Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Inventory Age Profile
Potato inventory age profile groups stored stock by harvest date, intake period, storage cohort, or remaining shelf life while preserving product, quality, location, and commitments. It helps distributors see which lots should move first, which can support later demand, and where apparent coverage is overstated by aging inventory.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato inventory age profile groups stored inventory by harvest date, intake period, storage cohort, or remaining shelf life. The profile should preserve variety, quality, location, commitments, and intended market because age affects different products in different ways.
Use the data to identify which cohorts should move first, which can support later commitments, and where apparent weeks of coverage are overstated by aging stock. Regional replacement cost and quality risk make the profile commercially actionable.
Data Module
Inventory age context
Cohortharvest or intake period
Productvariety, grade, and package
Conditionquality and remaining shelf life
Commitmentsallocated versus free inventory
Replacementcurrent market and lead time
Decision userotation, valuation, and procurement
Analysis
Why this matters
Inventory age changes optionality. Younger stock can be held for later demand, while older product may need to move even if market prices are rising.
A network with many tonnes but poor age distribution can be less secure than a smaller, fresher position. Coverage should therefore be measured in usable time as well as physical quantity.
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 10, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato prices quiet at $30/cwt as regional harvest damage buzzes beneath the surface
Market indicators are stable, but reporting from Europe and select growing areas shows real, localized crop stress — a reminder that steady headline prices can mask uneven physical risk.
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 distributors, wholesalers, storage operators, processors, and lenders that need to understand the age distribution of potato inventory. A potato inventory age profile groups stored product by harvest date, intake period, storage cohort, or remaining shelf life. MassGain helps users connect those cohorts with regional prices, storage quality, expected shrink, replacement availability, and customer or plant demand.
Age matters because the economic value of potatoes changes over time. Older lots may face higher sprouting, sugar, bruise, rot, or weight-loss risk, while younger inventory may carry stronger quality but a higher acquisition cost. A warehouse can appear adequately stocked even when most usable product is concentrated in an aging cohort. MassGain helps teams identify which lots should move first, which products can remain in storage, and where replacement supply may be needed. This supports inventory rotation, valuation, sales pricing, storage-release schedules, collateral monitoring, and procurement planning. The result is a time-sensitive view of inventory that treats tonnes of different ages as distinct commercial assets rather than one undifferentiated stock number.
Use Case
A distributor has eight weeks of potato inventory, but MassGain reveals that five weeks sit in an older cohort with declining shelf life. The team accelerates sales of that stock to high-turn customers, preserves newer inventory for longer commitments, and secures replacement volume before the aging cohort creates a false sense of coverage.
FAQs
What is a potato inventory age profile?
It groups inventory by harvest, intake, storage duration, or remaining shelf life to show how old the stock is.
Why does inventory age affect value?
Quality, shrink, sprouting, sugar, defects, and remaining marketability can change as storage time increases.
How does MassGain make age profiles actionable?
It connects each cohort with prices, quality risk, replacement supply, demand, and storage-release timing.
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Data and Methodology
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