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 1997 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.

       This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall
constitute one instrument.

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      Signature                      Title               Date
<S>                          <C>                         <C>
                             

 /s/   ALBERT J. SHIVLEY           Chairman of Board     October 22, 1997
   Albert J. Shivley                 and Director

   /s/   H. D. CLEBERG      
     H. D. Cleberg             Chief Executive Officer   October 22, 1997
                                     and Director
                            (Principal Executive Officer)

   /s/   OTIS H. MOLZ           Vice Chairman of Board   October 22, 1997
      Otis H. Molz                   and Director

/s/   LYMAN L. ADAMS, JR.              Director          October 22, 1997
  Lyman L. Adams, Jr.        

/s/   RONALD J. AMUNDSON               Director          October 22 , 1997
   Ronald J. Amundson

/s/   BAXTER ANKERSTJERNE              Director          October 22, 1997
  Baxter Ankerstjerne

    /s/   JODY BEZNER                  Director          October 22, 1997
      Jody Bezner

 /s/   RICHARD L. DETTEN               Director          October 22, 1997
   Richard L. Detten

    /s/ STEVEN ERDMAN                  Director          October 22, 1997
     Steven Erdman

/s/   HARRY FEHRENBACHER               Director          October 22, 1997
   Harry Fehrenbacher

   /s/   WARREN GERDES                 Director          October 22, 1997
     Warren Gerdes

   /s/   BEN GRIFFITH                  Director          October 22, 1997
      Ben Griffith

   /s/   GAIL D. HALL                  Director          October 22, 1997
      Gail D. Hall

   /s/   BARRY JENSEN                  Director          October 22, 1997
      Barry Jensen

    /s/   RON JURGENS                  Director          October 22, 1997
      Ron Jurgens

/s/   WILLIAM F. KUHLMAN               Director          October 22, 1997
   William F. Kuhlman

   /s/   GREG PFENNING                 Director          October 22, 1997
     Greg Pfenning

   /s/   MONTE ROMOHR                  Director          October 22, 1997
      Monte Romohr

  /s/   JOE ROYSTER                    Director          October 22, 1997
      Joe Royster

  /s/   E. KENT STAMPER                Director          October 22, 1997
    E. Kent Stamper

   /s/   ELI F. VAUGHN                 Director          October 22, 1997
     Eli F. Vaughn

   /s/   FRANK WILSON                  Director          October 22, 1997
      Frank Wilson

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