Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Planted Area by Region
Potato planted area by region shows where acreage is being established relative to processor and buyer sourcing footprints. MassGain connects regional area with crop year, varieties, end uses, yield history, contracts, weather, storage, and processor demand to estimate future usable supply.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato Planted Area by Region shows where potato acreage is being established relative to processor, packer, and buyer sourcing footprints. The object should retain region, crop year, area unit, reporting vintage, variety or sector where available, and intended market use.
Use regional acreage with yield history, weather, crop progress, contracts, storage, and processor demand to estimate future usable supply. Additional area outside practical hauling distance or in another end-use sector should not be treated as equivalent coverage.
Data Module
Potato Regional Area Monitor
Regiongrowing basin
Areaplanted acreage or hectares
Crop yearproduction season
Mixvariety and end use
Contextyield, contracts, crop progress
Decision useregional supply planning
Analysis
Why this matters
National acreage can rise while a processor's local raw-material base contracts. Geography, variety, contracts, and freight determine whether the added hectares can serve the exposed plant. Regional area is therefore more useful when mapped to actual sourcing basins.
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 food processors, procurement teams, and plant planners that need to monitor where potato acreage is being planted relative to their sourcing footprint. Planted area by region is an early indicator of future production, but its value depends on whether the acreage lies within practical hauling distance, grows suitable varieties, serves the relevant end-use sector, and is supported by the storage and grower network required by the plant. MassGain organizes regional area alongside crop year, reporting vintage, contracts, yield history, weather, and processor demand.
A national acreage increase can create false confidence when the additional area sits outside the basins supplying a company’s facilities or is committed to fresh, seed, or another processor. MassGain maps planted area to plants and market channels and compares current changes with historical production and price relationships. Procurement can identify where contracting pressure may increase, operations can update expected intake, and finance can avoid applying national supply assumptions to every facility. The result is a geographic acreage view that shows which new acres are likely to become usable raw material and which remain commercially distant or structurally unavailable.
Use Case
A multi-plant processor sees national planted area rise 4%. MassGain maps the gain by region and shows almost all new acreage lies outside the basins serving its plants and is intended for fresh markets. Procurement does not reduce contract coverage and instead pursues additional local grower acres around the facilities that remain exposed.
FAQs
What does potato planted area by region show?
It shows where potato acreage has been planted across defined production areas.
Why can distant acreage be irrelevant to a processor?
Freight, variety, contracts, storage, plant suitability, and competing demand may prevent practical use.
How does MassGain connect acreage to plants?
It maps regions, varieties, end uses, yield history, contracts, and transport relationships to the sourcing footprint.
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Data and Methodology
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