Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Us Farmgate Potato Prices
U.S. farmgate potato prices provide producer-level benchmarks before downstream freight and processing costs. MassGain preserves region, product, crop year, quality, storage, contract basis, and unit so growers and buyers can compare the farm market they actually face.
Market Data
How to read this market
U.S. farmgate potato price data records producer-level physical-market observations by producing region, variety, grade, crop year, quality, storage, contract or spot status, unit, loading terms, and reporting date.
Use the data to benchmark grower offers, buyer sourcing, revenue assumptions, and storage decisions while comparing crop size, demand, freight, and historical ranges.
Data Module
U.S. Farmgate Potato Price Context
Market objectmatched producer-level price
Primary measuresprice, range, and change
Key dimensionsregion, product, crop year, quality
Commercial usegrower and buyer benchmarking
Market contextcrop, storage, demand, freight
Compare withdelivered and wholesale markets
Analysis
Why this matters
A national farmgate average can hide large regional differences because U.S. potato markets vary by end use, variety, storage, processor coverage, and freight. The useful comparison is the farm-level series that most closely matches the actual product and origin.
Commercial interpretation should establish producer value first and build downstream freight, shrink, packing, or processing costs separately.
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 U.S. growers, buyers, processors, lenders, and market-intelligence teams tracking producer-level potato values before downstream freight, packing, processing, and distribution costs. MassGain organizes farmgate observations by producing region, variety, grade, crop year, quality, storage, contract status, loading terms, unit, and reporting date so unlike markets are not collapsed into one national number.
Growers can benchmark sale and storage decisions; buyers can build delivered-cost bridges; finance teams can compare revenue assumptions with crop, storage, demand, and historical price context.
Use Case
A buyer compares producer offers from Idaho, the Columbia Basin, Wisconsin, and Maine. MassGain aligns variety, grade, crop period, unit, and transfer terms, then separates the underlying farm value from freight and delivered-cost differences before the sourcing decision is made.
FAQs
What do U.S. farmgate potato prices represent?
Producer-level potato values for defined regions, products, crop periods, and commercial terms.
Why can farmgate prices differ across U.S. regions?
Crop size, variety, quality, storage, local demand, contracts, freight access, and timing create legitimate regional basis.
How should U.S. farmgate series be compared?
Match region, product, crop year, quality, unit, contract status, loading terms, and reporting date first.
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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.