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The Agricultural Consortium was an institution on the planet Balancar which was responsible for the production of syrup of squill.

In 2373 and 2374, they stockpiled syrup of squill to drive up the price for it, claiming a drought was affecting Balancar.

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 deduced the Agricultural Consortium's deception and threatened he would expose them to the entire quadrant if they didn't provide him with a shipment of syrup of squill. (DS9: "The Magnificent Ferengi")

The Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 63) described the Agricultural Consortium as an international business alliance on Balancar.
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