ADM Announces Senior Management Appointments DECATUR, Ill., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- J. Kevin Burgard has been named President-Specialty Food Ingredients and will continue as a Vice President of the Company. Mr. Burgard joined the Company in 1986 and previously served as Managing Director-ADM International, Ltd. Mr. Burgard has held various management positions in the Oilseed Processing, Corn Processing and BioProducts divisions as well as the Transportation department. Mr. Burgard obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural business and a MBA from Western Illinois University. He will relocate to the Company's headquarters in Decatur, Illinois. Mark Zenuk has been named Managing Director-ADM International, Ltd. Mr. Zenuk joined the Company in 2000 and previously served as division Senior Vice President-North American and European Vegetable Oil Operations. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics from the University of Saskatchewan. Mr. Zenuk will relocate to the Company's European headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. Scott Fredericksen has been named President-North American Oilseed Crushing. Mr. Fredericksen joined the Company in 1983 and previously served as President-Specialty Food Ingredients. Mr. Fredericksen has held various merchandising and management positions within the North American Oilseed division as well as division Senior Vice President-ADM Protein Specialties division. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Mankato State University. Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is a world leader in agricultural processing. ADM is one of the world's largest processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa. ADM is also a leader in the production of soy meal and oil, 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 250 processing plants and net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 of $36.2 billion. Additional information can be found on ADM's Web site at http://www.admworld.com/ . DATASOURCE: Archer Daniels Midland Company CONTACT: Brian Peterson, Senior Vice President-Corporate Affairs of Archer Daniels Midland Company, +1-217-424-5413 Web site: http://www.admworld.com/

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