Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Planted Area by Variety
Potato planted area by variety measures acreage committed to specific potato genetics across regions and crop years. MassGain connects varietal area with seed availability, yield, quality, storage, processor demand, and contracts so users can identify future specification-level supply changes.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato Planted Area by Variety measures acreage committed to specific potato genetics across regions and crop years. Variety detail matters because fries, chips, starch, flakes, fresh markets, and seed programs require different tuber shape, solids, sugars, storage behavior, and processing traits.
Use the data with seed availability, yield history, regional contracts, processor demand, and customer approvals. Stable total acreage can still conceal declining supply of a critical variety, so substitution should be evaluated before harvest rather than assumed.
Data Module
Potato Variety Area Monitor
Varietyplanted genetics
Regionproduction basin
Areaacreage or hectares
End usefry, chip, fresh, starch, seed
Contextseed, yield, contracts, demand
Decision usevarietal supply planning
Analysis
Why this matters
Acreage is not interchangeable across varieties. Expansion in a high-yield table variety may do nothing for a long-fry program, while a compatible substitute may require plant or customer qualification. The commercial signal is acreage in varieties that can actually serve the application.
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 processors, variety managers, procurement teams, seed planners, and product developers that need to know which potato varieties are gaining or losing planted area. Variety-level acreage matters because fries, chips, starch, flakes, fresh markets, and seed programs require different agronomic and processing traits. MassGain organizes planted area by variety, region, crop year, reporting source, and intended use and connects it with seed availability, historical yield, quality, storage behavior, processor demand, and contract pricing.
Total potato acreage can remain stable while supply of a critical variety declines. That change may affect tuber length, solids, sugar profile, recovery, customer specification, or the ability to substitute another crop. MassGain helps processors identify concentration before harvest, compare compatible alternatives, and evaluate whether new variety acres are commercially relevant to their plants. Growers and seed teams can see where demand is developing, while procurement can adjust contract allocations or initiate production trials early. The result is a variety-specific supply signal that translates planting choices into likely quality, capacity, and raw-material consequences.
Use Case
A fry processor expects adequate total acreage, but MassGain shows acreage for its preferred long-tuber variety has declined while a compatible alternative has expanded. The company accelerates production trials, reserves the preferred variety for premium long cuts, and shifts flexible contracts toward the substitute before the crop is harvested.
FAQs
Why track potato planted area by variety?
Different varieties supply different products and have distinct yield, quality, storage, and processing characteristics.
Can higher total acreage offset a varietal decline?
Not always, because alternate varieties may not meet the same plant or customer specifications.
How does MassGain support variety planning?
It connects variety acreage with seed, yield, quality, contracts, processor demand, and substitution options.
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Data and Methodology
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