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                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                [Letterhead of Eide Bailly LLP]

                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR

We hereby consent to the inclusion, in Form SB-2, of our audit
report on the financial statements of East Kansas Agri-Energy,
L.L.C. as of and for the periods ended December 31, 2003, as
part of East Kansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C.'s Registration Statement
on Form SB-2, and to the reference to our firm therein.


/s/ Eide Bailly LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 16, 2004