Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Regional Sourcing Mix
Potato regional sourcing mix analysis shows how supply is distributed across producing regions and the risks embedded in that allocation. MassGain connects volume shares with suppliers, freight, quality, crop conditions, seasonal timing, plant fit, and shared dependencies so nominal diversification can be tested for real resilience.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato regional-sourcing-mix data shows the share of supply obtained from each producing region by plant, product, variety, grade, and period. The market object is the realized and planned sourcing portfolio linked to supplier ownership, freight, quality, crop risk, and seasonal availability.
Use the data to identify geographic concentration, compare planned with actual sourcing, and test whether apparently separate origins share weather, storage, or logistics dependencies. Balance delivered cost with specification fit, reliability, and resilience.
Data Module
Potato Regional Sourcing Mix
Market objectregional supply allocation
Primary measuresourcing share by region
Key dimensionsplant, product, variety, period
Commercial usecost and concentration management
Risk contextweather, routes, suppliers, storage
Compare withdelivered cost and alternate origins
Analysis
Why this matters
Nominal geographic diversification can be weak if regions share the same transport corridor, weather pattern, storage owner, or supplier. The number of origins is less important than independence of risk.
Commercial interpretation should compare each region's contribution to cost and resilience. A modest premium for a less-correlated origin can have value when it protects a critical plant or late-season window.
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 analyzing potato regional sourcing mix. MassGain shows how supply is distributed across producing regions, suppliers, varieties, grades, delivery periods, and plants.
It combines contracted volume, actual receipts, available inventory, freight, quality, crop outlook, and supplier performance to reveal where an organization is genuinely concentrated. Users can compare the planned sourcing mix with the realized mix, identify hidden dependence on one weather system or logistics corridor, and test whether nominal diversification still relies on the same parent supplier or storage network. The suite also connects regional shares with delivered cost, processing recovery, customer approvals, and seasonal availability, helping teams distinguish a cheaper origin from one that creates greater operational or quality risk.
Procurement can model how the mix changes under crop loss, freight disruption, or plant demand shifts. MassGain does not prescribe a universal ideal allocation. It provides a transparent framework for balancing cost, specification fit, reliability, and resilience across regions.
Use Case
A multi-plant buyer sources 60% of potatoes from one region because its farmgate price is lowest. MassGain shows freight concentration and weak storage quality could leave two plants exposed in late season. The buyer reallocates a portion to a higher-cost region with stronger condition and better route diversity.
FAQs
What is a regional sourcing mix?
It is the share of potato supply obtained from each producing region for a defined product, plant, or period.
Why can nominal diversification be misleading?
Different regions may still depend on the same supplier, weather pattern, route, or storage system.
How does MassGain evaluate the mix?
It combines volume, quality, cost, freight, supplier performance, seasonality, and plant compatibility.
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Data and Methodology
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