Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Pulp Prices
Potato pulp prices reflect dry matter, residual nutrients, preservation, perishability, plant output, local demand, and transport radius. MassGain normalizes wet and dry-matter values and compares feed, biogas, drying, and disposal economics so buyers and processors can evaluate the local coproduct market consistently.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato-pulp-price data covers moist processing pulp by dry matter, residual starch and fiber, digestibility, preservation, plant, volume, season, buyer, and pickup or delivered basis. The market object is the local coproduct stream and its usable feed or energy value.
Use the data to compare wet and dry-matter economics across livestock feed, biogas, drying, storage, and disposal options. Connect pulp value with starch-plant utilization, feed markets, forage availability, energy prices, freight, and spoilage risk.
Data Module
Potato Pulp Prices
Market objectmoist potato-processing pulp
Primary measurenet value by wet or dry matter
Key dimensionscomposition, plant, buyer, season
Commercial usefeed and coproduct valuation
Cost contextpreservation, freight, spoilage
Compare withfeed and energy alternatives
Analysis
Why this matters
A low wet-tonne pulp price can be expensive to the buyer when moisture is high and transport is long. Conversely, a processor may prefer a lower headline buyer price that removes material reliably.
Commercial interpretation should compare delivered dry-matter or nutrient value and processor netback simultaneously. Location and perishability make pulp an intensely regional market.
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 processors, feed buyers, biogas operators, sustainability teams, and market analysts that need comparable potato pulp prices. Potato pulp is typically a moist coproduct of starch or other processing, and its value depends on dry matter, residual starch and fiber, digestibility, contamination, preservation, season, transport radius, and the economics of alternative feed or energy uses.
MassGain standardizes prices on wet and dry-matter bases and records plant, composition, volume, pickup or delivered terms, storage method, and buyer. It connects pulp value with starch-plant utilization, feed-grain markets, forage availability, energy prices, freight, and disposal alternatives. Processors can forecast coproduct credits and identify buyer concentration. Livestock users can compare cost per unit of usable nutrient. Biogas operators can assess energy value. Finance can distinguish market movement from changes in moisture or route cost.
MassGain does not certify feed value, safety, or suitability. It provides a transparent benchmark and netback framework that makes composition and logistics explicit, helping users compare transactions fairly and determine whether pulp should be sold, stored, dried, digested, or disposed of under current local economics.
Use Case
A dairy buyer sees potato pulp offered at a lower price per wet tonne than alternative feed. MassGain adjusts for moisture, nutrient value, spoilage risk, and freight. The delivered dry-matter cost is higher, so the buyer uses pulp only from a closer starch plant.
FAQs
What drives potato pulp prices?
Dry matter, residual nutrients, preservation, plant output, feed demand, energy use, freight, and disposal alternatives drive them.
Why compare on a dry-matter basis?
Wet tonnes can contain very different amounts of usable material and transport water at significant cost.
How does MassGain compare end uses?
It calculates net value for feed, energy, drying, storage, and disposal using matched composition and logistics.
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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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