The primary goal of LASS is to provide farmers, ranchers, and other producers of agricultural commodities with unbiased and reliable information to assist them in making production and marketing decisions. Other important users of agricultural statistics are farm organizations, agribusiness and transportation firms, state and national policy makers, and foreign buyers of agricultural products. LASS collects, verifies and analyzes data which is used to prepare statistical estimates. Farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses are the primary sources of information.
Survey data is collected and summarized at the state level to provide statistical indications.
D.C. Statisticians in headquarters review the state recommendations and issue the state and national estimates to the public on scheduled dates throughout the year. The Louisiana Agricultural Statistics Service is located in Baton Rouge. In addition to the 17 employees in the Baton Rouge office, LASS employs around 50 people throughout the State to collect data.