DELTA AND PINE LAND COMPANY ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF
                     W. T. JAGODINSKI TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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         SCOTT, MISS., September 3, 2002 -- Delta and Pine Land Company
(NYSE:DLP), a leading commercial breeder, producer and marketer of cotton
planting seed, today announced that W. T. ("Jag") Jagodinski has been elected to
the DLP Board of Directors. Jagodinski's term will last until the Company's 2003
Annual Meeting when the shareholders will vote upon his re-election. Jagodinski
became President and CEO of DLP on September 1, 2002 as part of the succession
plan that was announced in June of this year.
         Jagodinski, 46, has served as Executive Vice President of DLP since
June 2002. Prior to June, he was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer. Jagodinski has been with the company for more than eleven
years. His addition to the D&PL Board brings the total number of directors to
seven.
         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,
DLP also breeds, produces and markets soybean planting seed in the U.S. where it
sells cotton seed. For more information, please refer to the Company's Web site
at http://www.deltaandpine.com.