agr. (U.S. Soil Conservation Service land classification category based on its suitability or limitations for various uses; this planning term typically includes topography, soils, geographical limitations, potential for flooding, etc.; a l. c. c. is the broadest category in the system: class codes I to VIII indicate progressively greater limitations and narrower choices for agriculture; the numbers are used to represent both irrigated and nonirrigated land capability; the second category in this system is the land capability subclass with class codes e [erosion problems—► extreme soil erosion], w [wetness problems], s [root zone limitations], and c [climatic limitations]; cf. RCG 1982, 86-87). Each local government may establish its own classification system for land capability in preparing development plans; ► arable land rank [US]/arable land grade [UK], ► Land Capability Classification [US]; in U.K., ► agricultural land grade [UK](Land class broadly defining the inherent value...