Exhibit 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Robert B. Terry and Terry M. Campbell, and each
of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of 
substitution and resubstitution, for him in his name, place and stead, in any 
and all capacities, to sign any and all Farmland Industries, Inc.'s 1996 
annual report prepared, pursuant to Sections 13 or 15d of the Securities Act 
of 1934, (including any amendments thereto), and file the same, with all 
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and 
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all 
intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying 
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or 
his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.


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    Signature                 Title                        Date

<S>                         <C>                        <C>

 ALBERT J. SHIVLEY          Chairman of Board          October 23, 1996
 Albert J. Shivley             and Director

   H. D. CLEBERG                President,             October 23, 1996
   H. D. Cleberg         Chief Executive Officer
                               and Director
                      (Principal Executive Officer)

    OTIS H. MOLZ          Vice Chairman of Board       October 23, 1996
    Otis H. Molz               and Director

  LYMAN ADAMS, JR.               Director              October 23, 1996
  Lyman Adams, Jr.

 RONALD J. AMUNDSON              Director              October 23, 1996
 Ronald J. Amundson

BAXTER ANKERSTJERNE              Director              October 23, 1996
Baxter Ankerstjerne

    JODY BEZNER                  Director              October 23, 1996
    Jody Bezner

 RICHARD L. DETTEN               Director              October 23, 1996
 Richard L. Detten

   STEVEN ERDMAN                 Director              October 23, 1996
   Steven Erdman

   WARREN GERDES                 Director              October 23, 1996
   Warren Gerdes

    BEN GRIFFITH                 Director              October 23, 1996
    Ben Griffith

    GAIL D. HALL                 Director              October 23, 1996
    Gail D. Hall

   JEROME HEUERTZ                Director              October 23, 1996
   Jerome Heuertz

    BARRY JENSEN                 Director              October 23, 1996
    Barry Jensen

    RON JURGENS                  Director              October 23, 1996
    Ron Jurgens

   GREG PFENNING                 Director              October 23, 1996
   Greg Pfenning

  VONN RICHARDSON                Director              October 23, 1996
  Vonn Richardson

    MONTE ROMOHR                 Director              October 23, 1996
    Monte Romohr

    JOE ROYSTER                  Director              October 23, 1996
    Joe Royster

 RAYMOND J. SCHMITZ              Director              October 23, 1996
 Raymond J. Schmitz

    FRANK WILSON                 Director              October 23, 1996
    Frank Wilson

   ROBERT ZINKULA                Director              October 23, 1996
   Robert Zinkula
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