Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Potato greenhouse gas emissions data measures defined sources across farming, storage, processing, packaging, freight, and waste under a stated boundary. MassGain pairs emissions with yield, recovery, energy mix, crop quality, and physical-market economics so users can identify credible hotspots per saleable output.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato greenhouse gas emissions data measures emissions from defined stages such as fertilizer production and use, fuel, irrigation, storage, processing energy, frying, refrigeration, packaging, freight, and waste. Every record should retain geography, product, functional unit, boundary, methodology, and crop or production period.
Use the data to identify which stages, suppliers, plants, and regions drive emissions per usable output. Pair emissions with yield, storage loss, processing recovery, energy mix, and freight so environmental intensity is interpreted alongside the economics and physical performance of the potato supply chain.
Data Module
Potato Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ObjectGHG emissions for a defined potato pathway
SourcesField inputs, energy, storage, processing, freight, waste
DimensionsRegion, crop, supplier, plant, product
Functional unitPer usable or saleable output
Commercial useHotspot and sourcing analysis
WatchpointBoundary and recovery assumptions drive comparability
Analysis
Why this matters
Emissions matter because a low field value can be offset by poor yield, storage loss, or inefficient processing. The denominator—saleable output—often changes the commercial ranking of suppliers or regions.
Methodology can also create apparent divergence. Buyers should separate real operating differences from boundary, allocation, and emissions-factor choices before using the data in sourcing or investment decisions.
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 processors, growers, procurement teams, lenders, and sustainability analysts that need to understand potato greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions can arise from fertilizer production and field use, fuel, irrigation, storage, refrigeration, processing energy, frying oil, packaging, transport, waste, and land-use assumptions depending on the system boundary. MassGain helps users preserve those definitions and connect emissions estimates with actual potato regions, crop years, product formats, and operating systems.
The same nominal emissions figure can carry different commercial meaning. High yield and strong processing recovery may lower emissions per finished unit, while storage loss or poor quality can increase both cost and footprint. Regional electricity mix, fertilizer intensity, irrigation, freight distance, and plant efficiency also shape the result. MassGain organizes source, methodology, functional unit, uncertainty, and supplier attributes, then links the data with physical-market prices, crop conditions, quality, recovery, and capacity. Procurement can compare suppliers more consistently, processors can identify high-impact stages that also drive cost, and lenders can evaluate transition investments and concentration risk. MassGain does not certify emissions inventories or calculate regulatory compliance. It supplies a transparent market-intelligence framework that makes greenhouse-gas data usable in sourcing, plant planning, supplier engagement, and scenario analysis.
Use Case
A dehydrated-potato processor sees most reported emissions coming from drying energy, while a supplier claims field emissions are the primary issue. MassGain aligns both datasets to the same finished-product unit and boundary. The company prioritizes plant-energy improvements and targeted fertilizer work rather than imposing a generic reduction requirement across every grower.
FAQs
Where do potato greenhouse gas emissions arise?
Farming inputs, fuel, irrigation, storage, processing, refrigeration, packaging, transport, and waste can all contribute.
Why should emissions be measured per usable output?
Yield, quality, storage loss, and processing recovery determine how much environmental burden is carried by each saleable unit.
How does MassGain connect emissions with decisions?
It aligns methodology with region, supplier, crop, plant, product, cost, quality, and operational improvement opportunities.
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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
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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
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