Delta and Pine Land Company Announces Second Quarter Dividend

SCOTT, Miss., Feb. 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta and Pine Land Company (NYSE:DLP) ("D&PL"), a leading commercial breeder, producer and marketer of cotton planting seed, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.15 per share.  The second quarter dividend will be paid on March 13, 2006 to shareholders of record on February 28, 2006.

About Delta and Pine Land Company

Delta and Pine Land Company is a commercial breeder, producer and marketer of cotton planting seed.  Headquartered in Scott, Mississippi, with multiple offices in eight states and facilities in several foreign countries, D&PL also breeds, produces and markets soybean planting seed. For more information, please refer to the Company's Web site at http://www.deltaandpine.com/. 

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CONTACT:  Investors: Tom Jagodinski of Delta and Pine Land Company,

[phone]; or Media: Jonathan Gasthalter, or Amy Cohen, both of Citigate

Sard Verbinnen, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.deltaandpine.com/

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