Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato District Price Report
A potato district price report benchmarks a specific producing or marketing area by variety, grade, size, package, crop period, channel, and delivery basis. MassGain adds neighboring-district comparisons, historical spreads, quality, availability, freight, and data depth so users can tell whether a local premium is normal, seasonal, or a developing imbalance.
Market Data
How to read this market
A potato district price report benchmarks potatoes within a specific producing or marketing district. Comparable observations should align variety, grade, size, package, crop period, market channel, and delivery basis so the district signal reflects local conditions rather than product differences.
Use district data to compare nearby production areas, identify local premiums or discounts, and test whether supplier claims reflect weather, storage, quality, processor demand, or freight. Historical district spreads help distinguish normal seasonality from an unusual imbalance.
Data Module
District price report context
Districtdefined producing or marketing area
Productvariety, grade, size, and pack
Periodcrop and delivery window
Market depthobservation coverage and activity
Neighbor comparisonmatched regional alternatives
Decision usesourcing, negotiation, and local-market analysis
Analysis
Why this matters
District prices can diverge even within the same state or country because crop timing, quality, local buyer demand, and freight differ. A national or state average can therefore miss the market actually faced by a plant or packer.
The analytical task is to determine whether the local spread is structural or temporary. A persistent historical premium may reflect freight or quality advantages, while a sudden divergence can point to crop or storage stress. Product matching is essential before calling either case expensive or cheap.
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, distributors, procurement teams, and analysts who need a potato district price report for a specific producing or marketing area. MassGain organizes district-level values by variety, grade, size, package, market channel, crop period, and delivery basis and compares them with neighboring districts and historical relationships.
District detail is important because national and state averages can hide local supply, weather, storage, processor demand, and freight conditions. One district may carry a genuine premium due to a size shortage or strong plant demand while another remains balanced. MassGain helps users determine whether a quoted difference is normal, seasonal, temporary, or evidence of a developing regional imbalance. Procurement can benchmark supplier offers, growers can evaluate marketing opportunities, and distributors can choose origins after adding lane costs and expected shrink. The page also preserves data freshness and market depth so a thin local quote is not treated as a fully representative district price. The result is a precise geographic benchmark for sourcing, negotiation, planning, and regional market analysis.
Use Case
A packer receives a premium offer from one district and a lower quote from a neighboring area. MassGain shows the premium district has better size distribution and shorter freight to the customer, while the cheaper origin carries higher sorting loss. The packer selects the higher quoted source because its delivered usable cost is lower.
FAQs
What is a potato district price report?
It reports defined potato prices and market conditions for a specific producing or marketing district.
Why can district prices differ?
Weather, crop timing, quality, size, storage, buyer demand, market depth, and freight vary locally.
How does MassGain compare districts?
It aligns product and timing and adds historical spreads, availability, quality, freight, and data-confidence context.
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Data and Methodology
Professional market-data standards
MassGain is building transparent public market infrastructure. Each live metric will identify its date, unit, coverage, methodology, and source basis.
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.
Commercial use and licensing
Public display does not grant rights to reproduce, redistribute, republish, or incorporate MassGain indices or references into commercial products or contracts without authorization.