Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Processor Raw Receiving Scorecard
A potato processor raw receiving scorecard turns intake observations into a consistent supplier and crop-performance view before production begins. Combine quality, timing, solids, size, defects, tare, and expected yield with regional prices and crop conditions to compare usable delivered value.
Market Data
How to read this market
A potato-processor raw-receiving scorecard organizes intake performance across volume, timing, variety, size, dry matter, sugars, color, defects, bruising, rot, tare, temperature, foreign material, rejection, claims, and expected conversion yield. The market object is the received supplier lot benchmarked against its crop region and intended product.
Use the scorecard to compare growers and suppliers on usable delivered value, allocate stronger lots to sensitive lines, and identify recurring controllable problems. Add regional crop, storage, freight, and price context so difficult market conditions are separated from supplier-specific execution.
Data Module
Potato Processor Raw Receiving Scorecard
Market objectsupplier intake performance
Primary measuresquality, timing, usable yield
Key dimensionssupplier, region, plant, crop
Commercial useallocation and supplier review
Quality fieldssolids, size, defects, tare
Compare withregional conditions and conversion cost
Analysis
Why this matters
A receiving scorecard matters because invoice price can understate the cost of poor quality. Higher tare, weaker solids, defects, or delivery misses can consume more plant capacity and reduce finished recovery.
Commercial interpretation should normalize each supplier for the crop conditions it faced. Persistent outperformance during the same regional season is stronger evidence of supplier value than a one-load inspection result.
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, raw-material procurement leaders, plant receiving teams, quality managers, and grower-relations programs that need a potato processor raw receiving scorecard. The scorecard turns intake observations into a consistent view of supplier and crop performance before potatoes enter production. MassGain helps connect receiving data with regional market conditions so teams can distinguish a difficult crop from supplier-specific or plant-specific problems.
A useful scorecard may include delivered volume, on-time arrival, variety, size, dry matter, sugars, fry or chip color, defects, bruising, rot, tare, temperature, foreign material, rejection, claims, and expected processing yield. MassGain compares those measures by supplier, grower, region, storage cohort, plant, and crop period and places them beside benchmark prices, weather, storage risk, freight, and replacement availability. Procurement can rank suppliers on usable delivered value rather than invoice price. Operations can allocate stronger lots to sensitive products. Finance can quantify quality deductions and hidden conversion costs. Grower-relations teams can focus improvement plans on recurring, controllable issues. MassGain does not replace inspection systems, laboratory tests, or contract specifications. It provides the market-aware analytical layer needed to make receiving performance comparable, traceable, and commercially actionable across plants and seasons.
Use Case
A frozen-fry processor reviews receiving performance across eight growers. MassGain shows two growers have similar delivered prices, but one consistently provides higher solids, lower tare, and stronger long-strip recovery. Procurement increases that grower’s allocation and uses the scorecard evidence to create targeted corrective actions for the weaker program.
FAQs
What belongs in a raw receiving scorecard?
Volume, timing, variety, size, solids, sugars, defects, tare, temperature, rejection, claims, and expected yield are common measures.
Why add regional market context?
It helps separate widespread crop conditions from supplier execution and plant receiving differences.
How does MassGain turn scores into value?
It connects intake quality with price, freight, conversion yield, product suitability, and replacement cost.
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Data and Methodology
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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.
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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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