Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Commodity Price
potato commodity price is best understood as a clearly defined physical-market object rather than a context-free headline. MassGain preserves region, variety, grade, unit, market stage, delivery basis, source date, crop, storage, freight, quality, and demand so buyers can compare like with like.
Market Data
How to read this market
potato commodity price data organizes physical potato-market observations by region, variety, grade, size, end use, unit, package, market stage, delivery basis, and reporting date.
Use the data to connect price or availability with crop conditions, storage, quality, freight, processor demand, trade, and seasonality and to distinguish genuine market movement from differences in product or commercial terms.
Data Module
Potato Commodity Price
Market objectspecification-matched potato market
Primary measuresprice, volume, availability
Key dimensionsregion, product, quality, period
Commercial usesourcing and market analysis
Controlssource, definition, timing, basis
Analysis
Why this matters
There is no single potato price or market signal that represents every product, region, and supply-chain stage. Farmgate, wholesale, processing, delivered, and retail observations can legitimately diverge.
Commercial interpretation should match product, geography, unit, timing, and market stage before comparing values or validating a supplier claim.
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 buyers, growers, processors, lenders, and analysts searching for a potato commodity price and expecting a benchmark comparable to prices available for exchange-traded commodities. Potatoes are different: physical markets are fragmented by geography, variety, grade, end use, contract structure, and delivery basis, and there is no single universal cash price that represents every potato transaction.
MassGain organizes physical potato price signals across ex-farm, shipping-point, wholesale, terminal, processing, contract, and spot markets. It normalizes units and currencies while preserving the original commercial basis and connects prices with acreage, crop conditions, storage, quality, freight, processing demand, and trade.
The platform treats potato price discovery as a market-infrastructure problem rather than forcing unlike transactions into one artificial quote. Users can identify the benchmark or composite that best matches their exposure and understand how local physical conditions shape price.
Use Case
A lender wants a commodity-style potato price series for borrower stress testing. MassGain constructs a defensible regional benchmark from comparable physical observations instead of using a retail series or a single supplier quote that poorly matches the borrower’s processing-potato exposure.
FAQs
Is there one global potato commodity price?
No. Potato prices are fragmented by region, variety, grade, end use, contract status, and market channel.
Why are potatoes different from exchange-traded commodities?
Physical potatoes are perishable, quality-sensitive, expensive to transport, and sold through many bilateral and regional markets.
Can MassGain create a potato price benchmark?
Yes. Comparable physical observations can be organized into transparent regional or exposure-specific reference measures.
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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.