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DTN, formerly known as Data Transmission Network, is a subscription-based service for the delivery of real-time weather, agricultural and commodity markets information. DTN’s primary users are agriculture producers, professionals in weather-sensitive industries and commodities and futures traders. For the geological process, see Weathering or Erosion. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A commodities exchange is an exchange where various commodities and derivatives products are traded. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...


DTN provides information to professionals in agriculture, refined fuels, commodities and futures trading, public safety, aviation, turf, recreation, construction and transportation.


The company delivers market information, commodity cash prices, industry news and analysis, and location-specific weather for more than 120,000 subscribers working in agriculture, refined fuels, market trading and weather forecasting.


DTN, founded in 1984, is also the name of the service's parent company. DTN is especially targeted toward those interested in trading in markets such as futures and commodities and is popular among many farmers as well for its real-time weather data. Meteorlogix is a part of DTN which forecasts for several divisions of weather, including Aviation, Energy, Transportation and the PGA Tour. This article is about the year. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ...

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Meteorlogix Division

Meteorlogix is the weather division of DTN that forecasts location-specific weather for several industries. Meteorlogix is the official forecaster for the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ...


History

DTN was founded in 1984 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska. In the company’s early days, DTN delivered data to its customers solely by way of dedicated, one-way Ku-Band satellite-based computer terminals using small dish antennas mounted at the customers’ site with a special LNBF used only with the DTN service. This article is about the year. ... Omaha is the name of some places in the United States: *Omaha, Nebraska (the most familiar one) Omaha, Georgia Omaha, Illinois Omaha, Texas It is also the name of a Native American tribe, after which the city in Nebraska is named; see Omaha (tribe). ... Official language(s) English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Largest metro area Omaha Area  Ranked 16th  - Total 77,421 sq mi (200,520 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 0. ...


Currently, DTN delivers two-way information primarily via the Internet but continues its satellite service for customers who are unable to connect to the Internet due to their remote locations. The current generation of satellite receiver is the DTN D8000-series, which can be networked into an existing LAN using Ethernet. Third-party software is used to display and interpret the data on a personal computer. LAN redirects here. ... Ethernet is a large, diverse family of frame-based computer networking technologies that operate at many speeds for local area networks (LANs). ...


In 2007, DTN acquired The Progressive Farmer magazine (Circulation: Approximately 650,000) from Time Warner with the stated purpose of broadening its focus to the information needs of commercial farmers and landowners. Progressive Farmer is a country life oriented magazine, published ten times a year. ... Time Warner Inc. ...


Media Contributions

Various members of DTN’s editorial staff are regular contributors to commodity-related news stories by a variety of media outlets, including the Associated Press, Dow Jones “MarketWatch” and the Wall Street Journal. DTN senior analyst, Darin Newsom, and DTN grains analyst, Elaine Kub, are often featured in CNBC televised segments. The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... Dow Jones & Company NYSE: DJ, based in the United States, is a publishing and financial information firm. ... The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with an average daily circulation of 1,800,607 (2002). ... This article is about CNBC U.S., the business news channel in the U.S.. For other uses, see CNBC (disambiguation). ...


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Data Transmission Network, or DTN, is the brand name for several proprietary technologies for the delivery of financial markets, agricultural, weather, and general news data.
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DTN is especially targeted toward those interested in trading in markets such as futures and commodities and is popular among many farmers as well for its real-time weather data.
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