Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Crop Damage Satellite Assessment
A potato crop damage satellite assessment uses before-and-after imagery and field boundaries to screen acreage affected by flood, hail, frost, heat, drought, wind, fire, or harvest disruption. Growers and processors can map the footprint to varieties, contracts, expected usable tonnes, and replacement regions while keeping uncertainty visible.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato crop-damage satellite-assessment data uses before-and-after imagery, radar, optical signals, field boundaries, crop stage, and weather evidence to map fields affected by flooding, hail, frost, drought, heat, wind, fire, or harvest disruption. The market object is affected potato acreage with an uncertainty range.
Use the data for rapid exposure screening after an event, then pair mapped damage with field verification, expected yield, variety, contracts, quality risk, and plant destination. Damaged area should not be equated directly with final crop loss because severity and recovery vary.
Data Module
Potato Crop Damage Satellite Assessment
Market objectaffected potato acreage
Primary measuremapped damage extent
Key dimensionsevent, crop stage, field, severity
Commercial userapid supply exposure
Validationfield inspection
Compare withcontracts, varieties, replacement regions
Analysis
Why this matters
Damage acreage and economic loss can diverge sharply. A broad event may hit low-value or recoverable fields, while a smaller footprint can matter greatly if it contains a scarce processing variety feeding one plant.
Commercial interpretation should translate spatial damage into expected usable tonnes and contract exposure. Preliminary imagery is an early-warning layer, not a final loss statement.
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, insurers, lenders, and supply-chain teams that need a potato crop damage satellite assessment after weather or another regional event. Satellite assessment can help estimate the location and extent of flooding, hail, frost, heat, drought, fire, wind, disease-related canopy loss, or harvest interruption. MassGain combines before-and-after imagery, radar or optical signals, field boundaries, crop stage, weather, and ground reports with the commercial importance of the affected acreage.
Damage area is not the same as economic loss. Some fields may recover, while small affected areas can carry outsized value if they contain a scarce variety or feed a concentrated plant. MassGain maps impacted fields to expected yield, quality, contracts, storage and harvest timing, regional prices, and alternate origins. Growers can document exposure, processors can estimate delivery shortfalls, insurers and lenders can prioritize verification, and procurement can distinguish a manageable local event from a supply shock. Confidence ranges and evidence gaps remain visible so preliminary imagery is not treated as final loss. MassGain does not adjust claims, diagnose fields, or replace on-site inspection. It provides a rapid market-intelligence framework that translates spatial damage into likely usable-supply, contract, price, and replacement implications.
Use Case
A hail event crosses a potato basin supplying a chip processor. MassGain maps the affected contracted fields and shows damage is concentrated in one variety with limited alternate supply. The processor reserves replacement volume and updates its quality and delivery scenarios while field inspections determine final loss.
FAQs
What can satellite crop-damage assessment detect?
It can help map changes associated with flooding, hail, frost, drought, heat, fire, wind, or harvest disruption.
Does damaged acreage equal final crop loss?
No. Recovery, crop stage, field conditions, quality, and harvest outcomes must still be verified.
How does MassGain translate damage into market exposure?
It links affected fields with varieties, contracts, plants, yield, quality, prices, and replacement supply.
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Data and Methodology
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