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important farmland available. In fact, the first few agricultural groups may consist of prime farmlands. Different classes of important farmland should not be combined in any one group. For example, prime farmland soils should be in a group or groups by themselves, state /locally important farmlands should be in a group or groups by themselves, etc. The important farmland classes for Orange County soils are shown in Appendix C. In Column 5 of.Table 2, soils have been placed in agricultural groups according to important farmland class. Orange County Agricultural Groups Based on the above land evaluation methods, Orange County soils have been placed in agricultural groups. The groups are summarized below in Table 1 and are presented, by soil type, in Column 9 of Table 2. Table 1 Orange County Agricultural Groups As indicated above, soils are rated and placed into agricultural groups ranging from the best to the worst suited for cropland use.., Agricultural group 1 should contain the best soils available_- &:g., those with the highest relative value for cropland in terms bf-7 .productivity index and the least limitations to such use. The aoils-in agricultural groups 2 -1.0 should have successively lower relative values in terms of overall productivity index, higher costs to correct and maintain soil limitations, or both. To determine the relative values for each agricultural group, the following procedure is used: 1. List each soil type in the agricultural groups. 2. Obtain the acreage and adjusted yield for each soil type in the agricultural groups. Important Percent Agricultural Land Farmland Productivity of Group Capability Class Index Land Area 1 -T ---- - -- 2E -2W Prime 85 -100 38.5% 2 2E -3E Prime 66 -81 17.5% 3 2E -3E State /Local 71 -76 16.5% 4 2E -4W State /Local 61 -66 5.7% 5 3E -4E Other 42 -71 12.7% 6 6S -7S Other 51 -56 1.8% 7 4E -7S Other NA 4.7% 8 Urban Other NA 2.6% As indicated above, soils are rated and placed into agricultural groups ranging from the best to the worst suited for cropland use.., Agricultural group 1 should contain the best soils available_- &:g., those with the highest relative value for cropland in terms bf-7 .productivity index and the least limitations to such use. The aoils-in agricultural groups 2 -1.0 should have successively lower relative values in terms of overall productivity index, higher costs to correct and maintain soil limitations, or both. To determine the relative values for each agricultural group, the following procedure is used: 1. List each soil type in the agricultural groups. 2. Obtain the acreage and adjusted yield for each soil type in the agricultural groups.