Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Factory Intake Prices
Potato factory intake prices measure raw-potato cost at processor receipt after base value, freight, quality, solids, storage premiums, deductions, and settlement adjustments are separated. MassGain normalizes plants and suppliers and connects purchase price with recovery and regional market benchmarks.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato factory-intake-price data records the raw-potato value at processor receipt by plant, supplier, origin, variety, lot, contract, delivery date, and quality result. The market object is the plant-level purchase price after base value, freight, storage premiums, solids or quality bonuses, deductions, and settlement adjustments are separated.
Use the data to compare plants and suppliers on a normalized basis and to connect higher intake cost with expected recovery or finished yield. Match each observation with regional farmgate, spot, and delivered benchmarks and its contract vintage.
Data Module
Potato Factory Intake Prices
Market objectnormalized plant-received potato price
Primary measuretotal and component intake cost
Key dimensionsplant, supplier, variety, contract
Commercial useraw-cost and supplier benchmarking
Price componentsbase, freight, quality, storage
Compare withregional market and factory recovery
Analysis
Why this matters
Plant averages can diverge legitimately because freight, variety, solids, storage, and contract timing differ. A high average is not automatically poor buying if the potatoes generate better recovery or serve a constrained product.
Commercial interpretation should strip out explainable components and focus on persistent residual basis. That residual is a more useful procurement signal than the headline plant average.
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 food processors, procurement, grower-relations, and finance teams that need potato factory intake prices. Intake prices represent the value attached to raw potatoes received at a processing facility, but the basis may include contract formulas, spot purchases, freight, quality premiums, solids, size, storage, delivery timing, and later settlement adjustments.
MassGain organizes intake prices by plant, supplier, origin, variety, lot, contract, delivery date, unit, and quality result. It separates base potato value from transport, incentives, deductions, bonuses, and retroactive adjustments and connects each observation with regional farmgate, spot, and delivered benchmarks. Procurement can compare plants and suppliers consistently. Finance can accrue expected raw cost. Operations can understand whether higher price purchases create better recovery. Analysts can identify when a plant’s average changes because of product mix rather than market inflation.
MassGain does not disclose unauthorized private transactions or prescribe contract prices. It provides a transparent benchmark bridge with source lineage and matched commercial terms, helping processors distinguish market movement, quality value, freight, and contract timing from unexplained supplier or plant differences.
Use Case
One plant reports intake prices $18 per tonne above another. MassGain normalizes freight, solids bonuses, storage premiums, contract timing, and variety mix. Most of the difference is supported, while one supplier’s recurring residual becomes the focus of procurement review.
FAQs
What can be included in a factory intake price?
Base price, freight, quality, solids, storage, delivery, bonuses, deductions, and settlement adjustments may be included.
Why do plant averages differ?
Regions, varieties, contracts, quality, freight, timing, and supplier mix can create legitimate differences.
How does MassGain benchmark intake prices?
It normalizes each component and compares matched plant receipts with regional market and contract evidence.
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Data and Methodology
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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.
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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.
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