Delta and Pine Land

Delta and Pine Land Company engages in the breeding, production, conditioning and marketing of cotton planting seed primarily in the United States and other cotton producing nations. The company also breeds, produces, conditions and markets soybean planting seed in the United States. The company farms approximately 5,600 acres worldwide for research purposes and for the production of cotton and soybean foundation seed. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Scott, Mississippi. Delta and Pine Land was sold to the public company Monsanto (Nasdaq: MON) in 2006. (www.deltaandpine.com)