Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Prevented Planting Coverage
Potato prevented planting coverage analysis connects fields that may not be planted with the physical potato supply those acres were expected to produce. MassGain links acreage, weather, seed, contracts, delivery periods, and replacement regions so processors can separate insurance recovery from missing raw material.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato prevented-planting-coverage data links insured acreage that cannot be planted under applicable policy rules with intended crop plans, varieties, seed commitments, processor contracts, and replacement needs.
Use the data to separate potential financial recovery from the physical supply gap created when contracted acres are not established and update production and sourcing scenarios as planting conditions evolve.
Data Module
Potato Prevented Planting Coverage
Market objectunplanted insured acreage exposure
Primary measuresaffected acres and protected value
Key dimensionsfield, variety, planting window, contract
Commercial useprocessor supply-risk planning
Risk contextweather and policy eligibility
Compare withreplacement acreage and contract tonnes
Analysis
Why this matters
Prevented-planting protection can support grower finances while doing nothing to replace the tonnes a processor expected from those acres. Financial recovery and physical supply resilience can therefore diverge sharply.
Commercial interpretation should model both outcomes separately and identify the delivery periods and varieties where replacement coverage is required.
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, growers, lenders, and risk managers that need to understand prevented-planting exposure in potato supply. Prevented planting can apply when insured acreage cannot be planted by the required date because of an eligible cause under the applicable policy. For processors, the commercial issue is not only the grower’s financial recovery; it is whether contracted acreage, variety plans, and future raw-potato volume will still exist.
MassGain connects affected fields, intended acreage, seed commitments, contract tonnes, planting windows, weather, alternate land, and insurance status. Procurement can identify which plant and delivery periods are exposed. Growers can separate acres likely to be planted late from acres likely to remain unplanted. Finance can model replacement cost and contract shortfall. Risk teams can compare regional concentration and alternate origins.
MassGain does not determine eligibility, payment, or policy compliance. It provides a transparent planning layer that distinguishes insurance protection from physical supply and helps teams revise acreage, production, and sourcing scenarios as planting conditions develop.
Use Case
Persistent spring flooding prevents a processor’s growers from planting part of their contracted acreage. MassGain maps the affected varieties and expected delivery months, estimates the physical gap separately from insurance recovery, and helps procurement secure replacement acreage in another basin before competition intensifies.
FAQs
What is prevented-planting coverage?
It may provide protection when eligible acreage cannot be planted by the required date because of a covered cause.
Does a prevented-planting payment replace potatoes?
No. Financial recovery does not supply the processor with the missing contracted crop.
How does MassGain support processor planning?
It links affected acres with varieties, contracts, delivery periods, replacement regions, and price scenarios.
Put this market intelligence to work
Get historical data, regional detail, benchmarks, alerts, exports, and API access tailored to your procurement
and market-analysis needs.
Data and Methodology
Professional market-data standards
MassGain is building transparent public market infrastructure. Each live metric will identify its date, unit, coverage, methodology, and source basis.
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
MassGain figures are informational reference values and do not constitute executable bids, offers, settlements, or guarantees that a transaction can occur at the displayed value.
No individualized advice
Content and data are provided for informational and analytical purposes and do not constitute financial, investment, legal, trading, or individualized procurement advice.
Independent publication
Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
Commercial use and licensing
Public display does not grant rights to reproduce, redistribute, republish, or incorporate MassGain indices or references into commercial products or contracts without authorization.