Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Quality Adjusted Landed Cost
Potato quality adjusted landed cost bridges supplier quote to usable economics at the destination. MassGain combines freight, handling, shrink, quality deductions, rejection probability, and plant recovery so buyers can compare origins and suppliers on the cost of material they can actually use.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato quality-adjusted-landed-cost data combines supplier price and logistics with expected shrink, handling, rejection, quality deductions, recovery, and plant performance. The market object is the delivered potato lot translated into usable material or finished output.
Use the data to compare domestic and imported supply, alternate origins, and suppliers on a common usable-cost basis while retaining the original commercial terms and quality assumptions.
Data Module
Potato Quality Adjusted Landed Cost
Market objectdelivered usable potato supply
Primary measurequality-adjusted landed cost
Key dimensionsorigin, supplier, quality, destination
Commercial useorigin and supplier comparison
Cost stackprice, freight, shrink, recovery
Compare withnominal delivered price
Analysis
Why this matters
The lowest delivered price can become the highest usable cost when quality creates more trim, rejection, or raw consumption. Logistics and quality interact rather than add independently.
Commercial interpretation should compare cost per usable tonne or finished unit and show the downside if expected recovery deteriorates.
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 procurement and market-intelligence teams calculating potato quality adjusted landed cost. MassGain starts with the delivered invoice basis and then incorporates freight variability, handling, shrink, quality deductions, rejection probability, expected recovery, line performance, and the amount of usable finished output.
This prevents a low delivered quote from appearing attractive when the potatoes require more raw tonnes, create higher trim, or fail important customer specifications. Users can compare domestic and imported supply, alternate origins, suppliers, and delivery windows on a common usable-cost basis while retaining the original commercial terms.
Procurement can assess the real economics of each option, finance can forecast spend and margin, operations can include plant-specific yield, and risk teams can test downside cases for freight or quality deterioration. MassGain does not certify technical suitability or guarantee delivered performance. It provides a transparent cost bridge from supplier quote to usable material, making clear which portion of the landed cost comes from purchase price, logistics, quality, and operational consequences.
Use Case
A multi-plant buyer evaluates domestic and imported potato supply. MassGain adds ocean and inland freight, inspection loss, rejection risk, expected trim, and plant recovery to each offer. The nominally cheaper import becomes more expensive per usable tonne, so the buyer retains domestic coverage for the sensitive product line.
FAQs
What is quality-adjusted landed cost?
It is delivered cost after accounting for quality-related losses, yield, and usability.
Which costs should be included?
Freight, handling, shrink, rejection, trim, recovery, and specification risk should be included.
Can the lowest delivered price still be expensive?
Yes. Poorer quality can raise raw usage and finished-unit cost.
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Data and Methodology
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