Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Stocks Report
A potato stocks report tracks stored inventory by region, product, holder, crop period, and reporting date. MassGain compares headline tonnes with commitments, storage quality, historical drawdown, demand, and new-crop timing so users can judge how much stock is actually accessible for the market they serve.
Market Data
How to read this market
potato stocks report tracks stored potato inventory and should be read as usable coverage rather than headline tonnage. Region, product or variety, storage condition, holder category, reporting period, and commitments determine how much inventory is commercially accessible.
For procurement & market intelligence teams using this page for market intelligence, MassGain should be used to match the observation to relevant regional potato markets and the relevant product, timing, and transaction basis. The data becomes decision-ready when it is compared with historical ranges, crop or storage conditions, demand, contracts, freight, and practical alternate supply rather than treated as a universal potato signal.
Data Module
Potato Stocks Report context
Inventoryreported stored potato volume
Regionstorage location and sourcing basin
Product basisvariety, grade, or end-use suitability
Qualitystorage condition and expected usable share
Drawdowncurrent stocks versus seasonal history
Decision usecoverage, release timing, and replacement sourcing
Analysis
Why this matters
Stocks are an imperfect proxy for supply. A comfortable aggregate can coexist with tight processor-ready, size-specific, or regionally accessible inventory, and storage deterioration can reduce effective supply before nominal stocks fall sharply.
The commercial interpretation should therefore focus on fit and transmission: which physical condition affects which supplier, plant, customer, or contract, and on what timetable. MassGain should be used to preserve those distinctions, compare related markets, and apply the signal only where the geography, product, timing, and transaction basis actually align.
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 teams, processors, distributors, growers, lenders, and market analysts that need a structured report on potato inventories. MassGain brings together stocks held by growers, dealers, processors, warehouses, or other reported categories and places them beside historical drawdown, crop timing, storage quality, contract commitments, and regional prices.
A stocks figure is not automatically a measure of available supply. Potatoes may already be committed, held in the wrong variety or quality, located far from demand, or deteriorating in storage. MassGain helps users distinguish total reported inventory from commercially accessible, specification-relevant stock. The report can show whether drawdown is faster or slower than normal, which regions or product classes are becoming constrained, and whether remaining inventory is likely to bridge the market to new crop. Procurement can use the analysis for coverage decisions, processors for intake planning, distributors for replacement-cost risk, and lenders for collateral or liquidity review. The result is a stocks report that explains what inventory exists, how usable it is, and what its current position means for future price and availability.
Use Case
A processor reviews a stocks report showing regional inventory near the five-year average. MassGain reveals that most high-solids potatoes are already committed and that usable processing stocks are drawing down faster than the aggregate. Procurement secures a limited supplemental tranche before the apparent headline balance turns into late-season scarcity.
FAQs
What does a potato stocks report include?
It can include inventories held by growers, dealers, processors, warehouses, or other reported categories.
Why can reported stocks exceed available supply?
Inventory may be committed, unsuitable, geographically distant, or impaired by storage quality.
How does MassGain interpret stock levels?
It compares inventory with historical drawdown, quality, crop timing, contracts, demand, and regional prices.
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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.
Commercial use and licensing
Public display does not grant rights to reproduce, redistribute, republish, or incorporate MassGain indices or references into commercial products or contracts without authorization.