Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Stocks Release Calendar
A potato stocks release calendar organizes when official and industry inventory reports are measured, published, and revised. MassGain links each release with the crop period, geography, methodology, and expected market use so analysts can distinguish the stock reference date from the publication date and plan around information lags.
Market Data
How to read this market
A potato stocks-release calendar records when official or governed inventory series are expected to publish and the reference date each release describes. The market object is the scheduled data event with source, geography, product scope, frequency, time zone, preliminary or final status, and revision policy.
Use the calendar to prepare procurement, forecast, and validation workflows before publication and to distinguish the release date from the inventory date. Track schedule changes, delayed reports, revisions, and the models or contract reviews that depend on each series.
Data Module
Potato Stocks Release Calendar
Market objectscheduled inventory-data release
Primary fieldspublication time and reference date
Key dimensionssource, geography, product, status
Commercial useprocurement and forecast preparation
Governancerevision policy and release changes
Compare withexpectations and dependent models
Analysis
Why this matters
Timing matters because a report released today may describe stocks from weeks earlier. Treating publication time as the market observation date can make stale information appear current.
Commercial interpretation should use the calendar to prepare scenarios and understand data freshness. A delayed or revised release changes the information set available to procurement even if the underlying crop has not changed.
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, processor planning, grower-relations, and market-intelligence teams that need a potato stocks release calendar. The calendar identifies when official agencies, industry bodies, or other governed sources are expected to publish inventory figures and which reference dates, regions, and crop categories each release covers.
MassGain can organize scheduled publication, reporting cutoff, source, geography, product scope, time zone, revision policy, and historical timeliness. Procurement can prepare coverage and negotiation scenarios before the release. Finance can align forecast updates. Analysts can stage validation checks and compare the new figure with production, disappearance, trade, and price expectations. Automated reminders can distinguish preliminary, revised, and final publications and identify schedule changes or missed releases.
A release date is not the same as the inventory date, and different series may report monthly, quarterly, or seasonal stocks. MassGain does not control publication schedules or guarantee that agencies release on time. It provides a transparent planning layer that connects each expected publication with the decisions and models that depend on it, reducing the risk of stale assumptions or rushed interpretation after a high-impact report appears.
Use Case
A processor’s contract review occurs two days after a major quarterly stocks release. MassGain flags the timing, prepares prior expectations and scenario ranges, and updates the sourcing outlook when the report arrives, allowing procurement to enter negotiations with current evidence.
FAQs
What belongs on a potato stocks release calendar?
Publication time, inventory reference date, source, geography, product scope, and revision status should appear.
Why distinguish publication and reference dates?
The report may describe inventory from weeks earlier rather than conditions on release day.
How does MassGain support preparation?
It links releases with expectations, models, contracts, review dates, and validation workflows.
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Data and Methodology
Professional market-data standards
MassGain is building transparent public market infrastructure. Each live metric will identify its date, unit, coverage, methodology, and source basis.
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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