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                                   EXHIBIT 5.1

                        [Baird, Holm, McEachen, Pedersen
                         Hamann & Strasheim LLP Letterhead]


August ___, 2001

Husker Ag Processing, LLC
510 W. Locust Street
P.O. Box 10
Plainview, Nebraska 68769

         Re: Registration Statement on Form SB-2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel for Husker Ag Processing, LLC (the "Company"),
in connection with the preparation of the Company's Registration Statement on
Form SB-2 (file number 333-60580), (such Registration Statement, as amended, is
referred to herein as the "Registration Statement"), which was filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
on May 10, 2001 for the issuance and sale by the Company of a maximum of 15,000
membership units (the "Membership Units").

         In so acting as counsel, we have examined originals or copies,
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Articles of
Organization, as amended, of the Company, as well as the Operating Agreement, as
amended, of the Company. We have also examined originals or copies, certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records, agreements
and other instruments, and of certificates or comparable documents of public
officials and of officers and representatives of the Company and have made such
inquiries of such officers and representatives as we have deemed relevant and
necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth.

         As to all questions of fact material to this opinion, we have with your
permission, without any investigation or independent confirmation, relied upon,
and assumed the accuracy of, certificates or other comparable documents of
officers and representatives of the Company.

         In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have also assumed, with
your permission and without independent verification:

              (a)  that the signatures of person signing all documents in
                   connection with which this opinion is rendered are genuine
                   and authorized;

              (b)  that all documents submitted to us as originals or duplicate
                   originals are authentic; and

              (c)  that all documents submitted to us as copies, whether
                   certified or not, conform to authentic original documents.

         Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions,
qualifications, and limitations set forth herein, it is our opinion that:


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         1.       The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as
                  a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of
                  the State of Nebraska.

         2.       Upon the issuance and sale of the Membership Units in
                  accordance with the terms of the Registration Statement, the
                  Membership Units will be legally issued, fully paid and
                  non-assessable.

         The opinion set forth herein is given as of the date hereof and is
expressly limited to the matters stated. We are delivering this opinion to the
Company solely to satisfy the requirement of the Securities and Exchange
Commission set forth in Item 601(a) and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K
under the Securities Act and no other person may rely on it.

         Capitalized terms used herein shall have the definitions given to such
terms in the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this
opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and to the reference to our
firm under the heading "Legal Matters" in the Prospectus comprising a part of
the Registration Statement.

                                       Respectfully Submitted,


                                       /s/ Baird, Holm, McEachen,
                                       Pedersen, Hamann & Strasheim LLP

                                       BAIRD, HOLM, McEACHEN,
                                       PEDERSEN, HAMANN & STRASHEIM LLP