Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Precision Agriculture Data
Potato precision agriculture data organizes field-level production history across planting, soil, irrigation, machinery, sensors, imagery, yield, quality, and harvest. Processors and growers can identify which fields and practices drive usable yield or quality and map that detail to supplier, contract, and plant exposure.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato precision-agriculture data includes field boundaries, planting records, soil maps, irrigation, inputs, machinery, sensors, imagery, yield maps, quality tests, and harvest records. The market object is a field-level production history tied to grower, variety, crop year, and commercial destination.
Use the data to identify which fields and practices consistently drive usable yield, solids, size, quality, or storage performance and to map those outcomes into processor and procurement exposure. Preserve source and timing so measurements from different technologies are not blended without context.
Data Module
Potato Precision-Agriculture Data
Market objectfield production record
Primary measurescrop, input, yield, quality
Key dimensionsgrower, field, variety, year
Commercial usesupplier and crop analytics
Granularityfield level
Compare withcontracts, regional benchmarks, plant needs
Analysis
Why this matters
Precision data matters when field detail changes a commercial decision. Regional averages can look healthy while the specific fields producing a critical variety show water, disease, or quality risk.
The analytical challenge is avoiding false precision. Field observations should be aggregated according to actual sourcing exposure and linked to marketable output, not treated as inherently more predictive merely because they are granular.
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 procurement teams, processors, growers, lenders, and analysts that need to integrate precision-agriculture data into potato-market and supply decisions. Precision data can include field boundaries, planting records, seed rate, soil maps, irrigation, machinery, input applications, sensors, imagery, yield maps, quality tests, and harvest records. MassGain helps organize these observations and connect them with contracts, regional benchmarks, crop forecasts, and physical-market exposure.
The value is created when field-level detail improves a commercial decision. Users can identify which fields and varieties consistently deliver higher solids or packout, where water or disease risk is concentrated, and which grower programs are likely to miss volume or quality assumptions. Processors can compare contracted acres with plant requirements; procurement can distinguish broad regional risk from a small number of fields; lenders can assess concentration and operating resilience. MassGain also preserves provenance and timing so data from different technologies is not combined without understanding its meaning.
MassGain does not replace farm-management platforms or agronomy. It provides the external market and portfolio layer that allows detailed production data to inform sourcing, forecasting, supplier development, and risk management. This turns precision agriculture from an isolated operational dataset into a clearer view of future usable potato supply.
Use Case
A processor combines grower field data with MassGain regional benchmarks and crop monitoring. The analysis shows that most downside risk is concentrated in a small group of low-moisture fields growing the variety needed for one product. Procurement targets backup coverage instead of assuming the entire grower network is exposed.
FAQs
What can potato precision-agriculture data include?
Planting, soil, irrigation, inputs, imagery, sensors, machinery, yield, quality, and harvest records.
How does field data help procurement?
It identifies which acres, varieties, and growers drive volume, quality, timing, and concentration risk.
Does MassGain replace farm software?
No. It links farm-level evidence with contracts, regional markets, forecasts, and enterprise exposure.
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Data and Methodology
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Data provenance
MassGain uses public, licensed, contributed, and independently derived physical-market information. Source availability and publication schedules vary.
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.
Not transactional pricing
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Independent publication
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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