Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potatoes Price Per Tonne Ireland
potatoes price per tonne ireland provides a common unit for comparing Irish physical-market offers without stripping away their commercial basis. MassGain preserves region, variety, grade, contract status, freight, source date, and delivery terms.
Market Data
How to read this market
Ireland potato price-per-tonne data normalizes physical quotes to a metric-tonne basis while retaining variety, grade, market channel, contract status, reporting date, freight, and delivery terms.
Use the data to compare supplier, free-buy, contract, farm-gate, wholesale, or delivered observations only after their product and commercial bases are aligned.
Data Module
Ireland Potato Price per Tonne
Market objectunit-normalized physical quote
Primary measurevalue per metric tonne
Key dimensionsregion, variety, grade, basis
Commercial usesourcing and budget comparison
Controlsoriginal unit, freight, contract, date
Compare withmatched Irish physical markets
Analysis
Why this matters
Two Irish prices expressed per tonne can still represent different markets if one is contracted, another free-buy, or their quality and delivery obligations differ. The common unit is only the first normalization step.
Commercial interpretation should preserve crop period, specification, freight, and market stage.
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 page is for Irish growers, processors, buyers, wholesalers, foodservice operators, and analysts comparing potato prices per tonne in Ireland. A per-tonne figure is commercially meaningful only when region, variety, grade, end use, market channel, contract status, reporting date, and delivery basis are clear.
MassGain organizes Irish potato price observations and converts kilograms, hundredweight, bags, and other units to a per-tonne basis where appropriate while preserving the original quote and market context. It connects prices with crop conditions, storage, quality, imports, freight, processor demand, and seasonal availability.
The platform helps users compare supplier quotes and regional benchmarks without treating unlike potato markets as interchangeable. This supports procurement, budgeting, grower selling decisions, and historical price analysis.
Use Case
An Irish processor receives supplier offers quoted in different units and from different regions. MassGain converts them to a common per-tonne basis while preserving quality, freight, delivery terms, and reporting date so procurement can compare the actual economics.
FAQs
How are Ireland potato prices converted to a per-tonne basis?
The original physical-market quote is converted mathematically while its region, product, quality, unit, date, and commercial basis remain attached.
Why can Irish potato prices per tonne differ?
Region, variety, quality, end use, storage, contracts, freight, season, and available supply can all matter.
Can contract and free-buy Irish potato prices be compared directly?
Not without accounting for timing, product specification, delivery terms, and contract structure.
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Data and Methodology
Professional market-data standards
MassGain is building transparent public market infrastructure. Each live metric will identify its date, unit, coverage, methodology, and source basis.
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.
Commercial use and licensing
Public display does not grant rights to reproduce, redistribute, republish, or incorporate MassGain indices or references into commercial products or contracts without authorization.