If you're hoping to purchase a primary residence in a rural area and have been researching U.S. Department of Agriculture loans, you'll want to also become acquainted with USDA eligibility maps.

Additionally, the USDA has created a free, easy-to-use interactive verison of their map for you to check your zone! Just type in your zip code to get a zoomed in, color-coded view of your area ...

The USDA has updated the geographic zones that help gardeners select plants that are suitable for their regions. Learn why the map changed—and whether your area was affected.

The USDA map has been updated four times since 1960. A version released in 1990 introduced a new warmer zone, zone 11. But that map was based on only 13 years of weather data (1974–1986), and it just ...

USDA updates plant hardiness map for the first time in more than a decade NPR's A Martinez talks to Ashlie Thomas, ... really cold shrinking and the areas that get warmer expanding.

The USDA draws the map using a color-coded key for easier reference. ... The graphic below shows the widespread changes in half-zone areas because of long-term temperature changes.

The USDA just updated its maps to reflect our warming climate and it shows a major shift. Our gardening experts are here to discuss what warmer weather crops can now grow in our area and what new ...

The USDA has access to thousands more weather stations now than in the past. That, combined with 30 years of new data, led to big changes in its hardiness map of cold winter temperatures in Kansas.

The map and its zone system are designed to help gardeners and farmers understand a plant’s ability to survive the winter and thrive where they live. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.