Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Minnesota Potato Prices
Minnesota 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 North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Manitoba, then add freight, quality, and recovery to judge delivered usable cost.
Market Data
How to read this market
Minnesota potato prices span fresh, processing, seed, contract, and open-market channels across several growing areas. Values depend on variety, end use, yield, quality, storage condition, crop period, contract coverage, processor demand, delivery timing, and freight relationships with North Dakota, Wisconsin, Manitoba, and other origins.
MassGain helps processors compare Minnesota observations with historical regional values and feasible alternatives. Buyers should combine the external benchmark with specification, recovery, freight, inventory, and contract data to evaluate the delivered economics of local and out-of-state supply.
Data Module
Minnesota potato price context
Market channelfresh, processing, seed, contract, or open market
Product basisvariety, quality, and end use
Crop and storagetiming and usable supply
Regional alternativesUpper Midwest and Manitoba markets
Decision usesourcing, contract, and plant-cost analysis
Analysis
Why this matters
Minnesota’s broad potato market can hide processing-specific scarcity or quality problems. A state average is therefore less useful than the series tied to the plant’s requirement. Cross-region spreads become actionable only when freight, product suitability, and delivery timing preserve the nominal price advantage.
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, frozen-potato manufacturers, chip plants, and procurement teams that need to interpret Minnesota potato prices across fresh, processing, seed, and open-market channels. Minnesota values can differ by growing region, variety, grade, end use, crop year, storage condition, contract coverage, and delivery window. Yield, weather, quality, processor demand, and freight relationships with North Dakota, Wisconsin, Manitoba, and other practical origins can materially affect quotations. MassGain’s potato data suite places Minnesota offers beside state and regional history, crop progress, storage-risk signals, and neighboring-market conditions so buyers can identify whether a premium reflects genuine local tightness or a narrower specification issue.
For processors, the useful benchmark is delivered cost per usable output rather than the lowest farm price. A distant lot may appear cheaper but lose its advantage through freight, bruising, lower solids, defects, or weaker factory recovery. MassGain supplies the independent price and supply context, while procurement and operations add intake data, plant yield, contract terms, inventory coverage, and logistics. The combined view helps teams compare Minnesota supply with realistic alternatives on a like-for-like basis.
This intelligence supports preseason contracts, supplemental purchases, inventory valuation, supplier reviews, and production planning. MassGain does not certify individual lots or reveal private contracts. It provides a transparent benchmark framework that helps processors validate Minnesota price claims, understand regional exposure, and document sourcing decisions using the economics of delivered, usable potatoes.
Use Case
A Minnesota frozen-food plant needs additional processing potatoes after stored inventory develops higher defects than expected. A local seller offers compliant volume at a premium, while North Dakota supply is available at a lower origin price with extra freight. MassGain confirms that immediate Minnesota availability is tight but that later regional coverage is improving. Procurement buys enough local volume to protect near-term production, schedules the remaining loads from North Dakota, and evaluates the mix using freight, expected recovery, and downtime risk.
FAQs
What affects Minnesota potato prices?
Region, variety, end use, yield, quality, storage, contract coverage, processor demand, delivery timing, and freight all matter.
Can Minnesota prices be compared directly with North Dakota offers?
Only after normalizing variety, specification, crop period, freight, quality, contract status, and expected plant recovery.
How can MassGain support Minnesota sourcing?
It places state offers beside historical benchmarks, crop and storage signals, and feasible regional alternatives for delivered-cost decisions.
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Data and Methodology
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Data provenance
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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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