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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.




                                  /s/ Dwayne O. Andreas
                                        Dwayne O. Andreas




                       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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.





                                        /s/ G. Allen Andreas
                                        G. Allen Andreas






                       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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.





                                   /s/ John R. Block
                                   John R. Block



                       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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.





                                   /s/ Richard R. Burt
                                   Richard R. Burt







                       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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.




                                   /s/ Mollie H. Carter
                                   Mollie H. Carter



                       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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.



                                   /s/ Gaylord O. Coan
                                   Gaylord O. Coan





                       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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.



                                  /s/ F. Ross Johnson
                                        F. Ross Johnson






                       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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.



                                   /s/ M. Brian Mulroney
                                   M. Brian Mulroney



                       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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.




                                   /s/ Robert S. Strauss
                                   Robert S. Strauss




                      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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.





                                  /s/ John K. Vanier
                                        John K. Vanier







                       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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.





                                /s/ Glenn Webb
                                     O. Glenn Webb








                        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 G. ALLEN
ANDREAS, 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried
Employees and/or the Employee Stock Ownership 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, 1999.







                                   /s/ Andrew Young
                                   Andrew Young