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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 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /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 G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /s/ G. Allen Andreas
                                                     G. Allen 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 G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /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 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /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 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /s/ Mollie H. Carter
                                                     Mollie H. 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 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /s/ Herman de Boon
                                                     Herman de Boon



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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 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /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 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /s/ David Mimran
                                                     David 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 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /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 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /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 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /s/ John K. Vanier
                                                     John 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 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /s/ O. Glenn Webb
                                                     O. Glenn 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 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-3 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 unsecured debentures, notes and/or other unsecured debt obligations of said
Company 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 3rd day of May, 2001.



                                                     /s/ Andrew Young
                                                     Andrew Young







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