Private company

Delta & Pine Land Company

American seed company

Delta & Pine Land Company was initially chartered in Mississippi in 1886 as a land speculation company, but was inactive until 1919, when a British textile company acquired the name. In the 1920s and 1930s, the company operated one of the largest cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta, with headquarters in Scott, Mississippi.2 It is part of Monsanto.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1919Founded1
  • Industryagribusiness1
  • HeadquartersScott1

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Delta&PineLandCompany 1939
Photo: Marion Post Wolcott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Delta & Pine Land Company was initially chartered in Mississippi in 1886 as a land speculation company, but was inactive until 1919, when a British textile company acquired the name. In the 1920s and 1930s, the company operated one of the largest cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta, with headquarters in Scott, Mississippi.2

Corporate structure

Delta & Pine Land Company is part of a group headed by Bayer. 197 entities, 44 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • cotton

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1919Founded Founded1

Sources

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