Well, I don't want to sound like Machiavelli, but you probably don't need the cookies to get an Ag agent to answer one question.
But if I planned to be back often, I would want them to remember me as "that guy who brings cookies".
(And Skinner found that intermittent reinfo5rcement is even more effective than bringing cookies EVERY time.)
OK, I might be a Niccolo-wanna-be. But any time I try to be subtle, someone shakes their head and tells me: "Rick, NEVER try to play poker."