Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Marketable Production
Potato marketable production is the share of harvested output that meets the quality, grade, size, condition, and end-use specifications required for commercial sale or processing. MassGain combines production estimates with recovery, storage, and regional market evidence so users can see when usable supply diverges from headline crop tonnes.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato marketable production is the portion of harvested output that meets the quality, grade, size, condition, and end-use specifications required for commercial sale or processing. It is narrower than total production and can vary materially by region and market channel.
MassGain combines production estimates with quality, recovery, storage, and price context so users can see when usable supply diverges from headline tonnes.
Data Module
Marketable production context
Harvested volumetotal crop produced
Qualitydefects and condition
Size and gradecommercial specification fit
Processing traitssolids and recovery where relevant
Storage suitabilityvolume able to carry forward
Decision usesupply, intake, and revenue planning
Analysis
Why this matters
Stable total production can conceal a meaningful decline in marketable supply when defects, low solids, poor size distribution, or storage problems reduce the usable share.
MassGain helps make that conversion explicit. The analytical question is how much crop can actually serve each market, not simply how many tonnes were harvested.
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 is for growers, processors, packers, storage operators, and supply-chain analysts that need to understand how much harvested potato volume is suitable for commercial sale or use. Potato marketable production is narrower than total harvested production because defects, size, grade, disease, damage, storage suitability, and buyer specifications determine whether potatoes can enter a particular market channel. MassGain’s potato data suite helps users compare total output with the portion likely to be usable by region, variety, end use, and crop period.
The distinction is critical for planning. A region may report a normal crop in tonnes while processors face a shortage of high-solids or specification-compliant potatoes. Fresh-market packers may similarly have ample volume but insufficient premium sizes or grades. MassGain helps connect crop reports, quality signals, historical pack-out or recovery, storage conditions, and regional prices so teams can see where marketable supply is tightening before aggregate production figures reveal it.
Growers can use the measure for marketing and storage decisions, processors for intake and coverage planning, and lenders for revenue and collateral analysis. MassGain does not inspect individual lots or certify marketability. It provides an independent framework for translating production into commercially relevant supply.
Use Case
A regional crop estimate shows production near the five-year average, but processor intake tests indicate lower solids and more defects. MassGain combines the production estimate with historical recovery and current quality signals, showing that marketable processing volume is materially below the headline crop. Procurement advances suitable contracted deliveries, operations protects high-recovery inventory for the most sensitive lines, and finance revises plant assumptions without overstating a national shortage.
FAQs
What is potato marketable production?
It is harvested production that meets the quality, grade, size, condition, and commercial requirements for sale or use.
Why can marketable production fall when total production is stable?
Defects, poor size distribution, low solids, disease, damage, or storage limitations can reduce usable output.
How does MassGain estimate marketable supply?
It combines production, quality, historical recovery, storage, specification, and regional market evidence.
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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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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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