Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Maine Potato Prices
Maine potato prices track the physical market by region, product basis, crop timing, storage condition, and delivery terms. MassGain helps food processors compare local offers with New Brunswick and northeastern U.S. supply, then add freight, quality, and recovery to judge delivered usable cost.
Market Data
How to read this market
Maine potato prices reflect a northeastern North American market influenced by variety, end use, crop timing, long storage, quality, local processor demand, contract coverage, and freight relationships with New Brunswick and other nearby origins. A useful benchmark should distinguish chip, processing, fresh, and other channels.
MassGain helps processors compare Maine observations with historical state values, storage conditions, and neighboring supply. Buyers can use the data to evaluate local replacement offers versus cross-border alternatives after adding freight, quality, recovery, and border logistics.
Data Module
Maine potato price context
RegionMaine production and processor market
Product basisvariety, quality, and end use
Storageseasonal condition and usable inventory
Regional alternativesNew Brunswick and northeastern supply
Decision usecontract, supplemental sourcing, and plant costing
Analysis
Why this matters
Late-storage quality can make Maine processing-grade supply tighter than total inventory suggests. A local premium may therefore be justified for immediately usable potatoes even while the broader northeastern market is balanced. The economic test is whether alternate supply remains cheaper after freight, border costs, quality, and plant recovery.
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 is for food processors, snack manufacturers, prepared-food plants, and procurement teams that need to benchmark Maine potato prices within a northeastern market shaped by crop timing, long-term storage, quality, and cross-border trade. Maine quotations can differ by variety, grade, end use, crop year, storage condition, contract status, and delivery window. MassGain’s potato data suite places current offers beside regional history, harvest progress, storage-risk signals, processor demand, and nearby New Brunswick and northeastern U.S. alternatives so buyers can determine whether a premium reflects broad market pressure or a shortage limited to one specification.
For processors, the useful measure is delivered cost per usable output rather than the lowest farm price. A cheaper distant lot may lose its advantage through freight, bruising, lower solids, defects, or weaker recovery. MassGain supplies the independent price and supply context, while procurement and operations add intake results, plant yield, quality deductions, inventory coverage, and logistics. This creates a like-for-like comparison between Maine potatoes and commercially practical alternate origins.
The intelligence supports seasonal contracts, supplemental purchases, inventory valuation, supplier negotiations, and crop-transition planning. MassGain does not certify individual loads or disclose confidential grower terms. It provides a transparent benchmark framework that helps processors evaluate Maine potato offers consistently, identify when local quality or availability justifies a premium, and document sourcing decisions using delivered, usable economics.
Use Case
A Maine prepared-food processor finds that stored potatoes are producing more defects and trimming loss than forecast. A nearby supplier offers suitable replacement volume at a premium, while New Brunswick potatoes are cheaper at origin but require added freight and border logistics. MassGain confirms that immediate Maine processing-grade supply is tight but that the broader northeastern market remains balanced. Procurement secures a short local tranche to protect production, schedules the later requirement from New Brunswick, and compares both sources using freight-adjusted cost, expected recovery, and downtime risk.
FAQs
What drives Maine potato prices?
Variety, grade, end use, yield, storage quality, contract coverage, processor demand, delivery timing, and freight all influence value.
Can Maine prices be compared directly with New Brunswick offers?
Only after normalizing currency, specification, crop period, freight, border costs, quality, and expected plant recovery.
How does MassGain help Maine processors?
It combines regional benchmarks, crop and storage signals, historical relationships, and nearby alternatives for delivered-cost analysis.
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Data and Methodology
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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
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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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