The Agricultural Consortium is a agency on the planet Balancar which handles affairs related to agriculture.
In 2374, they began stockpiling squill to drive up the prices for the product and increase their profits.
Quark knew the nephew of the cousin of the stepsister of a friend of the secretary to the Consortium's chief accountant who told him of the accountant's purchase of Ferengi rain slippers. Quark discovered the Agricultural Consortium's plan and told them he would expose them if they didn't provide him with a shipment of squill. (DS9: "The Magnificent Ferengi")