Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Packaging Included Price
Potato packaging included price combines the potato value with stated bags, cartons, labels, packing labor, palletization, or related pack costs. Normalize the exact package and separate raw-potato movement from materials and conversion so bids and supplier increases are compared like for like.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato packaging-included-price data combines the potato value with the stated cost of bags, cartons, totes, labels, packing labor, palletization, or other pack components. The market object is a packaged potato offer defined by net weight, grade, size, format, region, and delivery basis.
Use the data to normalize bids across package formats and separate movement in the underlying potato market from packaging and packing-cost changes. Pair the packaged quote with regional raw-potato benchmarks, pack-out yield, materials, labor, pallet utilization, freight, and customer channel.
Data Module
Potato Packaging-Included Price
Market objectpackaged potato offer
Primary measurecommodity plus pack cost
Key dimensionspackage, net weight, grade, region
Commercial usetender and price normalization
Cost layersmaterials, labor, palletization
Compare withraw benchmark, pack-out, freight
Analysis
Why this matters
Package formats do not share the same cost structure. A small retail bag can have very different material and labor exposure from a foodservice carton or bulk tote even when the potatoes inside come from the same market.
Commercial interpretation should decompose the packaged price. Applying one percentage increase across all formats can overstate or understate the change when potato and packaging signals move differently.
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
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Overview
Who is this for?
This is for procurement and market-intelligence teams that need to evaluate potato prices quoted with packaging included. A packaging-included price combines the potato value with bags, cartons, totes, labels, packing labor, palletization, and other stated pack costs. MassGain helps users identify what is embedded, normalize the package configuration, and separate crop movement from packaging inflation.
The distinction matters because package formats have different economics. A five-pound retail bag, fifty-pound foodservice carton, bulk tote, and consumer-ready specialty pack cannot be compared by headline unit price alone. Net weight, grade, size, pack-out yield, materials, labor, pallet count, and freight all affect the finished value. MassGain links the packaged quote with the appropriate regional potato benchmark and historical package premium, then lets buyers add destination logistics and shrink.
The analysis supports bids, supplier negotiations, customer escalators, and product-mix decisions. It can reveal when a supplier applies a package increase to products whose materials did not change or when the commodity component is counted twice. MassGain does not estimate proprietary packing margins. It provides the transparent market and package framework needed to compare like with like and determine which part of a price change is supported.
Use Case
A wholesaler receives the same percentage increase for five-pound bags and fifty-pound cartons. MassGain shows the potato market rose modestly, while only small retail bags experienced material film and packing inflation. Procurement accepts a larger adjustment on the retail line and negotiates the carton increase down.
FAQs
What can a packaging-included potato price contain?
It can include potatoes, bags or cartons, labels, packing labor, palletization, and other stated conversion costs.
Why should package formats be separated?
Materials, net weight, labor, pack-out, channel, and pallet economics differ by format.
How does MassGain isolate the drivers?
It matches the regional potato benchmark and tracks the historical premium for the exact package configuration.
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Data and Methodology
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