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2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map for Kentucky. At last. Finally, there’s an updated official government resource out there that gardeners all across the land can blame for any failed planting ...
Various hardiness ratings are published. In the United States (US), the most widely used is the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) system of hardiness zones based on average minimum yearly temperatures. [4] This system was developed specifically for the extremely diverse range of conditions in the US, from baking desert to frozen tundra.
For practical purposes, Canada has adopted the American hardiness zone classification system. The 1990 version of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map included Canada and Mexico, but they were removed with the 2012 update to focus on the United States and Puerto Rico. [8] The Canadian government publishes both Canadian and USDA-style zone maps. [20]
The National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) (sometimes still called the Northern Lab; known locally as the Ag Lab) is a United States Department of Agriculture laboratory center in Peoria, Illinois. The Center researches new industrial and food uses for agricultural commodities, develops new technology to improve ...
The USDA released a new hardiness zone map and half of the country has shifted. Read more here so you're ready to plant this spring. Gardeners, take note! The USDA released a new hardiness zone ...
The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) is a network of institutions and agencies (federal, state and private) led by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the effort to conserve and facilitate the use of the genetic diversity of agriculturally important plants and their wild relatives.
It is great that the USDA has made its own conception of plant hardiness zones in Canada, but the relevant source for Canadian zones is really planthardiness.gc.ca, from Natural Resources Canada. This exists only in a link at the bottom of the page, but it should be written about in the North American section of the article.
The PPQ works to safeguard agriculture and natural resources in the U.S. against the entry, establishment, and spread of animal and plant pests, and noxious weeds in order to help ensure the protection of native flora and an abundant, high-quality, and varied food supply.