Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Starch Plant Capacity
Potato starch plant capacity data maps facilities by ownership, location, line, annual and campaign output, native or modified capability, food or industrial approval, storage, energy, and project status. Procurement can distinguish announced nameplate tonnes from commissioned grade-specific capacity supported by regional starch-potato supply.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato starch-plant-capacity data maps production capability by facility, ownership, location, line, annual and campaign output, native or modified capability, food or industrial approval, storage, energy system, expansion status, and service history. The market object is the plant's practical grade-specific capacity supported by regional starch-potato supply.
Use the data to identify qualified alternate plants, measure regional concentration, and evaluate expansions, outages, closures, or debottlenecking against crop acreage, demand, logistics, and likely utilization. Keep announced nameplate capacity separate from commissioned usable capacity.
Data Module
Potato Starch Plant Capacity
Market objectgrade-specific starch production capability
Primary measuresnameplate and practical capacity
Key dimensionsplant, line, grade, region
Commercial usesupply mapping and concentration analysis
Status contextoperating, outage, expansion, commissioning
Compare withregional potato support and demand
Analysis
Why this matters
Headline capacity totals can overstate supply when lines are industrial-only, geographically remote, uncommissioned, or unsupported by enough starch potatoes. Grade and raw-material access define what a plant can actually contribute.
Commercial interpretation should map usable capacity to the buyer's specification and sourcing region. A nominal surplus elsewhere may not relieve local qualified scarcity.
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
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Overview
Who is this for?
Food processors, investors, procurement teams, and market analysts use potato starch plant capacity data to understand where production capability exists and which facilities can serve specific grades and markets. Capacity should distinguish theoretical nameplate output from practical campaign capacity after raw-potato supply, starch content, maintenance, labor, energy, product mix, and changeovers are considered.
MassGain maps plants by location, ownership, lines, annual and campaign capacity, native or modified capability, food or industrial approvals, storage, energy system, expansion plans, and service history. Procurement can identify qualified alternate plants and regional concentration. Producers can compare debottlenecking with new construction. Finance can model utilization and fixed-cost absorption. Market intelligence can assess how closures, outages, or expansions alter trade and pricing power.
MassGain does not provide engineering certification or assume every announced project will operate as planned. It records source dates, project status, and confidence and connects capacity with regional starch-potato acreage, factory campaigns, demand, and logistics. That gives users a realistic view of available and prospective supply rather than a simple sum of headline nameplate figures.
Use Case
An ingredient company believes Europe has ample starch capacity. MassGain shows much of the nominal total is industrial-only, geographically distant, or constrained by contracted potato acreage. The buyer qualifies one food-grade plant in a neighboring region and avoids relying on unusable headline capacity.
FAQs
What should potato starch plant capacity data include?
Location, lines, grades, approvals, nameplate output, practical campaigns, storage, and project status should be included.
Why is nameplate capacity not equal to supply?
Raw potatoes, starch content, maintenance, energy, labor, product mix, and demand limit usable output.
How does MassGain track capacity changes?
It records expansions, outages, closures, commissioning status, source dates, and regional potato support.
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