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EXHIBIT 5

                                                 April 3, 1995

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
4666 Faries Parkway
Decatur, Illinois 62526

Gentlemen:

     In connection with the proposed registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by Archer-Daniels-Midland
Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), of 3,000,000
shares of Common Stock of the Company, without par value (the
"Shares"), proposed to be issued by the Company pursuant to the
ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and the
ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly Employees
(collectively, the "Plans"), I have examined such corporate
records and other documents, including the Registration
Statement of the Company on Form S-8 to which this opinion is
an exhibit relating to the Shares (the "Registration
Statement"), and have review such matters of law as I have
deemed necessary for this opinion, and I advise you that in my
opinion:

     1.   The Company is a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

     2.   All necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company has been taken to authorize the issuance and sale of
the Shares and that, when issued, delivered and paid for as
contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Plans, the
Shares will be legally and validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable.

     I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement.

                                   Very truly yours,



                                   /s/ R. P. Reising
                                          R. P. Reising
                                   Vice President, Secretary
                                   and General Counsel
                                 Archer-Daniels-Midland Company


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