Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Yield by Region
Potato yield by region measures harvested production per acre or hectare across growing basins. MassGain combines regional yield with weather, irrigation, variety, quality, storage, and marketable recovery so growers, processors, and lenders can compare economic rather than gross productivity.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato Yield by Region measures harvested production per acre or hectare across defined growing basins. The object should preserve crop year, region, variety or end use where available, production practice, source, and revision.
Use regional yield with area, weather, irrigation, quality, and historical performance to estimate crop volume and marketable output. Processors should also consider solids, size, defects, and storage suitability because the highest gross-yield region may not provide the best usable recovery.
Data Module
Potato Regional Yield Monitor
Regiongrowing basin
Yieldoutput per acre or hectare
Crop yearproduction season
Contextweather and irrigation
Qualitysize, solids, defects
Decision useusable crop estimate
Analysis
Why this matters
Gross yield and economic yield can diverge. A region can harvest more tonnes but deliver weaker solids or an unfavorable size profile, reducing processing recovery. The commercial comparison should therefore value marketable or usable output rather than productivity alone.
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
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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
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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
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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
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for growers, processors, agricultural lenders, insurers, and analysts that need to compare potato yields across production regions. Regional yield shows harvested output per acre or hectare and helps explain why similar planted areas can produce very different crop volumes. MassGain organizes yield by region, crop year, variety or end use where available, source, and revision and connects it with weather, irrigation, soil, crop progress, quality, and historical performance.
The highest gross yield is not always the strongest commercial outcome. A region can produce more tonnes but weaker solids, unfavorable sizes, greater defects, or lower storage suitability. MassGain helps users compare biological yield with marketable and processing-usable yield and understand whether a regional advantage persists after quality and freight are considered. Growers can benchmark performance, processors can estimate output from contracted acres, and lenders can build region-specific revenue scenarios. The result is a regional productivity measure that reflects both the quantity harvested and the economic quality of the crop.
Use Case
A processor’s sourcing regions report sharply different yields. MassGain compares weather, irrigation, varieties, quality, and historical performance and shows one high-yield region also has weaker solids. Procurement evaluates usable output and cost per finished unit rather than rewarding gross tonnes alone.
FAQs
What does potato yield by region measure?
It compares harvested production per unit of land across defined growing regions.
Why can high regional yield still disappoint processors?
Size, solids, defects, variety, storage, and recovery may reduce usable output.
How does MassGain compare regional yields?
It connects yield with weather, irrigation, varieties, quality, history, prices, and marketable production.
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Data and Methodology
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