Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Cold Storage Lease Rates
Potato cold storage lease rates describe the contractual cost of refrigerated storage capacity by area, pallet, weight, month, season, or bundled service. Comparing location, environmental capability, utilities, handling, freight, and expected quality preservation helps users rank facilities by total seasonal cost per usable tonne.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato cold storage lease rates describe the contractual cost of occupying refrigerated potato-storage capacity, quoted by area, pallet position, weight, month, season, or bundled service. Comparable leases should specify location, refrigeration and humidity capabilities, handling, utilities, maintenance, access, and storage duration.
Use the rate with freight, expected shrink, quality preservation, crop size, regional storage capacity, and the market the inventory is intended to serve. A higher lease can be economical if location and environmental performance protect more usable value.
Data Module
Cold storage lease context
Lease basissquare foot, pallet, tonne, month, or season
Facilityrefrigeration, humidity, and handling capability
Locationdistance to crop, plants, and customers
Utilitiesincluded or pass-through energy expense
Quality valueexpected shrink and preservation
Decision uselease negotiation and storage network planning
Analysis
Why this matters
Base rent alone rarely determines the best storage option. A cheap remote facility can create higher transfer freight and slower market access, while weak environmental control can increase shrink or quality loss.
The analytical comparison should use total seasonal occupancy cost per usable tonne. That makes a premium location or facility comparable with a nominally cheaper lease on the same commercial basis.
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
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
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for potato distributors, processors, storage operators, lenders, and real-estate or finance teams that need to benchmark lease costs for refrigerated potato facilities. Potato cold storage lease rates can be structured per square foot, pallet position, hundredweight, tonne, month, or season and may include different levels of refrigeration, humidity control, handling, utilities, maintenance, insurance, and access.
MassGain helps users place the lease quote within the physical potato market it is intended to serve. A low nominal rate may be offset by poor location, weak temperature control, higher energy pass-through, limited loading capacity, or greater freight to suppliers and customers. A premium facility may protect quality, reduce shrink, and provide access to a valuable late-season market. The platform connects lease terms with regional storage capacity, crop size, inventory, energy conditions, potato prices, expected storage duration, and alternative locations.
The analysis supports lease negotiations, storage network planning, collateral and investment review, and store-versus-sell decisions. Users can compare total occupancy cost and expected preserved value rather than the base rent alone. MassGain does not provide real-estate advice or a binding facility appraisal. It supplies the market and commodity context needed to determine whether a storage lease supports commercially attractive potato handling and inventory economics.
Use Case
A distributor compares a low-cost refrigerated lease 180 miles from its customers with a premium facility near its main branches. MassGain adds expected transfer freight, energy, handling, shrink, and the value of faster market access. The nearby facility produces the lower total seasonal cost for high-grade inventory, while slower-moving product is placed in the cheaper location.
FAQs
How are potato cold storage lease rates quoted?
They may be quoted by area, pallet, weight, month, season, or bundled service arrangement.
Why is base rent insufficient for comparison?
Utilities, handling, refrigeration quality, freight, shrink, capacity, access, and service can change total cost.
How does MassGain evaluate a storage lease?
It connects facility cost and location with crop, inventory, quality preservation, regional prices, and expected market timing.
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Data and Methodology
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