Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Warehouse Lease Rates
Potato warehouse lease rates compare facilities used for fresh, processing, or frozen potato products by location, capacity, temperature control, docks, food-grade condition, rent basis, utilities, handling, insurance, maintenance, fit-out, and escalation. Users can convert headline rent into effective cost per handled unit after utilization and transport.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato warehouse-lease-rate data records occupancy cost for facilities used to store fresh, processing, or frozen potato products. The market object is the lease by location, usable capacity, refrigeration or ventilation, temperature capability, dock infrastructure, food-grade condition, rent unit, common charges, utilities, handling, insurance, maintenance, fit-out, escalation, and service terms.
Use the data to compare facilities on effective cost per pallet, tonne, case, or handled unit after utilization and transport. Match the warehouse capability to the potato product and customer route rather than comparing base rent alone.
Data Module
Potato Warehouse Lease Rates
Market objectpotato-capable warehouse occupancy
Primary measureseffective rent and service cost
Key dimensionslocation, capacity, temperature, terms
Commercial usefacility and overflow sourcing
Cost contextutilities, handling, fit-out, transport
Compare withutilization and route economics
Analysis
Why this matters
A low lease rate can be expensive if the building has weak refrigeration, poor dock access, low utilization, or long delivery routes. Rent per square foot and cost per handled case can rank facilities differently.
Commercial interpretation should normalize capability, occupancy, and logistics. The relevant market object is usable potato storage at the required service level.
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 distributors, wholesalers, processors, and storage users that need to benchmark potato warehouse lease rates. Lease economics depend on location, usable capacity, refrigeration or ventilation, temperature control, loading infrastructure, food-grade condition, energy responsibility, seasonality, and included services. MassGain helps users compare effective occupancy cost rather than headline rent alone.
The suite can organize rent per square foot, pallet, tonne, bin, or month and add common-area charges, utilities, handling, minimum volume, insurance, maintenance, fit-out, and escalation. Distributors can compare facilities by customer and route access. Processors can assess overflow or seasonal storage. Finance can model fixed commitments and utilization. Market intelligence can connect local rates with regional potato production, competing storage demand, transport, and replacement capacity.
A low lease rate may become expensive if the facility is distant, inefficient, unsuitable, or requires major modifications. MassGain does not negotiate leases or provide real-estate advice. It supplies a transparent benchmark framework that aligns facility capability, commercial terms, and physical-market need, helping users distinguish true rent differences from service, energy, location, and quality effects.
Use Case
A distributor compares two warehouse leases. One offers lower base rent but limited dock hours, weak refrigeration, and longer delivery routes. MassGain converts both to cost per handled case and shows the higher-rent facility is cheaper for high-turn foodservice inventory, while the lower-cost site fits seasonal reserve stock.
FAQs
How are potato warehouse lease rates quoted?
Rates may be per area, pallet, tonne, bin, month, or facility and may exclude services and utilities.
What should be added to base rent?
Energy, handling, maintenance, insurance, fit-out, common charges, minimums, and transport may need inclusion.
How does MassGain compare facilities?
It aligns capability, location, utilization, services, product needs, routes, and total occupancy cost.
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Data and Methodology
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