Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Crop Insurance County Yield
Potato crop insurance county yield provides an area-level benchmark for comparing regional production outcomes. MassGain connects official county values with acreage, weather, irrigation, APH, contracts, and actual production so lenders and procurement teams can distinguish broad crop stress from farm-specific results.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato crop-insurance-county-yield data records the official area-level yield reference for a defined county, crop year, and insurance context. The market object is the county benchmark alongside planted and harvested acreage, irrigation, weather, variety mix, and production history.
Use the data to compare area-level performance with grower APH, processor sourcing exposure, and current crop estimates without treating a county average as a farm-specific outcome.
Data Module
Potato Crop Insurance County Yield
Market objectofficial county yield benchmark
Primary measureyield by county and crop year
Key dimensionscounty, practice, year, crop
Commercial useregional production-risk analysis
Risk contextweather and irrigation
Compare withgrower APH and actual production
Analysis
Why this matters
County yield can signal a broad regional event while still masking large farm-level differences caused by irrigation, soils, variety, and field location. It is useful as context, not a substitute for unit-level evidence.
Commercial interpretation should test whether low county performance is truly widespread before applying it to borrower, supplier, or contract risk.
Signal 01
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Series window45 days
Current public coverageCore russet cartons
Primary source basisQualifying USDA physical rows
UnitUSD per metric tonne
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Russet Burbank — U.S. Midsize
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ProductRusset Burbank
SpecificationU.S. midsize, 40–70 count
Reference typePhysical spot benchmark
StatusIn development
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for agricultural lenders, insurers, growers, and commodity-risk teams that need to interpret potato crop-insurance county yield. County yield provides an area-level production reference that can affect insurance products, benchmarking, and regional risk analysis, but it does not describe every farm or insured unit. MassGain places the official county figure beside planted and harvested acreage, weather, irrigation, soil, variety mix, quality, and local production history.
Risk teams can compare the county result with grower APH records, processor sourcing exposure, and current crop estimates. Lenders can identify whether a low county outcome reflects a broad regional event or a small set of affected fields. Growers can understand how the area benchmark differs from their own operation. Procurement teams can assess whether countywide weakness may threaten contracted supply or replacement prices.
MassGain does not calculate official insurance yields, determine indemnities, or provide insurance advice. It provides a transparent evidence layer that preserves source, year, unit, revisions, and physical-market context so users can evaluate regional production risk without treating one county average as a farm-specific forecast.
Use Case
A lender reviews several growers after drought reduces the official county yield. MassGain compares each borrower’s irrigation, APH, field locations, contracts, and actual production with the county result. Two farms remain resilient, while one dryland unit requires a tighter liquidity plan.
FAQs
What is a potato crop-insurance county yield?
It is an official area-level yield used under defined insurance or analytical rules for a county and crop year.
Why can county yield differ from a grower’s result?
Irrigation, soils, varieties, weather, management, and field location can produce materially different farm outcomes.
How does MassGain use county yield?
It links the area benchmark with APH, acreage, weather, production, contracts, and regional supply risk.
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Data and Methodology
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