Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Market Offerings Report
A potato market offerings report shows the supply genuinely available for negotiation by product, quality, region, volume, price basis, delivery window, and seller commitment. MassGain removes stale or duplicate listings, normalizes delivered terms, and separates actionable supply from conditional or merely visible inventory.
Market Data
How to read this market
A potato market-offerings-report dataset records seller offers and indications by region, supplier, product form, variety, grade, size, quality, volume, location, delivery window, price basis, freight, payment terms, validity, and commitment level. The market object is the supply genuinely available for negotiation under a defined specification and period.
Use the data to remove duplicate or stale listings, separate firm offers from targets and indications, normalize delivered terms, and identify whether qualified market depth depends on one seller or storage cohort. Compare offerings with recent transactions, stocks, crop condition, buyer activity, and freight.
Data Module
Potato Market Offerings Report
Market objectactionable seller offering
Primary fieldsproduct, volume, price basis, timing
Key dimensionsseller, region, quality, delivery
Commercial usesourcing and market-depth analysis
Confidencefirm offer versus indication
Compare withtransactions, stocks, freight, demand
Analysis
Why this matters
Reported offer volume can substantially overstate market depth when the same lot is listed through several channels, remains conditional, or fails the buyer's quality specification. Headline tonnes and actionable tonnes are different objects.
Commercial interpretation should focus on specification-matched, released supply and seller concentration. A market with many listings can still be fragile if qualified volume is controlled by one operator.
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 and market-intelligence teams using a potato market offerings report to understand what supply is genuinely available for purchase. MassGain organizes seller offers by region, supplier, product form, variety, grade, size, quality, volume, delivery window, price basis, freight, payment terms, validity, and confidence.
It separates firm offers from indications, target prices, repeated listings, contracted inventory, and volume that is physically present but not commercially released. Buyers can see where active supply is concentrated, compare offerings on a delivered and specification-matched basis, and identify whether apparent market depth depends on one seller, one storage cohort, or a narrow quality tier. Suppliers can benchmark positioning without disclosing unauthorized information, and analysts can track how available volume and asking terms evolve.
The suite links offerings with regional stocks, crop condition, shipments, buyer activity, and recent transactions. MassGain does not operate a trading venue or guarantee that listed supply remains available. It provides a transparent current-market evidence layer that helps users distinguish actionable offerings from market chatter and assess where negotiation and replacement options actually exist.
Use Case
A processor needs supplemental russets for late spring and sees several regional offers. MassGain removes duplicate indications, excludes lots that fail the plant’s solids requirement, normalizes freight, and shows that most qualified volume is controlled by one storage operator. Procurement secures a first tranche and keeps alternate origins active.
FAQs
What is included in a market offerings report?
Seller, product, specification, volume, location, price basis, terms, timing, validity, and confidence are included.
How are firm offers separated from indications?
MassGain records commitment level, expiration, evidence, seller authority, and whether volume is actually released.
Can reported volume overstate market depth?
Yes. Duplicate listings, conditional supply, poor quality, or one concentrated seller can make the market look deeper than it is.
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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.