Rejeana Gvillo: Rejeana Gvillo specializes primarily in grain and oilseeds markets. She focuses on identifying statistical relationships and generating visual graphics to accompany analyses. Gvillo previously held the role of Head of Grain and Livestock Research at IEG Vantage (formally known as Informa Economics) and held an adjunct faculty position at the University of Memphis, teaching both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics to undergraduate students. After growing up on a cattle, catfish, cotton, and hay farm in West Alabama, Gvillo received her bachelor’s in Agricultural Economics from Auburn University before going on to the University of Memphis to receive a specialty degree in Cotton Marketing from the International Cotton School. She then obtained her master’s from Purdue and PhD from Texas A&M in Agricultural Economics. Her research broadly examined areas such as consumer demand analysis, behavioral economics, food/agricultural marketing, and production. Gvillo’s econometric training primarily is focused on simultaneous demand equations, which typically suffer from endogeneity and serial correlation issues. She is driven be helping farmers minimize risk from a price standpoint.
Executive Summary FBN® polled members in the second half of December into early January, asking how many acres of winter wheat were planted in the fall of 2022 and the fall of 2021., Responses totaled 325 across winter wheat producing states with results pointing to a boost in planted area, year ove
In February 2021, much of the continental U.S. faced temperatures that were below 0° Fahrenheit. Frigid temperatures were reported into northern Mexico. Parts of Texas were so cold that its power systems were tested and many went without power for a time. Unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Uri
[FBN Members: Click here to access the November 2022 U.S. Corn & Soybean Yield Forecasts Report ] [Not an FBN member yet? Click the link above and create a free FBN account to unlock the report.] On October 12, 2022, the USDA released their most recent Crop Production report. Based on initial survey
Canada is poised for a massive harvest this year, especially compared with the drought-reduced crop of 2021. Throughout the growing season, FBN® Research has been assessing whether Canada’s rail system and broader infrastructure will be prepared to handle a record crop. Based on previous capacity vo
[FBN Members: Click here to access the October 2022 U.S. Corn & Soybean Yield Forecasts Report ] [Not an FBN member yet? Click the link above and create a free FBN account to unlock the report.] On September 12, 2022, the USDA released their most recent Crop Production report. Based on initial surve
Winter wheat harvest is wrapping up but planting season will be here soon. As we head into the planting season and think about where we may be this time next year, the price environment could be different. But, today we do have prices that are historically high. Wheat futures still are elevated desp
Twenty cars carrying around 80 crop scouts left Manhattan, KS early Tuesday morning (May 17) to fan out across the state and sample wheat yields. This year, wheat yields in Kansas are a big unknown as divergent weather has created yield question marks. In the Northeast part of the state, growing co
Rejeana Gvillo, Senior Economist at FBN , is on the road in Kansas with the Wheat Council Tour. Follow her posts to get firsthand perspectives from her route. Here are the key findings and insights from Day 2’s route. Read about Day 1's Tour Results here. Key findings and insights Day 2’s scouting t
Rejeana Gvillo, Senior Economist at FBN , is on the road in Kansas with the Wheat Council Tour. Follow her posts to get firsthand perspectives from her route. Twenty cars carrying 80 crop scouts left Manhattan, KS early Tuesday morning ready to fan out across the state and sample wheat yields. This
With planting progress for the US lagging the average for a handful of crops, lots of questions about prevent plant and the risk around those totals are surfacing. Already the world is facing supply uncertainty, and the threat of losing additional ground for corn production specifically heightens co