Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Price by Origin
Potato price by origin compares matched values across producing regions or shipping points. MassGain keeps product and commercial basis consistent and adds production, stocks, quality, storage, freight, transit risk, and destination fit so procurement can compare origins on usable delivered cost rather than field or FOB price alone.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato price by origin compares matched potato values across producing regions or shipping points. The object should keep variety, grade, size, package, crop period, market channel, and commercial basis consistent so local crop conditions are not confused with product or freight differences.
Use origin prices with production, stocks, quality, storage, regional demand, and lane economics. Add freight, transit loss, lead time, and specification fit before deciding which origin offers the lowest usable delivered cost to a plant, warehouse, or customer.
Data Module
Potato Origin Price Monitor
Originproducing region or shipping point
Productvariety, grade, size, and pack
Periodcrop and delivery window
Basisfield, FOB, or shipping-point price
Contextsupply, quality, storage, freight
Decision usedelivered-origin comparison
Analysis
Why this matters
The lowest origin quote is not automatically the cheapest supply. A distant surplus can carry higher freight, longer transit, weaker shelf life, or lower processing recovery. Origin analysis is most useful when it separates the physical potato value from the cost and risk of moving that potato to the actual buyer.
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, market analysts, processors, distributors, and finance users comparing potato prices across producing origins. Origin-level pricing helps explain whether a quote reflects local crop conditions, variety mix, grade, storage position, packing basis, or freight geography rather than a broad national move. MassGain organizes prices by producing region, shipping point, product specification, crop period, and commercial basis so users can compare like with like.
The origin view matters because the cheapest field or shipping-point quote may not produce the lowest delivered cost. Freight, transit loss, quality, lead time, and practical access can erase an apparent discount. MassGain connects origin prices with production, stocks, crop quality, regional demand, and lane economics. Procurement can test supplier claims, distributors can allocate volume by branch, and processors can identify whether alternate origins can meet plant specifications. The result is a traceable benchmark that separates the physical potato market at origin from the logistics and commercial costs added later.
Use Case
A processor receives offers from Idaho, Colorado, and Washington. MassGain normalizes variety, grade, crop period, and shipping basis, then adds freight and expected recovery. Idaho is cheapest at origin, but Washington produces the lowest usable delivered cost for one plant, so procurement splits the award by destination.
FAQs
What does potato price by origin show?
It compares matched potato values across producing regions or shipping points.
Why can the lowest origin price be misleading?
Freight, quality, transit loss, timing, and product suitability can outweigh the field or FOB discount.
How does MassGain compare origins?
It aligns product, grade, variety, crop period, shipping basis, availability, and delivered economics.
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Data and Methodology
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MassGain uses public, licensed, contributed, and independently derived physical-market information. Source availability and publication schedules vary.
Timing and revisions
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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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