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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950134-05-018255.txt : 20050923
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950134-05-018255
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050922
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050923
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050923

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000007084
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FATS & OILS [2070]
		IRS NUMBER:				410129150
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00044
		FILM NUMBER:		051101015

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4666 FARIES PKWY
		CITY:			DECATUR
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			62526
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2174244798

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4666 FARIES PKWY
		CITY:			DECATUR
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			62526
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>
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    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="center"><B>September&nbsp;22, 2005</B>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)<BR></TD>
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    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" style="font-size: 20pT" align="center"><B>ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY</B>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)<BR></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1-44</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41-0129150</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State of Incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Commission File Number)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="center"><B>4666 Faries Parkway</B></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="center"><B>Decatur, Illinois</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62526</B></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)<BR></TD>
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<TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="center"><B>(217)&nbsp;424-5200</B>
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the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General
Instruction A.2. below):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">Item&nbsp;2.03. <U>Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation of Registrant</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; color: #000000; background: #ffffff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On September&nbsp;22, 2005, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) issued
$600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Debentures due 2035 (the &#147;Debentures&#148;)
pursuant to an Indenture dated as of June&nbsp;1, 1986 between the Registrant and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., as Trustee, as supplemented and amended by a Supplemental Indenture dated as of
August&nbsp;1, 1989 (the &#147;Indenture&#148;), governing the terms of the Debentures. Under the
Indenture, the holders of not less than 25% of the outstanding principal of the Debentures
may declare the Debentures immediately due and payable if an &#147;event of default,&#148; as defined
in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing.
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caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY<BR>
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    <TD align="left">Date: September 23, 2005&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Steven R. Mills
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Steven R. Mills&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><I>Group Vice President and Controller</I>&nbsp;</TD>
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