Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Price Survey Sample Coverage
Potato price survey sample coverage shows how much of the target physical market is represented by eligible observations. MassGain measures transaction, volume, value, contributor, region, grade, and delivery coverage and highlights concentration or missing segments before a benchmark is treated as representative.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato price-survey-sample-coverage data measures how much of the defined target market is represented by eligible transactions, contributors, volume, value, regions, products, grades, and delivery periods. The market object is the survey's breadth and concentration.
Use the data to identify missing segments, dominant contributors, unstable current-panel participation, and whether the evidence is broad enough for publication or contract use.
Data Module
Potato Price Survey Sample Coverage
Market objectrepresented share of target market
Primary measuresvolume, contributor, sector coverage
Key dimensionsregion, product, grade, period
Commercial usebenchmark confidence assessment
Coverage risksconcentration and missing segments
Compare withtarget population and balanced panel
Analysis
Why this matters
A survey can contain many observations and still be unrepresentative when most volume comes from one buyer or one product. Count and coverage are different.
Commercial interpretation should show both breadth and concentration and qualify benchmark use where important regions or delivery segments are missing.
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 analysts and market researchers evaluating potato price survey sample coverage before treating a benchmark as representative. MassGain measures participating buyers and sellers, eligible transactions, volume, value, regions, products, grades, delivery periods, and market segments against a defined target population.
It shows both breadth and concentration: a survey may contain many observations but still depend heavily on one processor, one region, or one product. Researchers can compare weekly coverage, identify gaps, determine whether a price move is broad or sample-driven, and set thresholds for publication, qualification, or withholding.
The suite also distinguishes stable balanced-panel coverage from changing current-period participation and preserves response and exclusion reasons. MassGain does not claim complete market visibility or invent missing observations. It provides a transparent coverage scorecard that helps users assign confidence, communicate limitations, and avoid applying a narrow potato benchmark to markets it does not actually represent.
Use Case
A weekly price survey contains twenty trades, but MassGain shows 72% of volume comes from one buyer and no transactions represent late-season storage stock. The publisher releases the benchmark with a concentration warning and does not use it for that missing delivery segment.
FAQs
What is price survey sample coverage?
It is the share and diversity of the target market represented by eligible survey observations.
Why is transaction count insufficient?
Many small or related trades can still leave the sample concentrated and unrepresentative.
How does MassGain report gaps?
It shows missing regions, products, grades, periods, participant types, and concentration alongside the benchmark.
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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.