EXHIBIT 31.01
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, W. Thomas Jagodinski, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report of Delta and Pine Land Company;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report.
4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a - 15(f) and 15d - 15(f)) for the
registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to provide that
material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report
is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles.
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the
registrant's internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant's internal control over financial
reporting; and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent function):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
in the design or operation of internal controls over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant
role in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting.
Date: November 14, 2005 /s/ W. Thomas Jagodinski
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W. Thomas Jagodinski
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director