October 1st, 2006 - For Immediate Release

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND EXTENDS AGREEMENT WITH SUPPLYFORCE

King of Prussia, PA - Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) announced the execution of a four year contract extension for Electrical Materials purchased for Maintenance, Repair, and Operations to supplyFORCE. This latest contract award follows a three contractual relationship with supplyFORCE; the new electrical agreement is valued in excess of $70M. supplyFORCE will continue to leverage the buying power and service capabilities of its leading North American distributor network to provide ADM with a cost effective national solution for the procurement of electrical MRO supplies.

“We see this as a great opportunity for us to continue to showcase our offering to a recognized industry leader. This is another significant milestone that continues to position supplyFORCE as the premier industrial procurement solution for MRO supplies,” states John Eggleton, President and CEO of supplyFORCE. “Utilizing our distributor network will reduce ADM’s procurement costs and continue to deliver the high service levels that ADM expects.”

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 http://www.admworld.com.

About supplyFORCE: supplyFORCE is the leading MRO National Contract solutions company delivering process, inventory and product cost savings for large industrial businesses. supplyFORCE combines extensive domain expertise with North America’s largest network of enabled, qualified suppliers to provide the complete MRO solution. The supplyFORCE network has more than 175 local distributors representing more than 2,900 locations nationwide and having combined annual revenues exceeding $18 billion. The distributor members of supplyFORCE represent over 10,000 manufacturers in the Electrical, Industrial Supply, Pipe Valve and Fittings, Janitorial, Gasses, Welding and Safety commodities. To learn more about supplyFORCE, please visit http://www.supplyforce.com