Curtis Schaefer

Curtis Schaefer currently serves as the Director of Potato Agronomy at Grimmway Farms since March 2023. Previously, Curtis held the position of Director of Agronomy at Tasteful Selections LLC from January 2022 to May 2023, and served as Regional Agronomy Manager at Black Gold Farms from August 2017 to December 2021. Curtis began a career in agronomy at Texas Tech University, progressing from Research Associate to Graduate Research Assistant from January 2012 to July 2017, managing field trials and collaborating on irrigation research. Previous experience includes a Maize Product Development Research Intern role at Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. and working on a family farm. Curtis holds a PhD and MS in Crop Physiology from Texas Tech University and a B.S. in Global Resource Systems from Iowa State University, complemented by a minor in Spanish Language and Literature from Universidad de Extremadura.