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                                   EXHIBIT 24--POWERS OF ATTORNEY


                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 10th day of March, 1995.


                                              /s/ D. O. Andreas
                                                   D. O. Andreas


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                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 10th day of March, 1995.




                                             /s/ M. D. Andreas
                                             M. D. Andreas

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                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 13th day of March, 1995.



                                               /s/ L. W. Andreas
                                               L. W. Andreas
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                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 10th day of March, 1995.



                                             /s. M. L. Andreas
                                             M. L. Andreas



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                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 11th day of March, 1995.




                                         /s/ Shreve M. Archer, Jr.
                                             Shreve M. Archer, Jr.




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                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 14th day of March, 1995.



                                             /s/ Ralph Bruce
                                             Ralph Bruce


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                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 10th day of March, 1995.


                                           /s/ Howard Buffett
                                             Howard Buffett


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                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 13th day of March, 1995.


                                             /s/ John H. Daniels
                                             John H. Daniels

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                   ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 14th day of March, 1995.



                                        /s/ Ray A. Goldberg
                                          Ray A. Goldberg



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                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                          Power of Attorney
                    of Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 13th day of March, 1995.





                                           /s/ H.D. Hale
                                             H. D. Hale

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                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 15th day of March, 1995.


                                        /s/ F. Ross Johnson
                                        F. Ross Johnson


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                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 10th day of March, 1995.



                                        /s/J. R. Randall
                                        J. R. Randall


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                   ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 24th day of March, 1995.



                                 /s/ Margaretta F. Rockefeller
                                  Margaretta F. Rockefeller


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                   ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 13th day of March, 1995.



                                        /s/ Robert S. Strauss
                                        Robert S. Strauss

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                  ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of Director and/or Officer

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 13th day of March, 1995.



                                             /s/ J. K. Vanier
                                             J. K. Vanier

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                   ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
                                 
                         Power of Attorney
                    of  Director and/or Officer

           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint R.
P. REISING, D. J. SCHMALZ, and D. J. SMITH, and each or any one of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other
applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of shares of Common Stock of said Company proposed to be issued in
connection with the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the ADM Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly
Employees, and to all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the
powers herein expressly granted.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
the undersigned's hand this 11th day of March, 1995.


                                             /s/ O. Glenn Webb
                                             O. Glenn Webb

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