Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Contract Award Data
Potato contract award data describes observable or permissioned sourcing outcomes by supplier, plant, region, product, volume, delivery period, pricing structure, benchmark, and term. MassGain connects those awards with regional supply and capacity so procurement can interpret structural sourcing patterns without treating one award as a universal market price.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato contract award data describes observable or permissioned outcomes from sourcing awards, including supplier, plant, region, product, volume band, delivery period, pricing structure, benchmark reference, and contract term. The data becomes useful only when those dimensions are preserved so unlike awards are not treated as direct price comparables.
MassGain can connect award patterns with regional potato supply, plant capacity, contract timing, and market conditions. Procurement can use the evidence to prepare tenders and understand sourcing behavior without assuming one award establishes a universal market price.
Data Module
Contract award context
Supplierawarded processor or grower group
Plant and regionproduction footprint behind the award
Productvariety, format, and specification
Volume and termawarded coverage and delivery period
Pricing structurefixed, indexed, or other mechanism
Decision usetender design and market positioning
Analysis
Why this matters
Award prices can diverge for legitimate reasons such as specification, freight, dedicated capacity, service requirements, or regional crop exposure. A higher award therefore does not automatically imply a broad commodity increase.
The more analytical signal may be the pattern of awards: shifts toward different plants, regions, shorter terms, or different index structures can reveal how buyers are managing supply and price risk. MassGain can track those structural changes while keeping confidential or incomplete coverage clearly qualified.
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 is for QSR and restaurant procurement teams, processors, growers, and market analysts that need visibility into how potato supply contracts are awarded. Potato contract award data can include winning suppliers, regions, plants, varieties, volume bands, delivery periods, pricing structures, index references, and renewal timing where those details are publicly available or permissioned. MassGain’s potato data suite helps users interpret awards against the physical market rather than treating each result as a standalone price signal.
Award patterns can reveal shifts in supplier share, regional sourcing, contract duration, risk allocation, and buyer expectations. A higher awarded price may reflect dedicated capacity, stronger service, a tight growing basin, or a different specification rather than broad commodity inflation. MassGain helps teams compare like-for-like awards, normalize delivery and market exposure, and identify where a result may change future regional demand or open-market availability.
Procurement can use the intelligence to prepare tenders and benchmark structures, while processors and growers can understand demand direction and competitive positioning. MassGain does not disclose confidential agreements or imply that one award determines the market. It provides a structured framework for organizing available evidence and connecting contract outcomes with price, supply, capacity, and regional risk.
Use Case
A restaurant group reviews recent frozen-fry awards before launching its own tender. MassGain shows that several buyers have shifted volume toward plants in a better-supplied region and adopted narrower commodity review bands. Procurement uses that evidence to request plant-level bids, preserve secondary capacity, and avoid copying a headline award whose freight and specification differ from its own program.
FAQs
What can potato contract award data contain?
It may include supplier, plant, region, volume, product, delivery period, pricing structure, benchmark, and contract term.
Can one contract award establish a market price?
No. Specifications, freight, service, timing, capacity, and private terms can make awards materially different.
How does MassGain make award data useful?
It normalizes available details and connects the result with regional potato, capacity, and sourcing conditions.
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Data and Methodology
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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
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Independent publication
Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
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