Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Price Per Tonne
Potato price per tonne creates a common unit for comparing physical potato values across markets. MassGain preserves the original source unit, currency, grade, product, freight, and delivery basis so a clean conversion does not become a false commercial comparison.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato price-per-tonne data normalizes physical-market observations to a metric-tonne basis while preserving the original unit, currency, product, grade, market stage, and delivery terms. The market object is the matched price observation after unit conversion.
Use the data to compare suppliers, regions, and historical series on a common mass basis, but keep packaging, freight, quality, and market stage separate. Unit normalization removes arithmetic noise; it does not eliminate commercial basis.
Data Module
Potato Price per Tonne
Market objectnormalized physical price
Primary measurecurrency per metric tonne
Key dimensionsproduct, region, grade, basis
Commercial usecross-source price comparison
Controlsoriginal unit and conversion factor
Compare withfreight, package, quality, delivery
Analysis
Why this matters
A unit conversion can make unlike prices look comparable. Converting a packed wholesale carton into dollars per tonne does not remove the packing, grade, and receiver-market economics embedded in that price.
Commercial interpretation should normalize weight first and commercial basis second. The tonne view is most powerful when the underlying observations already describe similar potatoes.
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 10, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato prices quiet at $30/cwt as regional harvest damage buzzes beneath the surface
Market indicators are stable, but reporting from Europe and select growing areas shows real, localized crop stress — a reminder that steady headline prices can mask uneven physical risk.
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 and market-intelligence teams comparing potato price per tonne across suppliers, regions, contract structures, and market reports. MassGain normalizes source units into a tonne basis while retaining the original unit, product, grade, variety, package, market stage, currency, freight, and delivery terms.
That prevents a simple unit conversion from creating a false comparison. A farmgate price per tonne is not economically identical to a delivered processing quote, and a 50-pound carton market should not be converted and treated as bulk raw-potato value without accounting for packing and grade. Buyers can use the standardized view to compare contracts, spot purchases, and historical series; finance can build consistent budgets; analysts can compare countries and regions. MassGain shows both original and normalized values so every conversion remains auditable.
Use Case
A processor receives one quote in dollars per cwt and another in dollars per short ton while a European benchmark is quoted in euros per tonne. MassGain normalizes mass and currency while preserving freight and market basis, revealing which supplier is actually cheaper on a matched delivered specification.
FAQs
How is potato price per tonne calculated?
MassGain converts the original weight unit to a metric tonne while retaining the source value and conversion basis.
Can carton prices be converted directly to tonnes?
Mathematically yes, but commercially the package, grade, labor, and freight may make the converted value incomparable with bulk potatoes.
Why preserve the original unit?
It keeps the calculation auditable and helps detect unit, currency, and basis errors.
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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
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.
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