The new map, created by USDA's Agricultural Research Service and Oregon State University, is based on 30 years of data from 13,412 weather stations, almost twice as many as the old map.

CERES – Farmers in Stanislaus County expressed concern over industrial operations happening in agricultural zones. They are worried about environmental hazards from the potential dumping and ...

Behind the Pacific Estates neighborhood in the residential-agricultural (RA) zone is a house on Lafayette Court in the residential zone (R-1) that keeps at least 18 chickens, according to Julianne ...

Those agricultural zones are there to protect that land for agricultural use, she said. “It represents economic development. It represents jobs,” Roethemeier said of Fayette County’s farmland.

When choosing plants for gardens, plant tags and catalogues often include the USDA's hardiness zones to show where that plant ideally grows. U.S. growing zones Zone 1: -60°F to -50°F ...