Delta and Pine Land Company to Present at GARP Research 3rd Annual Investor Conference

SCOTT, Miss., May 2  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta and Pine Land Company (NYSE:DLP) announced today that W. T. Jagodinski, President and CEO, and Kenneth M. Avery, Vice President - Finance and Treasurer, will present at the GARP Research, 3rd Annual Investor Conference at the InterContinental Harbor Court Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland on May 17, 2006, from 10:30 am to 11:30 am ET. They will discuss the company's business, previously announced earnings estimates and strategic initiatives. A copy of the slide presentation will be available on the Company's website at http://www.deltaandpine.com/ beginning on May 17, 2006.

About Delta and Pine Land Company

Delta and Pine Land Company is a leading 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 in the U.S.  For more information about D&PL, please refer to the Company's website at http://www.deltaandpine.com/. 

DATASOURCE: Delta and Pine Land Company



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

[phone]; or Media: Jonathan Gasthalter, or Cassandra Bujarski, both of

Citigate Sard Verbinnen, [phone]



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

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