Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Benchmark Regional Coverage
Potato benchmark regional coverage maps the geography represented in a price or market reference. MassGain tracks origins, destinations, plants, storage regions, delivery corridors, contributor shares, volume, value, and freight basis so national labels do not hide narrow regional evidence.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato benchmark-regional-coverage data records which production areas, destination markets, plants, storage regions, ports, and delivery corridors contribute evidence to a price or market indicator. The market object is the geographic composition of the benchmark by transaction, volume, value, and contributor.
Use the data to test whether the reference matches the sourcing footprint and to identify missing or overrepresented regions. Align geography with product, crop calendar, freight, quality, and delivery basis.
Data Module
Potato Benchmark Regional Coverage
Market objectgeographic benchmark composition
Primary measureregional share of evidence
Key dimensionsorigin, destination, corridor, weight
Commercial usebasis and benchmark selection
Coverage risksregional gaps and concentration
Compare withactual sourcing and delivered market
Analysis
Why this matters
National labels can hide narrow regional evidence. A benchmark dominated by one production area may poorly represent a distant plant facing different freight, crop timing, quality, and local demand.
Commercial interpretation should measure basis to the actual sourcing region and delivery point. A national average is most useful when its geographic composition is understood rather than assumed.
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 evaluating potato benchmark regional coverage. MassGain documents the producing areas, destination markets, plants, ports, storage regions, and delivery corridors represented in a price or market indicator.
It aligns geography with product, grade, delivery basis, freight, crop calendar, and reporting period so observations from distinct physical markets are not blended casually. Users can measure regional shares of transactions, volume, value, and contributors; identify concentration in one producing area; and determine whether important origins or destinations are absent. The suite also distinguishes national coverage from a simple aggregation of a few active regions and shows how route or freight changes can alter delivered prices without changing farmgate value.
Procurement can select the benchmark closest to its sourcing footprint, finance can build region-weighted forecasts, and analysts can qualify national conclusions. MassGain does not claim geographic completeness where evidence is unavailable. It provides a transparent coverage framework that makes regional representation, gaps, and weighting visible before a potato benchmark is applied to purchasing, contracts, or risk decisions.
Use Case
A national benchmark is used to review a western plant's supplier increase. MassGain shows 80% of benchmark volume comes from eastern regions with different freight and crop timing. Procurement replaces it with a western delivered series and documents why the national figure is not representative.
FAQs
What does regional coverage measure?
It measures which origins, destinations, and physical market areas contribute evidence to the benchmark.
Why does delivery geography matter?
Freight, crop timing, quality, storage, and local demand can create distinct regional price paths.
How does MassGain assess representation?
It reports regional contributor, transaction, volume, and value shares and compares them with the target market.
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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
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