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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-272006
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170823
ITEM INFORMATION:		Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant's Employee Benefit Plans
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170829
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170829

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:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00044
		FILM NUMBER:		171058272

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		77 W. WACKER DR.
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60601
		BUSINESS PHONE:		312-634-8233

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		77 W. WACKER DR.
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60601
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August<U></U> 23, 2017 </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-44</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">41-0129150</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4600</B></P>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">634-8100</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the
appropriate box below if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth
company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended
transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. &nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>tem 5.04.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant&#146;s Employee Benefit
Plans. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On August&nbsp;23, 2017, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) notified participants in the ADM 401(k) and
Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried Employees and the ADM 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees (the &#147;Plans&#148;) of an upcoming blackout period (the &#147;Blackout Period&#148;) pursuant to
Section&nbsp;101(i)(2)(E) of the Employee Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974, as amended. The Blackout Period is required due to the transition of the Plans to a new administrator. The Blackout Period will begin at 3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight
Time, on September&nbsp;25, 2017, and is expected to end during the week of October&nbsp;8, 2017, although it is possible that the blackout period will end prior to the week of October&nbsp;8, 2017. During the Blackout Period, Plan participants will
be unable to change contribution percentages, direct or diversify investments in their respective individual accounts, obtain a loan from either Plan, process a loan payoff, submit withdrawal requests, obtain a distribution from either Plan, or
change an ESOP dividend election. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On August&nbsp;29, 2017, the Company sent a notice to its directors and executive officers pursuant to
Section&nbsp;306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Section&nbsp;104 of Regulation BTR under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;BTR Notice&#148;). The BTR Notice informed the Company&#146;s directors and executive officers
of the Blackout Period and of the common stock trading restrictions (including with respect to derivatives) that apply to them during the Blackout Period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of the BTR Notice is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. During the Blackout Period and for a period of
two years after the ending date of the Blackout Period, stockholders or other interested parties may obtain, without charge, information about the actual beginning and ending dates of the Blackout Period by contacting the Company&#146;s Investor
Relations department at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">312-634-8100.</FONT></FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibit is filed herewith: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: August&nbsp;29, 2017</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ D. Cameron Findlay</P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Important Notice of Blackout Period </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to Directors and Executive Officers </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August&nbsp;29, 2017 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
(&#147;ADM&#148;) is changing the administrator of the ADM 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried Employees and the ADM 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees (the &#147;401(k) Plans&#148;). During this
changeover, participants in the 401(k) Plans will be unable to change contribution percentages, direct or diversify investments in their respective individual accounts, obtain a 401(k) Plan loan, process a loan payoff, submit withdrawal requests,
obtain a distribution from either 401(k) Plan, or change an ESOP dividend election. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We expect this &#147;blackout period&#148; to begin at 3:00 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, on September&nbsp;25, 2017, and last through the week of October&nbsp;8, 2017, although it is possible that the blackout period will end prior to the week of October&nbsp;8, 2017 (the &#147;Blackout Period&#148;). We regret
any inconvenience resulting from the Blackout Period, but we believe you will be pleased with the new administrator of the 401(k) Plans. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and federal securities laws provide that, during the Blackout Period, all directors and executive officers, including you, are generally prohibited from any transaction in our common shares (including exercising stock
options) or any derivative securities related to our common shares, regardless of whether the director or executive officer participates in either of the 401(k) Plans.</B> As a director or executive officer, these prohibitions apply to you and to
members of your immediate family who share your household, as well as to trusts, corporations and other entities whose share ownership may be attributed to you. Penalties for trading during a Blackout Period are severe. This notice is in addition to
the restrictions on trading activity set forth in ADM&#146;s Code of Conduct and Insider Trading Policy. Please note that there are certain limited exceptions to this prohibition, including transactions under a trading plan established under SEC
Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10b5-1</FONT> prior to the Blackout Period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you have questions regarding the Blackout Period, including when it
starts or ends, or whether an exception may apply, you may call D. Cameron Findlay, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, (312) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">634-8100,</FONT> or Thuy Vo, Chief Counsel, Corporate, Securities, and
M&amp;A and Assistant Secretary, (312) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">634-8100,</FONT> or contact either by mail at Archer-Daniels Midland Company, 77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago, Illinois 60601. </P>
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