Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Esg Data
The potato esg data view organizes underlying environmental, workforce, safety, governance, compliance, and traceability evidence by supplier, facility, region, and period. Procurement, finance, and lenders can evaluate the components that matter to a decision without letting one composite score hide weak data or commercial constraints.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato ESG data organizes environmental, workforce, safety, governance, compliance, traceability, and supplier-risk indicators by company, facility, supplier, region, contract, and reporting period. The market object is the underlying evidence rather than a single composite rating.
Use the data to compare sourcing and counterparty risks alongside price, quality, capacity, and availability. Preserve method, recency, assurance, and coverage so verified measures are not mixed silently with narrative commitments or estimates.
Data Module
Potato ESG Data
Market objectunderlying ESG evidence
Primary fieldsenvironment, social, governance
Key dimensionssupplier, facility, region, period
Commercial usesourcing and counterparty risk
Governancequality, recency, assurance
Compare withprice, supply, quality, resilience
Analysis
Why this matters
A high composite ESG score can hide a material weakness in traceability, labor, or governance, while a lower-scoring supplier may be stronger on the issue most relevant to a decision.
Commercial interpretation should therefore work from components and evidence. Market substitutability also matters because the highest-scoring source may not provide the required potato specification or volume.
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.
October 26, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Flat headline prices mask a regional squeeze on carton russets
MassGain’s physical indicators are unchanged, but USDA shipping‑point reports and terminal quotes show premiums for 40–70s russets. UCUI remains NORMAL even as European yields and UK storage quality draw attention.
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 procurement, sustainability, finance, lenders, and market-intelligence teams that need potato ESG data. ESG data can describe environmental performance, workforce and community factors, governance, traceability, compliance, and supplier risk across potato production and processing. MassGain helps users connect those indicators with specific suppliers, facilities, regions, contracts, and volumes rather than relying on companywide claims alone.
The suite can organize emissions, water, fertilizer, soil, labor, safety, certifications, audit findings, board or policy evidence, data quality, and reporting dates. Procurement can compare sourcing options alongside price, quality, and availability. Lenders can identify concentration and operational risks. Sustainability teams can distinguish verified measures from estimates or narrative commitments. Market intelligence can show when a high-scoring source is not commercially substitutable because of specification, freight, or capacity limits.
MassGain does not issue ESG ratings or provide investment advice. It provides the data-governance and physical-market context needed to evaluate completeness, comparability, and relevance. That allows teams to integrate ESG evidence into sourcing and risk decisions without treating a single composite score as a substitute for underlying performance.
Use Case
An agricultural lender compares two potato processors with similar financial metrics. MassGain shows one has stronger emissions reporting but weak supplier traceability and repeated labor findings, while the other has better governance and broader sourcing resilience. The lender adjusts due diligence by issue rather than using one headline score.
FAQs
What belongs in potato ESG data?
Environmental, labor, safety, community, governance, compliance, traceability, and supplier-risk indicators may belong.
Why avoid relying on one ESG score?
Composite scores can hide weak data, different methods, and risks that matter differently by decision.
How does MassGain add market context?
It links ESG evidence with suppliers, facilities, contracts, regions, availability, quality, and commercial exposure.
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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.