Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Quarterly Producer Prices
Potato quarterly producer prices smooth some monthly noise while preserving crop, region, and market-stage detail. Procurement, finance, and lenders can use the series for resets and planning, then inspect monthly constituents so harvest and storage turns are not hidden by the average.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato quarterly producer prices aggregate producer-level values across a three-month period for a defined geography, product basket, market stage, and weighting method. The object should preserve monthly constituents, sales volume, unit, contract exposure, and crop timing so the quarter remains traceable.
Use quarterly prices for budgeting and contract reviews when monthly volatility is too noisy. Inspect the underlying months and regions before applying the average to a plant or supplier because harvest and late-storage markets can behave very differently within one quarter.
Data Module
Potato Quarterly Producer Prices
ObjectThree-month producer price benchmark
DimensionsRegion, product, quarter, market stage
MethodWeighting and monthly constituents
Commercial useBudgets and contract resets
ComparisonMonthly prices and sold volume
WatchpointQuarterly averages can hide within-period turns
Analysis
Why this matters
Quarterly prices offer useful stability, but averaging can conceal the exact period of commercial stress. An early-quarter harvest low and a late-quarter storage premium may net to a moderate figure that matched neither buying environment.
Commercial interpretation should therefore check monthly composition and the buyer's delivery schedule. A national quarterly move driven by a fresh-market region is weak evidence for a contracted processing basin.
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
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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
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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.
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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?
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2
UCUI™
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- 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
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MassGain Spot Reference: an independent benchmark for price discovery and risk modeling.
- Contracts
- Negotiations
- Risk models
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for processors, growers, procurement leaders, lenders, and planning teams that need a quarterly view of producer-level potato prices. Potato quarterly producer prices smooth some monthly noise while retaining enough timing detail to show crop transitions, contract resets, storage effects, and regional divergence. MassGain helps users define the geography, potato channel, market stage, unit, and weighting behind each quarterly value.
A quarterly series can support budgets and commercial reviews, but it may conceal important changes within the period. Harvest sales early in a quarter can differ sharply from late-storage transactions, and one high-value product or region can pull the average away from the markets relevant to a particular plant or borrower. MassGain connects quarterly prices with monthly constituents, sold volumes, crop conditions, storage, processor demand, and historical seasonal relationships. Procurement can compare supplier resets with the appropriate quarter, finance can evaluate standard-cost assumptions, and lenders can align borrower revenue with actual marketing schedules. The platform also preserves revisions and methodology so users can reproduce the result and identify breaks in coverage. The outcome is a balanced producer-price measure that is more stable than a single observation but still specific enough for contract, forecast, and risk decisions.
Use Case
A processor is offered a quarterly raw-material adjustment based on a national producer-price series. MassGain shows the quarter’s increase is concentrated in one fresh-market region, while the processor’s contracted sourcing basin remains stable. Procurement rejects the broad pass-through and uses a matched regional quarter instead.
FAQs
What is a quarterly potato producer price?
It is a producer-level price summary for a defined three-month period, market, region, and product basket.
Why inspect monthly constituents?
Monthly detail can reveal harvest, storage, or product-mix changes hidden inside the quarterly average.
How can quarterly prices support contracts?
They can provide a stable review period when the geography, product, weighting, and contract timing are properly matched.
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Data and Methodology
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