Patrick Hofstetter

Customer Value through Data, Digital Tools & Precision Farming Solutions - Passion for Farming & Agriculture

Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

About

Agricultural Engineering || Smart Farming

Experience

  • John Deere (Full-time · 6 yrs 3 mos)
    • Small Grains Business Agronomy Test Lead
      Dec 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Product Sales Specialist Crop Care & Precision Ag
      Mar 2021 - Nov 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Masterstudent
      Apr 2020 - Feb 2021 · 11 mos

      Intern/ Master Thesis Planning and execution of field trials for precision farming. Master thesis in the field of multispectral remote sensing data (UAV) and combine yield maps.

  • Erntehelfer at Parkland Ventures
    Aug 2019 - Oct 2019 · 3 mos

    Farm Hand Execution of all tasks regarding crop harvest, especially swathing, combining & grain logistics.

  • Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft at Universität Hohenheim
    Nov 2018 - Aug 2019 · 10 mos

    Research Assistant Development and Validation of simulation models for calculation of fuel consumption for agricultural machinery.

  • Erntehelfer at Parkland Ventures
    Apr 2018 - Oct 2018 · 7 mos

    Farm Hand Execution of all tasks related to the plant production system and associated agricultural machinery. Special focus on seeding, spraying and harvest operations.

  • Bachelorand at CLAAS
    Jul 2017 - Jan 2018 · 7 mos

    Intern/ Bachelor Thesis Assistance in field trials for combine harvester, especially chopper and spreader unit testing. Bachelor thesis: Design of a unit for special chaff spreading.