EXHIBIT 23.01

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Delta and Pine Land Company:

We consent to the  incorporation  by  reference in the  registration  statements
(Nos.  333-21049,  333-74168 and  333-123621) on Form S-8 of Delta and Pine Land
Company of our reports dated November 14, 2005, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheets of Delta and Pine Land Company and subsidiaries' as of August 31,
2005 and 2004,  and the related  consolidated  statements of income,  changes in
stockholders'  equity and comprehensive  income,  and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year  period ended August 31, 2005, and the related financial
statement schedule, and management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal
control over financial  reporting as of August 31, 2005 and the effectiveness of
internal  control over financial  reporting as of August 31, 2005, which reports
appear in the August 31, 2005 Annual  Report on Form 10-K of Delta and Pine Land
Company.

KPMG LLP


Jackson, Mississippi
November 14, 2005