It is a national central organization which consists of systematically organized agricultural societies of Hokkaido and prefectures as well as local authorities, and it has an agricultural society of Hokkaido and prefectures as a lower organization and is a government agencies body which receives a large amount of government subsidy.
道府県および郡市町村の農会を系統的に組織した全国的中央機関であり、下部組織として道府県農会を持ち、多額の国庫補助を受ける官製団体である。