Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potatoes Annual Summary
A potatoes annual summary consolidates acreage, yield, production, stocks, storage, prices, processing, trade, demand, and major regional developments for a crop or calendar year. MassGain adds historical comparison and forecast-review context so teams can preserve what changed, why it mattered, and which lessons should carry into the next planning cycle.
Market Data
How to read this market
A potatoes annual summary consolidates the major physical-market indicators for a crop or calendar year: acreage, yield, production, stocks, storage, prices, processing, trade, demand, and regional developments. The objective is to preserve both outcomes and the assumptions that changed during the year.
Use the summary to compare the year with historical ranges, identify where regions or products diverged, review forecast accuracy, and carry lessons into the next contracting and budgeting cycle. It should be a decision record rather than a simple list of annual totals.
Data Module
Potato annual summary context
Acreageplanted and harvested area
Productionyield and total crop output
Stocksstorage and seasonal drawdown
Pricesregional and product benchmarks
Demandprocessing, fresh, and trade channels
Decision usestrategy, budgeting, and forecast review
Analysis
Why this matters
Annual aggregation can hide the path the market took. Two years with similar average prices may have very different harvest, storage, quality, and regional conditions, creating different consequences for procurement and processors.
A useful annual review therefore explains causality and timing. It should distinguish temporary shocks from structural changes, show where forecasts missed, and identify which signals proved most commercially important. That institutional memory improves the next year's assumptions more than a static year-end table.
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 procurement leaders, processors, growers, lenders, analysts, and executives that need an annual summary of the potato market. MassGain brings together the year’s acreage, yield, production, stocks, prices, storage, processing, trade, demand, regional differences, and major market events into one structured review.
An annual summary should do more than aggregate monthly figures. It should explain which assumptions changed during the crop year, where forecasts were accurate or missed, how regional conditions diverged, and what the final outcomes imply for the next planning cycle. MassGain helps users compare the year with historical ranges, separate temporary shocks from structural developments, and preserve methodology or data revisions. Procurement can evaluate contract and sourcing performance, processors can review plant exposure, growers can assess production and marketing outcomes, and lenders can update sector assumptions. The result is a reusable annual record that supports budgeting, strategy, risk review, and institutional memory instead of leaving the year’s lessons scattered across reports and spreadsheets.
Use Case
At year-end, a processor uses the MassGain annual summary to reconcile acreage, yield, regional prices, storage losses, and contract performance across three plants. The review shows that one plant’s variance came from quality and recovery rather than broad market inflation, shaping next year’s coverage and operating assumptions.
FAQs
What should a potatoes annual summary include?
Acreage, yield, production, stocks, prices, storage, processing, trade, demand, and major market developments.
Why compare the year with historical ranges?
Historical context shows whether outcomes were seasonal, exceptional, persistent, or structurally different.
How can businesses use the annual summary?
It can support budgets, sourcing strategy, forecast review, lender analysis, and lessons for the next crop cycle.
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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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