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EXHIBIT 24
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, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Dwayne O. Andreas
Dwayne 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
DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID J. SMITH, and either 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 401(k) Plan for
Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k) 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 either
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/s/ G. Allen Andreas, Jr.
G. Allen Andreas, 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
G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/s/ John R. Block
John R. Block
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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
G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Richard R. Burt
Richard R. Burt
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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
G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Mollie Hale Carter
Mollie Hale Carter
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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
G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Gaylord O. Coan
Gaylord O. Coan
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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
G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/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
G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/s/ David J. Mimran
David J. Mimran
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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
G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/s/ M. Brian Mulroney
M. Brian Mulroney
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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
G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/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
G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/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
G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/s/ O.G. Webb
O.G. Webb
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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
G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ and DAVID 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 401(k) Plan for Salaried Employees and/or the ADM 401(k)
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 28th day of July, 2000.
/s/ Andrew Young
Andrew Young
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