Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
National Potato and Onion Report
The National Potato and Onion Report is a recurring U.S. source for shipping-point, movement, demand, offerings, prices, origin, grade, size, package, and related market commentary. MassGain preserves that detail and adds historical, crop, storage, shipment, and comparable-origin context so buyers can use the public evidence without generalizing one product or district across the category.
Market Data
How to read this market
The National Potato and Onion Report is a recurring U.S. public-market source containing shipping-point, movement, demand, offerings, prices, origin, grade, size, package, and related commentary. Its observations should be preserved with the product and district definitions that give them meaning.
Use the report to benchmark U.S. fresh-market conditions, shipment pace, and specific origin-size-pack combinations. Historical normalization helps buyers distinguish a broad potato move from a narrow shortage in one district or package.
Data Module
National report context
OriginU.S. shipping or market district
Productvariety, grade, size, and package
Pricereported market range
Movementshipment and offering pace
Demandreported market tone or activity
Decision usefresh-market benchmark and supplier validation
Analysis
Why this matters
Public report prices are valuable because they are standardized, but they are not universal delivered costs. A move in large russet cartons from one district may have no direct relevance to reds, yellows, or another size class.
The analytical discipline is to use the report at the same granularity at which it is published. Freight, pack-out, customer specifications, and destination conditions must still be added. This prevents a narrow public-market move from being applied across unrelated SKUs.
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 procurement teams, processors, distributors, growers, and market analysts who use the National Potato and Onion Report as a recurring source of U.S. shipping-point and wholesale market evidence. MassGain helps users place the report’s prices, movement, demand, offerings, origin, grade, size, package, and market commentary into a structured historical and regional framework.
The report is valuable, but individual entries can be difficult to compare across districts, packages, and reporting dates. A quoted range for one origin or size may not represent another branch, customer specification, or delivered purchase. MassGain normalizes the relevant observations, preserves their market definitions, and connects them with crop timing, storage conditions, shipment volumes, freight, and comparable origins. Procurement teams can validate supplier claims, distributors can update branch-level replacement costs, and analysts can distinguish a broad market move from a narrow package or regional shortage. The result is a more usable version of an important public report—one that supports decisions without stripping away the product and location detail that gives each quotation meaning.
Use Case
A foodservice distributor receives a category-wide increase after a supplier cites the National Potato and Onion Report. MassGain shows the cited rise applies only to large russet cartons from one western district, while the distributor’s red potatoes and smaller packs remain stable. Procurement accepts an adjustment on the exposed SKUs and leaves the rest of the catalog unchanged.
FAQs
What does the National Potato and Onion Report provide?
It reports defined shipping-point, terminal, movement, demand, offering, and price information for relevant markets.
Can one report price represent every potato purchase?
No. Origin, grade, size, package, timing, and delivery basis must match the buyer’s product.
How does MassGain improve use of the report?
It normalizes observations and adds historical, crop, storage, shipment, freight, and comparable-market context.
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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.