Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Products Production Statistics
Potato products production statistics organize output across frozen, dehydrated, starch, chip, preserved, prepared, and other categories. MassGain keeps product, geography, unit, period, source, and revisions explicit and connects the figures with raw-potato supply, capacity, trade, prices, and demand.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato Products Production Statistics organize processed potato output across frozen, dehydrated, starch, chip, preserved, prepared, and other categories. The object should retain product definition, geography, period, physical unit, reporting source, and revision status.
Use the statistics to examine market size, capacity use, and product mix alongside processing-potato supply, plant capacity, trade, prices, and downstream demand. Separate output value from physical volume and avoid combining products with very different raw-material requirements.
Data Module
Potato Product Production Monitor
Productdefined processed category
Geographycountry or region
Measurephysical volume and value
Periodreporting interval
Contextcapacity, trade, and potato supply
Decision usemarket and capacity analysis
Analysis
Why this matters
Growth in production value does not prove physical expansion, and growth in one specialty category may have little bearing on core fries or starch. The useful market signal comes from product-specific volume and the capacity and raw potatoes needed to sustain it.
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 market researchers, processors, investors, lenders, and policy analysts that need potato-products production statistics across regions and product categories. MassGain organizes output data for frozen, dehydrated, starch, chip, preserved, prepared, and other processed potato products while preserving country, product code, unit, reporting period, source, and revision status.
Production statistics help users examine market size, capacity use, product mix, and regional competitiveness, but headline totals can hide significant differences. Higher production value may reflect inflation rather than additional volume, while growth in one specialty category may have limited effect on core fry or starch supply. MassGain connects reported output with processing-potato availability, plant capacity, trade, prices, and downstream demand. Processors can benchmark production trends, strategic teams can evaluate entry or expansion, and lenders can assess whether borrower forecasts align with sector conditions. The result is a structured statistical view that translates official or industry output numbers into a clearer understanding of physical production, product mix, and the agricultural resources required to sustain them.
Use Case
A lender reviews a processor forecasting double-digit industry growth. MassGain separates production statistics by product and volume, showing most recent growth comes from higher-value specialty frozen products rather than broad physical expansion. The lender uses a more conservative base-demand assumption for the borrower’s standard fry business.
FAQs
What do potato-products production statistics measure?
They measure defined processed-potato output by product, geography, period, unit, and reporting source.
Why separate value and volume?
Prices, currency, and product mix can raise production value without equivalent physical output growth.
How does MassGain make production statistics useful?
It connects output with product definitions, potato supply, capacity, prices, trade, demand, and revision history.
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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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