Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
North Dakota Potato Prices
North Dakota 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 Minnesota and Manitoba, then add freight, quality, and recovery to judge delivered usable cost.
Market Data
How to read this market
North Dakota potato prices reflect a northern Plains market serving processing, chip, fresh, and other channels and connected to Minnesota and Manitoba. Values vary by growing area, variety, end use, crop quality, storage, contract coverage, processor demand, delivery timing, and freight.
MassGain helps processors compare North Dakota offers with historical state values and neighboring-market alternatives. Buyers should combine the external benchmark with specification, solids, defects, recovery, freight, and inventory coverage to evaluate the cost of usable supply at the plant.
Data Module
North Dakota price context
Regionstate production and processor market
Product basisvariety, quality, and end use
Crop and storagetiming and usable inventory
Regional alternativesMinnesota and Manitoba supply
Decision usecontracts, supplemental sourcing, and plant costing
Analysis
Why this matters
Immediate-delivery North Dakota supply can command a premium without implying that the full crop-year market has repriced. The distinction matters when a plant is covering a short storage-quality gap. Later Minnesota or Manitoba volume can discipline the premium only if timing, freight, and specification fit the production need.
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 benchmark North Dakota potato prices within a northern Plains market connected to Minnesota, Manitoba, and other processing regions. State prices can differ by growing area, variety, end use, crop year, yield, quality, storage condition, contract coverage, delivery timing, and freight. MassGain’s potato data suite places current North Dakota offers beside historical state and regional values, crop progress, storage-risk indicators, processor demand, and practical neighboring-origin alternatives so an isolated quote is not treated as the entire market.
For processors, the correct benchmark must match the plant’s actual raw-material requirement. Potatoes for fries, chips, dehydrated products, or fresh use can carry different specifications and commercial dynamics. A lower-priced distant lot may be more expensive after freight, defects, weak solids, or lower recovery are included. MassGain supplies the independent pricing and availability layer, while procurement and plant teams add intake tests, yield, inventory coverage, contract timing, and logistics. This clarifies whether a North Dakota premium reflects genuine suitable-supply tightness, immediate delivery pressure, or a supplier-specific position.
The resulting analysis supports preseason contracts, supplemental buying, inventory valuation, production planning, and sourcing comparisons. MassGain does not certify individual lots or reveal private grower terms. It provides a transparent benchmark framework for evaluating North Dakota potato offers on delivered, usable economics.
Use Case
A North Dakota frozen-food plant needs replacement potatoes after contracted storage lots show higher defects than expected. A local supplier offers processor-ready volume at a premium, while Minnesota supply is cheaper but available two weeks later. MassGain shows the local premium is concentrated in immediate delivery rather than the full season. Procurement covers the next production cycle locally, books later Minnesota loads, and evaluates the blended plan using freight, expected recovery, and avoided downtime.
FAQs
What affects North Dakota potato prices?
Growing region, variety, end use, yield, quality, storage, contract coverage, processor demand, delivery timing, and freight all matter.
Can North Dakota prices be compared directly with Minnesota or Manitoba?
Only after normalizing specification, currency where relevant, crop period, freight, contract status, quality, and usable yield.
How does MassGain help North Dakota processors?
It combines state benchmarks, crop and storage signals, historical spreads, and neighboring-market alternatives for delivered-cost decisions.
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Data and Methodology
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