Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato and Onion Report
Potato and onion report intelligence gives distributors a coordinated view of two categories that often share suppliers, freight, storage, and customers. MassGain compares price, availability, shipments, origin, grade, package, and seasonality without blending potatoes and onions into one artificial market.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato and onion report data presents the two physical produce markets side by side while keeping price, shipment, availability, origin, grade, size, package, and seasonal structures separate.
Use the report to coordinate mixed-category procurement, storage, freight, inventory, and sales planning and to identify whether the two markets are moving together or diverging for category-specific reasons.
Data Module
Potato and Onion Report
Market objectcoordinated two-category market view
Primary measuresprice, volume, availability
Key dimensionscommodity, origin, grade, period
Commercial usewholesale buying and inventory planning
Compare withfreight, storage, seasonal demand
Analysis
Why this matters
Potatoes and onions often share buyers, warehouses, and freight capacity without sharing the same crop cycle or price drivers. A logistics constraint can affect both while a crop-quality event remains category-specific.
Commercial interpretation should coordinate operational exposure while preserving separate price and supply conclusions.
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 page is for distributors and wholesalers that need a combined view of potato and onion markets because both categories compete for purchasing attention, storage space, transportation capacity, and produce-department demand. MassGain organizes price, shipment, availability, origin, grade, size, package, and market-movement signals so buyers can compare the two commodities without collapsing their distinct supply cycles.
The combined report is especially useful for produce businesses that source mixed loads or manage both categories through the same supplier network. Users can monitor regional supply, terminal-market conditions, shipping-point activity, freight pressure, and seasonal transitions while preserving differences in storage behavior, quality risk, and market terminology. Historical context helps teams determine whether a move is seasonal, regional, or part of a broader produce-market shift.
MassGain does not treat potatoes and onions as interchangeable products or publish a single blended price. It provides a coordinated reporting framework that helps procurement, sales, inventory, and finance teams see how the two markets are moving together or diverging, document the evidence behind purchasing decisions, and prepare for changes in availability or customer pricing.
Use Case
A regional produce wholesaler preparing weekly buys sees potato prices holding steady while onion shipments tighten from a major origin. Using MassGain’s combined report, the buyer separates the two trends, reserves additional onion volume, keeps potato inventory unchanged, and gives the sales team category-specific guidance instead of issuing one broad produce-price warning.
FAQs
What does a potato and onion report include?
It can include prices, shipments, availability, origins, grades, packages, freight, and market commentary for both categories.
Why combine potatoes and onions in one report?
Many distributors purchase, store, transport, and sell both categories, so a coordinated view improves planning while preserving product differences.
Does the report use one blended price?
No. Potato and onion data remain separate so users can compare trends without treating the commodities as interchangeable.
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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.