Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Marketed Production Value
Potato marketed production value is the monetary value of marketable potatoes sold or expected to be sold into commercial channels. MassGain combines usable volume with regional prices and preserves quality, mix, contract status, and crop timing so growers, processors, and lenders can see whether value changed because of production, price, or product mix.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato marketed production value is the monetary value of potato production actually sold or expected to be sold into commercial channels. It combines marketable volume with realized or benchmark prices while preserving region, crop year, product mix, and contract status.
MassGain helps separate changes in marketed value into volume, price, quality, mix, and timing effects so growers, processors, and lenders can understand what is driving revenue.
Data Module
Marketed production value context
Marketable volumecommercially usable production
Price realizationcontract or market benchmark
Product mixgrade, variety, and premium share
Regionlocal market basis
Crop periodharvest and sale timing
Decision userevenue, collateral, and market analysis
Analysis
Why this matters
Higher marketed value does not necessarily mean higher production. Stronger prices or a premium mix can offset lower tonnes, while a large crop can still produce weaker value if quality or price deteriorates.
MassGain helps decompose those effects. That makes revenue assumptions more robust and prevents users from confusing price strength with production growth.
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, lenders, policy analysts, and supply-chain teams that need to understand the monetary value of potato production actually sold into commercial channels. Potato marketed production value combines marketable volume with realized or benchmark prices, while preserving differences in region, variety, grade, contract status, crop year, and timing. MassGain’s potato data suite helps users interpret changes in value by separating production effects from price effects.
A higher marketed value can result from more usable tonnes, stronger prices, a shift toward premium specifications, or different timing of sales. Conversely, total harvested production may rise while marketed value falls because quality, pack-out, contract terms, or market prices weakened. MassGain helps teams compare volume and value side by side, identify the markets driving the change, and avoid treating revenue movement as proof of either stronger yield or stronger pricing alone.
Growers can use the analysis for marketing reviews, processors for supplier and regional planning, and lenders for revenue and collateral scenarios. MassGain does not replace farm accounts or official statistics. It provides a structured market framework that connects marketed volume, price, and crop conditions so changes in production value are more transparent and decision-ready.
Use Case
A lender reviews a grower whose marketed potato value increased despite lower harvested tonnes. MassGain separates the effect of stronger regional prices, a larger share of premium contract volume, and reduced marketable yield. The analysis shows revenue is currently supported by price and mix rather than production growth. The lender preserves the base revenue assumption but adds a downside scenario for price normalization and asks for updated quality and contract coverage.
FAQs
What is potato marketed production value?
It is the value of marketable potatoes sold or expected to be sold, based on commercial volume and applicable prices.
Why can marketed value rise when production falls?
Higher prices, premium product mix, stronger contract terms, or favorable sale timing can offset lower volume.
How does MassGain explain value changes?
It separates volume, price, region, product mix, crop period, and market-channel effects.
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Data and Methodology
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