Archer Daniels Midland Company to Web Cast Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Archer Daniels Midland Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be Web cast live on November 2, 2006. The link to the Web cast: http://www.adm.com/webcast will begin at 10:00 a.m. Central Standard Time (CST). A replay of the Web cast will be made available until midnight on December 2, 2006 on the http://www.adm.com Web site.

About ADM

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is a world leader in agricultural processing and fermentation technology. ADM is one of the world’s largest processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa. ADM is also a leader in the production of soybean oil and meal, ethanol, corn sweeteners and flour. In addition, ADM produces value-added food and feed ingredients. Headquartered in Decatur, Illinois, ADM has over 26,000 employees, more than 240 processing plants and net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006 of $36.6 billion. Additional information can be found on ADM’s Web site at www.adm.com.

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