Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Order Fill Rate
Potato order fill rate measures how completely requested quantities and specifications are delivered on time. MassGain connects service misses with regional potato availability, quality, crop timing, and alternate supply so distributors can separate genuine market constraints from supplier or planning failures.
Market Data
How to read this market
potato order fill rate measures how completely requested potato orders are fulfilled across the required quantity, specification, and delivery window. The useful market object is service performance by supplier, origin, product, and period, not a single aggregate percentage.
For distributors & wholesalers using this page for pricing / benchmarking, MassGain should be used to match the observation to relevant regional potato markets and the relevant product, timing, and transaction basis. The data becomes decision-ready when it is compared with historical ranges, crop or storage conditions, demand, contracts, freight, and practical alternate supply rather than treated as a universal potato signal.
Data Module
Potato Order Fill Rate context
Service metricfulfilled quantity versus requested quantity
Product scopevariety, grade, package, and specification
Supplier viewfill performance by vendor or plant
Regional contextavailability and alternate-origin conditions
Timinglead time, delivery window, and allocation period
Decision useservice recovery, sourcing, and supplier review
Analysis
Why this matters
Fill rate is a lagging operational metric unless it is connected to the physical market. A low rate can reflect real scarcity, but it can also come from forecasting, quality rejection, freight delay, or supplier execution. The remedies differ, so market availability must be checked before a broad sourcing response.
The commercial interpretation should therefore focus on fit and transmission: which physical condition affects which supplier, plant, customer, or contract, and on what timetable. MassGain should be used to preserve those distinctions, compare related markets, and apply the signal only where the geography, product, timing, and transaction basis actually align.
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 page is for distributors and wholesalers that need to protect customer service by understanding potato order fill rate in the context of market availability. Fill rate measures whether requested products and quantities are supplied as promised, but the underlying causes of failure can differ: supplier allocation, poor forecasting, quality rejection, freight delay, package shortages, or a genuine lack of suitable potatoes. MassGain helps teams connect service performance with regional supply, storage conditions, crop timing, price signals, and supplier exposure.
That context prevents the business from treating every miss as the same operational problem. A falling fill rate during broad market tightening may require earlier orders, alternate origins, or temporary inventory protection. Repeated misses in a balanced market may point instead to supplier execution or internal planning. MassGain supports branch scorecards, supplier reviews, customer-risk analysis, and contingency planning by showing whether service deterioration is consistent with the physical market. Teams can then focus corrective action where it is most likely to improve availability without carrying unnecessary stock or paying unsupported premiums.
Use Case
A wholesaler’s fill rate for large russet cartons falls below target while other potato lines remain stable. MassGain shows that the supplier’s origin has a size-specific shortage, but another approved region can serve two branches competitively. Procurement shifts flexible volume, protects priority customers, and separates a market-driven shortage from the incumbent’s broader service score.
FAQs
What is potato order fill rate?
It is the percentage of customer demand fulfilled in the requested quantity and time window.
Why can fill rate fall during a balanced crop year?
Specific sizes, grades, packages, regions, freight lanes, or suppliers can still become constrained.
How does MassGain support fill-rate improvement?
It shows whether misses align with market tightness and where alternate regions or suppliers may be practical.
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Data and Methodology
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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.
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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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