Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Yield Per Acre
Potato yield per acre measures harvested production relative to harvested area, but commercial meaning depends on region, variety, irrigation, crop use, and quality. MassGain connects gross yield with size, solids, defects, storage suitability, and marketable recovery so growers, processors, and lenders can estimate economically usable output.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato yield per acre measures harvested potato production relative to harvested area. A commercially useful yield benchmark should be segmented by region, variety, irrigation, crop use, and quality because gross field yield is not the same as marketable or processable output.
Use yield data to estimate production from acreage, compare grower performance, and stress processor contract coverage. Pair field yield with size distribution, solids, defects, storage suitability, and marketable recovery when the decision depends on usable tonnes.
Data Module
Potato yield context
Harvested areaacres brought to harvest
Gross yieldtonnes or cwt per acre
Regionproduction geography
Variety or usefresh, processing, seed, or specialty
Marketable yieldusable output after quality effects
Decision usecrop forecast and contract coverage
Analysis
Why this matters
High field yield is not automatically favorable for every buyer. A crop can produce many tonnes but poor size distribution, weak solids, or more defects, leaving processors or packers with less usable output than the headline suggests.
The important analytical bridge is from biological yield to economic yield. Growers care about saleable tonnes and price, processors about plant recovery, and lenders about revenue. A lower gross yield with exceptional quality can outperform a high-yield crop commercially.
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
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for growers, processors, agricultural lenders, insurers, and analysts that need to benchmark potato yield per acre. Yield per acre measures harvested production relative to harvested area, but commercially meaningful interpretation requires variety, region, irrigation, crop use, quality, and reporting methodology. MassGain connects the yield figure with marketable output, crop conditions, historical performance, and regional prices.
A high field yield does not always create a strong economic result. Size distribution, solids, defects, storage suitability, and buyer specifications determine how much of each acre becomes saleable or processable. Conversely, a lower biological yield can still produce strong value if quality and prices are favorable. MassGain helps users compare actual yield with trend, approved or insured yield, contract assumptions, and neighboring regions. Growers can evaluate field and variety performance, processors can estimate tonnes from contracted acres, and lenders can stress borrower revenue. The result is a yield benchmark that distinguishes gross production efficiency from marketable and financially realizable output.
Use Case
A processor’s grower program reports above-average tonnes per acre, yet plant recovery is below plan. MassGain shows the crop produced more small and lower-solids potatoes than expected. Procurement revises usable-tonnage assumptions and avoids treating the strong field yield as equivalent to strong processing supply.
FAQs
What does potato yield per acre measure?
It measures harvested potato production divided by harvested acreage.
Why can high yield still produce weak economics?
Quality, size, solids, defects, storage, prices, and buyer specifications determine marketable value.
How does MassGain benchmark yield?
It compares region, variety, crop conditions, history, marketable output, prices, and contract assumptions.
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