Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Inventory
Potato inventory is more than a stock total. MassGain organizes stored supply by region, crop year, use, age, quality, ownership, commitments, drawdown, and time to new crop so buyers and analysts can estimate how much usable replacement supply actually remains.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato inventory data records physical stocks by region, crop year, product purpose, storage type, age, quality, ownership, commitment status, and reporting date. The market object is usable and commercially available inventory, not simply gross stored tonnage.
Use the data to measure supply cover, drawdown, replacement risk, storage exposure, and the bridge to new crop. Compare current stocks with historical ranges, processor demand, shipments, shrink, quality deterioration, and contracted commitments.
Data Module
Potato Inventory Context
Market objectstored physical potato supply
Primary measuresvolume, age, and drawdown
Key dimensionsregion, crop, use, storage, quality
Commercial usesupply-cover and replacement-risk analysis
Availability controlsownership and commitments
Compare withdemand, shipments, losses, new crop
Analysis
Why this matters
Inventory is only valuable if it is usable and available. Gross stocks can look comfortable while a large share is contractually committed, geographically stranded, old, or deteriorating in storage.
Commercial interpretation should therefore focus on accessible quality-adjusted tonnes and the expected drawdown path. The most important question late in the season is whether remaining inventory can bridge demand to new crop without forcing buyers into a thin replacement market.
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 17, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato markets steady; regional harvest trouble is noisy but not systemic
MPI unchanged and uncertainty indices normal. Localised supply hits in Russia and Latvia show up in the news, but U.S. terminal reports and MassGain's physical indicators point to a broadly steady market for now.
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, growers, processors, lenders, and analysts tracking potato inventory as a physical supply and risk variable. Inventory can mean potatoes held in grower or commercial storage, processor-owned raw material, packed finished goods, or reported stocks, and each category has a different commercial meaning.
MassGain organizes inventory by region, crop year, product purpose, storage type, age, quality, ownership, committed versus open status, and reporting date. Users can compare remaining stocks with historical drawdown, processing demand, shipment pace, storage losses, and the time left before new crop. The objective is to understand not just how much inventory exists, but how much usable, available inventory remains for the market.
Use Case
A processor enters late spring with reported stocks above average but rising storage defects. MassGain separates gross inventory from usable and open supply and shows that apparent abundance overstates the tonnes actually available for replacement purchases.
FAQs
What does potato inventory include?
It can include stored raw potatoes, reported stocks, processor-held material, or finished goods depending on the dataset.
Why is inventory quality important?
Stored tonnes can lose usable value through shrink, sprouting, disease, pressure bruise, or other quality deterioration.
How should inventory be interpreted?
Compare quantity with age, quality, ownership, commitments, drawdown, demand, and time to new crop.
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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.
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