Exhibit 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned Director of ConAgra
Foods, Inc. constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Rohde and James P.
O'Donnell as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with each having
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead in any and all capacities, to execute a registration statement on Form
S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to
$4,000,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of ConAgra Foods Inc. and any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and any
and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 26th day of September, 2002.

                                                        /s/ David H. Batchelder
                                                        -----------------------
                                                        David H. Batchelder





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned Director of ConAgra
Foods, Inc. constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Rohde and James P.
O'Donnell as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with each having
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead in any and all capacities, to execute a registration statement on Form
S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to
$4,000,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of ConAgra Foods Inc. and any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and any
and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 26th day of September, 2002.



                                                        /s/ Mogens Bay
                                                       ---------------------
                                                        Mogens Bay





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned Director of ConAgra
Foods, Inc. constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Rohde and James P.
O'Donnell as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with each having
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead in any and all capacities, to execute a registration statement on Form
S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to
$4,000,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of ConAgra Foods Inc. and any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and any
and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 26th day of September, 2002.


                                                      /s/ Howard G. Buffett
                                                     ------------------------
                                                      Howard G. Buffett





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned Director of ConAgra
Foods, Inc. constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Rohde and James P.
O'Donnell as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with each having
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead in any and all capacities, to execute a registration statement on Form
S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to
$4,000,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of ConAgra Foods Inc. and any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and any
and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 26th day of September, 2002.



                                                       /s/ John T. Chain, Jr.
                                                     --------------------------
                                                          John T. Chain, Jr.






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned Director of ConAgra
Foods, Inc. constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Rohde and James P.
O'Donnell as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with each having
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead in any and all capacities, to execute a registration statement on Form
S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to
$4,000,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of ConAgra Foods Inc. and any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and any
and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 26th day of September, 2002.



                                                        /s/ Alice B. Hayes
                                                       ---------------------
                                                        Alice B. Hayes





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned Director of ConAgra
Foods, Inc. constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Rohde and James P.
O'Donnell as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with each having
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead in any and all capacities, to execute a registration statement on Form
S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to
$4,000,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of ConAgra Foods Inc. and any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and any
and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 26th day of September, 2002.


                                                       /s/ W.G. Jurgensen
                                                     ------------------------
                                                        W. G. Jurgensen





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned Director of ConAgra
Foods, Inc. constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Rohde and James P.
O'Donnell as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with each having
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead in any and all capacities, to execute a registration statement on Form
S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to
$4,000,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of ConAgra Foods Inc. and any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and any
and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 26th day of September, 2002.



                                                        /s/ Robert A. Krane
                                                      -----------------------
                                                       Robert A.  Krane





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned Director of ConAgra
Foods, Inc. constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Rohde and James P.
O'Donnell as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with each having
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead in any and all capacities, to execute a registration statement on Form
S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to
$4,000,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of ConAgra Foods Inc. and any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and any
and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 26th day of September, 2002.


                                                         /s/ Mark Rauenhorst
                                                        -----------------------
                                                         Mark Rauenhorst





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned Director of ConAgra
Foods, Inc. constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Rohde and James P.
O'Donnell as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with each having
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead in any and all capacities, to execute a registration statement on Form
S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to
$4,000,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of ConAgra Foods Inc. and any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and any
and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 26th day of September, 2002.


                                                       /s/ Carl E. Reichardt
                                                     -------------------------
                                                       Carl E. Reichardt





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned Director of ConAgra
Foods, Inc. constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Rohde and James P.
O'Donnell as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with each having
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead in any and all capacities, to execute a registration statement on Form
S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to
$4,000,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of ConAgra Foods Inc. and any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and any
and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 26th day of September, 2002.


                                                         /s/ Ronald W. Roskens
                                                        -----------------------
                                                         Ronald W. Roskens





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned Director of ConAgra
Foods, Inc. constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Rohde and James P.
O'Donnell as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with each having
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead in any and all capacities, to execute a registration statement on Form
S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to
$4,000,000,000 aggregate maximum offering price of common stock, preferred stock
and debt securities of ConAgra Foods Inc. and any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and any
and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such
attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 26th day of September, 2002.


                                                       /s/ Kenneth E. Stinson
                                                      ------------------------
                                                       Kenneth E. Stinson