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 $0.12 per share.  The second quarter dividend will be paid on March 14, 2005 to shareholders of record on February 28, 2005.

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.