Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Pei Potato Farm Gate Price Per Cwt
PEI potato farm gate price per cwt provides a producer-level reference for Prince Edward Island potatoes. MassGain connects the price with crop year, market class, contract basis, quality, storage, and processing demand so farm and delivered markets are not confused.
Market Data
How to read this market
PEI potato farm-gate-price-per-cwt data records producer-level values in Prince Edward Island by crop year, market class, contract or spot basis, quality, accepted volume, and reporting date. The market object is the farm-level price before downstream costs not included in the stated terms.
Use the data to benchmark grower offers and revenue assumptions while comparing crop, storage, sales pace, processing demand, and regional trade.
Data Module
PEI Potato Farm Gate Price per cwt
Market objectPEI producer price
Primary measurevalue per hundredweight
Key dimensionscrop year, market class, contract status
Commercial usegrower and buyer benchmarking
Controlsquality, accepted volume, source date
Compare withstorage, processing demand, regional trade
Analysis
Why this matters
Provincial producer averages and individual contract prices can diverge because product mix, timing, quality, and contract structure differ. The cwt unit is common, but the underlying business is not necessarily matched.
Commercial interpretation should select the closest PEI market class and crop-year basis before using the price in negotiation or credit analysis.
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
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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
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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
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1
Content
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2
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- Understand uncertainty
- Anticipate risk
- Act earlier
3
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MassGain Potato Index: independent physical-pricing intelligence and trend analysis.
- Price discovery
- Regional trends
- Procurement planning
4
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- Contracts
- Negotiations
- Risk models
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for Prince Edward Island growers, processors, merchants, lenders, and procurement teams tracking PEI potato farm gate price per cwt. MassGain organizes farm-level price evidence by crop year, variety or market class, contract or spot basis, grade, accepted volume, quality settlement, delivery window, source, and publication date, while keeping the cwt unit explicit.
PEI farmgate value can differ from delivered processor or wholesale prices because freight, storage, packing, and downstream handling sit outside the farm-level basis. Users can compare current and historical producer evidence with crop size, storage, grower sales pace, processing demand, and regional trade. Growers can benchmark offers, lenders can test revenue assumptions, and buyers can understand supplier economics. MassGain does not treat a provincial average as the exact price available to every farm or contract.
Use Case
A PEI grower compares a new contract offer with a published per-cwt provincial price. MassGain aligns crop year, market class, quality, and contract basis and shows where the published average differs from the grower's specific program before the offer is evaluated.
FAQs
What is a PEI potato farm gate price per cwt?
It is a Prince Edward Island producer-level potato value stated per hundredweight under a defined crop, product, and commercial basis.
Does farmgate price include freight to the buyer?
Usually downstream delivery costs are separate unless the stated terms say otherwise.
How does MassGain compare PEI prices?
It aligns crop year, variety or market class, contract status, quality, unit, date, and source.
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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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