Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Supply Availability Index
Potato supply availability index measures how readily usable potatoes can actually be sourced in a defined region and delivery period. MassGain accounts for commitments, variety and quality fit, storage, concentration, logistics, and open-market depth so growers and buyers can distinguish aggregate production from commercially accessible supply.
Market Data
How to read this market
A potato supply availability index measures how readily specification-relevant potatoes can actually be sourced in a defined region and delivery period. Unlike a production total, it accounts for contract commitments, crop timing, storage quality, variety or end-use suitability, regional concentration, logistics, and open-market depth.
MassGain can use the index to show when usable availability tightens even though aggregate production remains adequate. Growers and buyers can compare regions, monitor changes in market breadth, qualify alternatives, and set triggers for supplemental coverage or allocation decisions.
Data Module
Supply availability index context
Accessible volumepotatoes available beyond existing commitments
Suitabilityvariety, quality, and end-use fit
Storagecondition and remaining usable inventory
Logisticsregional access and delivery timing
Decision usesourcing risk, allocation, and contingency coverage
Analysis
Why this matters
Availability is a narrower concept than supply. A region can hold large inventories while high-solids processing potatoes, certified organic lots, or another required specification is effectively scarce. That divergence is commercially important because the marginal usable tonne, not aggregate production, determines the buyer’s short-term sourcing risk.
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 is for growers, packers, processors, and supply-chain teams that need a measurable view of how readily usable potatoes can be sourced in a particular region and delivery window. A potato supply availability index is not simply a production estimate. It combines commercially accessible volume, contract coverage, crop timing, storage condition, quality, variety suitability, regional concentration, logistics, and open-market depth into a comparable signal. MassGain’s potato data suite helps users distinguish potatoes that exist in aggregate from potatoes that can actually meet a buyer’s specification, location, and schedule.
That distinction matters when headline supply appears comfortable but the market for a specific use is tight. A region may hold substantial inventory while high-solids processing lots, certified organic supply, or potatoes with acceptable storage performance remain scarce. MassGain can organize availability indicators by geography, product class, and time period, then show historical ranges and changes in market breadth. Users can see whether tightening is broad, limited to one constituent, or beginning to ease as another origin enters the market.
The index supports sourcing reviews, allocation decisions, contract coverage, storage planning, and early-warning workflows. Growers can evaluate where demand may strengthen, while buyers can identify when alternate regions or specifications should be qualified. MassGain does not guarantee that every indexed tonne is immediately purchasable. It provides a transparent measure of market accessibility and suitability that helps supply-chain teams compare periods, prioritize investigation, and act before constrained availability becomes an emergency purchase.
Use Case
A processor’s aggregate supply forecast looks adequate, but MassGain’s availability index falls sharply for high-solids potatoes near one plant because storage quality is weakening and most remaining volume is already committed. The procurement team compares nearby regions, qualifies a substitute variety for one flexible product line, and reserves a small volume from a secondary origin. The company protects its most specification-sensitive production without buying broad replacement coverage that the overall market does not require.
FAQs
What does a potato supply availability index measure?
It measures the accessible, specification-relevant supply available by region and period after considering contracts, quality, storage, logistics, and market depth.
Why can availability tighten when total production looks adequate?
Usable supply may be limited by variety, quality, storage condition, delivery timing, location, or existing contractual commitments.
How can teams use an availability index?
They can monitor sourcing risk, compare regions, qualify alternatives, plan inventory, and set triggers for supplemental contracting or allocation changes.
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Data and Methodology
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