John Raines
Chief Commercial Officer, The Climate Corporation
John Raines is the Chief Commercial Officer at The Climate
Corporation. With operations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America, John leads sales, account management, marketing and customer
service & support for Climate FieldView™, the agriculture industry’s leading digital farming platform. John has been involved in production
agriculture throughout his life. Growing up in southeast Missouri (Senath), he spent his youth working in a family fuel business serving
farmers. He graduated from the University of Missouri - Columbia, with a BS in Agricultural Systems Management and Marketing. Prior to his
current role, John was as the U.S. Customer Advocacy Lead at Monsanto, leading the development of U.S. advocacy campaigns on behalf of farmers
and local community outreach efforts for farmers and ag youth. In addition, John lead the formation of a field team responsible for servicing
America’s most progressive farmers. From 2002 to 2007, John served in several leadership roles at Monsanto, including General Manager for the
company’s Australian, New Zealand, & Philippines business units, based in Melbourne, Australia. Early in his career, John held numerous sales
and sales management roles at Monsanto. At the onset of biotechnology’s introduction, John was the U.S. Cotton Marketing Manager, responsible
for launching the first two cotton biotechnology products, Bollgard and Roundup Ready in the United States. John and his wife Buffy have a son
(Austin), daughter (Rachel) and son-in-law Casey, and their family is actively involved in production agriculture in Missouri.