Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Crop Condition Report
A potato crop condition report combines planting and emergence, weather, water, disease and pest pressure, crop development, yield indications, quality, and harvest timing by region. MassGain connects those signals with prices, contracts, storage, and processor demand so users can see the commercial significance of changing crop conditions.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato Crop Condition Report combines planting and emergence progress, weather, water availability, disease and pest pressure, crop development, yield indications, harvest timing, and early quality evidence by region. The report should preserve basin, variety or end use, crop stage, and reporting date.
Use the data to compare current conditions with regional history and connect agronomic changes with prices, contracts, storage carryover, and processor demand. National ratings should be decomposed before they are applied to a plant or buyer with a specific sourcing footprint.
Data Module
Potato Crop Condition Monitor
Regionproduction basin
Stageplanting through harvest
Weatherwater and temperature conditions
Healthdisease and pest pressure
Outputyield, quality, and timing
Decision usesupply outlook
Analysis
Why this matters
A crop can look average nationally while a critical processing region or variety deteriorates. Conversely, poor early ratings can recover if later weather improves. The report matters commercially when it shows which supply node and delivery period are changing, not merely the headline condition score.
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 growers, processors, lenders, insurers, and procurement teams that need a decision-ready potato crop condition report. The report combines planting and emergence progress, weather, crop development, field observations, water availability, disease and pest pressure, yield indications, harvest timing, and early quality signals. MassGain places those agronomic observations beside regional prices, contracted coverage, storage carryover, and processor demand so users can understand the commercial importance of the crop's condition.
A national rating can hide meaningful differences among production basins, varieties, and end uses. A crop may look healthy in total while the region supplying high-solids processing potatoes faces delayed development or quality risk. MassGain helps users compare current conditions with historical ranges, identify which signals are improving or deteriorating, and build base and downside supply scenarios. Growers can use the report for marketing and storage decisions, processors can update raw-material coverage, and lenders can target borrowers requiring revised forecasts. The report does not replace field scouting or official crop assessments. It creates a structured bridge between crop evidence and the prices, availability, contracts, and operating decisions likely to be affected.
Use Case
A lender reviews several growers after a wet spring. MassGain's crop condition report shows the national crop near average, but one borrower region has delayed emergence, elevated disease pressure, and a compressed harvest window. The bank requests an updated production and liquidity forecast only from the exposed accounts.
FAQs
What should a potato crop condition report include?
Planting, emergence, weather, crop stage, water, disease, pests, yield, quality, and harvest timing are useful components.
Why is regional detail important?
National conditions can conceal the basin, variety, or product channel that supplies a specific buyer or borrower.
How does MassGain make crop reports commercial?
It connects field conditions with prices, contracts, storage, supply availability, and processor demand.
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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
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.
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