Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Harvested Production Statistics
Potato harvested production statistics report the quantity of potatoes actually lifted in a defined geography and crop period. MassGain connects gross output with area, yield, quality, storage suitability, contracts, marketability, and prices so processors can estimate commercially usable supply.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato Harvested Production Statistics report the quantity of potatoes actually lifted in a defined geography and crop period. The object should retain region, crop year, physical unit, variety or sector where available, source, and revision.
Use harvested production with quality, size, solids, storage suitability, marketable recovery, contracts, and prices. Gross tonnes are the starting point; processors and buyers need to estimate the portion that is usable for their product and accessible to their market.
Data Module
Potato Harvested Production Monitor
Geographycountry or region
Crop yearharvested season
Volumegross production
Qualitysize, solids, defects
Accessibilitycontracts and storage
Decision useusable supply estimate
Analysis
Why this matters
Harvested tonnes and commercial supply can diverge sharply. A large crop with weak processing quality or poor storage potential may offer less usable coverage than a smaller high-quality crop. The market responds to accessible, specification-compliant production.
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.
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DiseaseHigh
StorageMedium
SupplyMedium
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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
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Core Russet Carton Median
312.45 USD/MT
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+4.75 (+1.55%)
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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
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Signal 03
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Russet Burbank — U.S. Midsize
305 USD/MT
Demonstration reference format
+1.6% WoW · Confidence: High
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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
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for growers, processors, lenders, and analysts that need official or industry statistics on potato output actually harvested. Harvested production combines the area successfully lifted with the yield achieved and provides a stronger measure of realized crop volume than planting intentions alone. MassGain organizes the statistics by geography, crop year, variety or sector where available, unit, source, and revision vintage and links them with quality, storage suitability, marketable recovery, and regional prices.
Total harvested tonnes can still overstate commercially usable supply. The crop may have weaker solids, unfavorable size distribution, defects, or limited storage potential, and much of the suitable output may already be committed. MassGain helps users compare gross production with marketable and processing-usable volumes and identify whether revisions reflect new field evidence or methodology changes. Growers can benchmark crop outcomes, processors can update coverage and intake plans, and lenders can test revenue and collateral assumptions. The result is a production statistic translated into the volume that can realistically enter storage, fulfill contracts, or serve particular potato markets.
Use Case
A processor reviews harvested production above trend, but MassGain shows the increase came with weaker solids and a smaller size profile. The factory raises gross-volume expectations only modestly because usable processing production did not rise as much as total tonnes, and procurement retains quality-adjusted supplemental coverage.
FAQs
What are potato harvested production statistics?
They report the quantity of potatoes actually harvested in a defined geography and crop period.
Why can harvested production exceed usable supply?
Quality, size, variety, defects, storage suitability, location, and commitments can reduce accessible volume.
How does MassGain interpret harvested output?
It connects tonnes with area, yield, quality, marketability, storage, contracts, and regional prices.
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