Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Market Supplies Available
Potato market supplies available identifies potatoes that are commercially obtainable under defined product, volume, location, quality, and delivery conditions. Use it to screen spot and contingency options while separating accessible supply from crop tonnes that are committed, unsuitable, or too distant.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato market-supplies-available data identifies potatoes that are commercially obtainable under defined origin, variety, grade, end-use, volume, storage, seller, and delivery conditions. The market object is accessible supply rather than total crop production or physical inventory.
Use the data to screen spot and contingency options, compare regions, and determine whether available tonnes can meet the buyer's specification and timing. Pair offers and availability reports with crop progress, storage condition, regional prices, shipments, and known commitments.
Data Module
Potato Market Supplies Available
Market objectcommercially accessible potato lot
Primary measuresvolume, specification, timing
Key dimensionsorigin, variety, grade, storage
Commercial usespot and contingency sourcing
Exclusionscommitted, unsuitable, inaccessible supply
Compare withprices, crop, shipments, demand
Analysis
Why this matters
Production and availability are different market objects. Potatoes can exist in storage yet be committed, out of specification, too distant, or unavailable within the required delivery window.
Commercial interpretation should focus on executable supply for the buyer's exact use. Local scarcity can therefore coexist with comfortable regional or national crop totals.
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 that need a current view of potato market supplies available for purchase, transfer, or contract coverage. Availability is more specific than production. Potatoes may exist in the system but be committed, out of specification, poorly located, held in storage, or unavailable within the required delivery window. MassGain helps users distinguish theoretical supply from commercially accessible tonnes.
The suite organizes available supply by origin, variety, grade, end use, crop period, storage status, seller type, volume, and timing. It places those observations beside regional prices, crop progress, shipment activity, quality signals, and known demand. Procurement can see whether an apparent surplus is suitable for the plant and whether it can arrive before inventory reaches a critical level. Market-intelligence teams can compare today’s offers with historical seasonal availability and identify when a shortage is local rather than marketwide.
This supports spot buying, contingency sourcing, supplier negotiations, and inventory planning. MassGain does not guarantee that every reported lot remains unsold or meets a buyer’s specification. It provides a disciplined availability picture, with source and date context, so teams can prioritize verification and avoid treating broad production estimates as executable supply.
Use Case
A chip processor loses part of a contracted storage lot and needs replacement potatoes within ten days. MassGain filters available supply by chip variety, sugar profile, origin, volume, and delivery timing. Procurement finds two viable lots, compares delivered cost and inspection risk, and secures the better fit before the regional shortage becomes widely reflected in offers.
FAQs
What does available potato supply mean?
It means potatoes that may be commercially obtainable under defined product, volume, location, and timing conditions.
Why can production exceed available supply?
Commitments, quality, storage, geography, specifications, and delivery constraints can remove tonnes from the practical market.
How does MassGain qualify availability?
It combines dated source observations with product details, location, prices, crop conditions, shipments, and buyer requirements.
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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
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.
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