysts tracking Maine potato bushel price and converting older or locally reported bushel-based references into modern commercial context. Bushel reporting is a volume-based convention and can be used differently across datasets, so MassGain preserves the original unit and source rather than assuming every bushel reference maps cleanly to a fixed commercial package.
Users can compare Maine price history by crop year, market class, variety, grade, source, and reporting basis and, where a defensible conversion exists, normalize the value to cwt, pound, or another common unit. The commercial goal is to preserve the original historical meaning while avoiding unit errors when comparing farmgate, shipping-point, wholesale, and contract data.
Use Case
An analyst finds a Maine historical series quoted per bushel and needs to compare it with modern $/cwt farmgate data. MassGain keeps the original bushel basis, documents the source and conversion assumption, and prevents the unit change from being mistaken for a market move.
FAQs
What is a Maine potato bushel price?
It is a potato price reported on a bushel basis in a defined Maine market or historical source.
Can bushel prices be converted to cwt?
Yes only when the applicable weight or package convention is documented for that source.
Why preserve the original unit?
It keeps historical comparisons auditable and prevents a conversion assumption from being mistaken for the original market quote.
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Data and Methodology
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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.
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