Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Market Activity Report
A potato market activity report measures the depth and quality of physical-market evidence through trades, bids, offers, shipments, demand, participation, price dispersion, and freshness. MassGain helps procurement and analysts judge whether a quoted level is supported by active representative trading or is better treated as a low-confidence range.
Market Data
How to read this market
A potato market activity report measures the depth and quality of current physical-market evidence, including bids, offers, transactions, shipments, demand, supply availability, participation, and price dispersion.
Use the report to judge how much confidence to place in a quoted market level. An unchanged benchmark supported by frequent trades is different from a stale quote in a market with little participation.
Data Module
Market activity context
Transactionscompleted physical trades
Bids and offerscurrent executable interest
Participationnumber and breadth of market actors
Dispersionrange of observed values
Freshnessrecency of market evidence
Decision usebenchmark confidence and timing
Analysis
Why this matters
Market activity affects the meaning of price. A stable value in a liquid market suggests genuine equilibrium, while the same unchanged price in a dormant market may simply be stale.
The analytical focus should therefore combine price level with evidence quality. Wide dispersion or few observations increases uncertainty and can justify using a range rather than a point benchmark. Procurement should be especially cautious when a supplier cites a thin market as proof of a broad price change.
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 procurement leaders, processors, merchants, distributors, and analysts who need a recurring potato market activity report. The report combines bids, offers, transactions, shipments, demand, supply availability, price ranges, and participant behavior to show whether a defined physical market is active, quiet, tightening, or becoming less representative.
Activity matters because the same published price can carry different levels of confidence. A stable value supported by many transactions is different from an unchanged quote in a market with little trading. MassGain helps users assess observation count, market breadth, volume where available, regional participation, price dispersion, and the balance between buyers and sellers. It also connects activity with crop transitions, storage, processor demand, and freight so users can understand why liquidity is changing. Procurement can decide whether to act on a quote, analysts can qualify benchmark confidence, and risk teams can identify stale-price or thin-market exposure. The result is a market report that explains not only the level of price, but the quality and depth of the evidence supporting it.
Use Case
A buyer receives an increase based on an unchanged regional benchmark. MassGain’s activity report shows the series has only one recent offer and no confirmed transactions, while a neighboring market remains active and stable. Procurement treats the reference as low confidence and requests additional evidence before accepting the adjustment.
FAQs
What does a potato market activity report show?
It shows trading, offers, demand, shipments, participation, price dispersion, and market depth for a defined market.
Why does market activity affect benchmark confidence?
More representative and diverse evidence generally supports a stronger conclusion than one thin or stale observation.
How does MassGain identify thin markets?
It reviews observation frequency, participants, volume, dispersion, freshness, and related physical-market evidence.
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Data and Methodology
Professional market-data standards
MassGain is building transparent public market infrastructure. Each live metric will identify its date, unit, coverage, methodology, and source basis.
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.
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
Public display does not grant rights to reproduce, redistribute, republish, or incorporate MassGain indices or references into commercial products or contracts without authorization.