Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Dealer Storage Stocks
Potato dealer storage stocks measures inventory held by merchants, handlers, packers, and wholesalers between farm and final use. MassGain connects dealer holdings with product mix, quality, commitments, shipment pace, wholesale prices, and demand to show how much near-term supply is truly accessible.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato Dealer Storage Stocks measures potatoes held by commercial merchants, handlers, packers, or wholesalers between the farm and final customer or processor. The object should retain region, product, package, grade, crop year, inventory age, quality, and customer commitments.
Use dealer stocks with shipment pace, wholesale prices, crop timing, and demand to judge near-term market liquidity. Inventory held by dealers is not automatically open supply if it is committed, packaged incorrectly, geographically distant, or approaching a quality discount.
Data Module
Potato Dealer Stocks Monitor
Holderdealer, packer, or merchant
Regionstorage and shipping market
Productgrade, pack, and variety
Qualityage and condition
Availabilitycommitments and demand
Decision usewholesale replacement supply
Analysis
Why this matters
Dealer inventory can rise because movement is weak or because merchants are intentionally accumulating product; those scenarios imply different pricing risk. Product and commitment detail matter because a surplus in small retail packs does not necessarily solve a shortage of foodservice cartons.
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 distributors, wholesalers, merchants, packers, processors, and lenders that need to understand potato dealer storage stocks. Dealer storage stocks represent potatoes held by commercial intermediaries after the farm but before final processing, wholesale sale, or customer delivery. MassGain helps users define which handlers are included and connects their inventory with product, package, grade, region, age, quality, customer commitments, and market availability.
Dealer-held stocks can be an important liquidity signal, but the headline total may be misleading. Inventory may be reserved, packed in an unwanted format, located far from demand, or aging toward a quality discount. An increase may reflect slow movement or strategic accumulation rather than abundant open supply. MassGain compares dealer stocks with shipment pace, wholesale prices, crop timing, historical drawdown, and buyer demand. Procurement teams can evaluate near-term replacement options, dealers can optimize release and allocation, and lenders can assess inventory value and cash conversion. The result is a commercially useful view of the potatoes held in the middle of the supply chain rather than an assumption that every dealer-held tonne is immediately available and interchangeable.
Use Case
Dealer storage stocks rise in a regional report, but MassGain shows the increase is concentrated in small retail packs while foodservice cartons are drawing down. A distributor avoids delaying purchases of its core carton specification and uses the surplus only for branches and customers that can absorb the smaller packs.
FAQs
What are potato dealer storage stocks?
They are potatoes held in storage by merchants, handlers, packers, or other commercial intermediaries.
Do dealer stocks equal available supply?
No. Product, package, location, quality, commitments, age, and customer demand can limit accessibility.
How does MassGain interpret dealer inventory?
It connects stocks with shipments, wholesale prices, product mix, quality, commitments, and historical drawdown.
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Data and Methodology
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Data provenance
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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.
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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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