Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Benchmark Purchaser Submissions
Potato benchmark purchaser submissions are auditable buyer-reported observations considered for benchmark inclusion. MassGain captures product, volume, price, terms, timing, contract status, evidence, contributor eligibility, duplicate checks, and revisions so only comparable physical business influences the reference.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato benchmark-purchaser-submission data captures buyer-reported physical business with product, specification, region, volume, price, unit, freight basis, delivery date, quality adjustments, contract status, evidence, and submission time. The market object is the auditable purchaser record considered for benchmark inclusion.
Use the data to validate contributor eligibility, distinguish completed purchases from bids or contract call-offs, identify duplicates and related-party activity, and preserve corrections. Apply inclusion rules before any observation influences the published reference.
Data Module
Potato Benchmark Purchaser Submissions
Market objectauditable purchaser record
Primary fieldsprice, volume, product, terms
Key dimensionsbuyer, region, delivery, market stage
Commercial usebenchmark construction
Governanceeligibility, evidence, revisions
Compare withinclusion rules and other observations
Analysis
Why this matters
Purchaser submissions differ in evidentiary weight. A completed free-buy purchase is not equivalent to a nomination under an older contract or an unexecuted indication.
Commercial interpretation should classify the market stage before aggregation and preserve excluded records with reasons. That makes the benchmark reproducible and prevents convenient but non-comparable buyer data from moving the result.
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 and market-intelligence teams managing potato benchmark purchaser submissions. MassGain captures each buyer-submitted transaction or assessment with contributor identity controls, product specification, region, volume, price, unit, currency, freight basis, delivery date, quality adjustments, contract status, evidence, and submission timestamp.
It validates whether the purchaser is eligible, authorized, and reporting arm’s-length business and identifies duplicates, related-party activity, late entries, and revisions. Benchmark administrators can apply documented inclusion rules, analysts can see how buyer concentration affects the result, and contributors can correct records without losing the original audit trail.
The suite separates completed purchases from bids, offers, and nonbinding indications and preserves whether a submission reflects free buy, contract settlement, or another market stage. MassGain does not publish confidential contributor identities or certify a benchmark. It provides a transparent intake and control framework that makes purchaser evidence reproducible and auditable before it influences a potato price reference used in procurement, forecasting, or contracts.
Use Case
A purchaser submits five weekly transactions to a regional benchmark. MassGain flags two as contract call-offs, one as a duplicate invoice correction, and two as eligible free-buy purchases. The administrator includes only the matched spot business and preserves the exclusions with reasons.
FAQs
What should a purchaser submission contain?
It should contain product, specification, volume, price, terms, timing, market basis, evidence, and contributor authority.
Why separate free buy and contract settlements?
They reflect different price-formation periods and should not be blended without an explicit methodology.
How are corrections handled?
MassGain preserves the original submission, records the amendment, reviewer decision, and any benchmark impact.
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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.