Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Stocks
Potato stocks measure remaining physical inventory, but not every stored tonne is available or usable. MassGain connects stock levels with region, holder, crop year, intended use, quality, storage condition, contracts, and disappearance so finance and risk teams can judge the supply that truly supports the market.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato stocks data measures stored physical potatoes by region, holder, crop year, intended use, storage type, quality status, and reporting date. The market object is remaining inventory, not automatically marketable supply.
Use the data to compare seasonal carryout, disappearance, processor usage, shipments, storage condition, and ownership while separating seed, contracted, impaired, and merchantable tonnes.
Data Module
Potato Stocks
Market objectstored physical potato inventory
Primary measureremaining tonnes
Key dimensionsregion, holder, use, storage
Commercial usesupply and collateral analysis
Adjustmentsquality, contracts, ownership, age
Analysis
Why this matters
Headline stocks can overstate commercial availability when tonnes are contracted, reserved for seed, deteriorating, or located outside the buyer's practical sourcing region. Inventory and usable market supply are different objects.
Commercial interpretation should pair stock volume with quality, ownership, use, age, and expected disappearance.
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 10, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato prices quiet at $30/cwt as regional harvest damage buzzes beneath the surface
Market indicators are stable, but reporting from Europe and select growing areas shows real, localized crop stress — a reminder that steady headline prices can mask uneven physical risk.
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 agricultural finance, risk, and market-analysis teams tracking potato stocks as a measure of remaining physical supply. Potato stocks can refer to potatoes held by growers, processors, dealers, refrigerated warehouses, or other commercial holders, and the meaning changes by country, survey, date, and whether the inventory is intended for processing, fresh use, seed, or feed.
MassGain organizes stock levels by region, holder, crop year, intended use, storage type, and reporting date, then connects them with production, disappearance, processing usage, shipments, prices, and seasonal norms. Users can assess whether inventory is genuinely tight or simply moving between holders, compare current carryout with prior years, and estimate how quickly stocks may be depleted.
MassGain does not treat all stored potatoes as immediately available or commercially equivalent. Quality, variety, contract status, storage condition, ownership, and location can limit usable supply. The platform provides a transparent inventory framework for stress testing processors, evaluating collateral, monitoring regional supply risk, and interpreting stock reports without relying on the headline total alone.
Use Case
An agricultural lender reviews a processor whose borrowing base includes stored potatoes. MassGain compares reported inventory with regional stock data, expected processing usage, storage age, and market prices. The lender identifies that a large portion of inventory is older and contract-committed, applies a more conservative collateral value, and requests updated quality reporting.
FAQs
What are potato stocks?
They are potatoes held in storage by growers, processors, dealers, warehouses, or other commercial holders at a stated date.
Why are stock levels important?
They help indicate remaining supply, expected carryout, processing coverage, market tightness, and potential price pressure.
Are all stored potatoes available for sale?
No. Some may be contracted, reserved for seed or processing, geographically constrained, or affected by quality deterioration.
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Data and Methodology
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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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