POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5

    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Amy R. Piepmeier and William E. Hanigan, who may each sign
independent of the other, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including
amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or
5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, file such Form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority, and provide a copy as required by law or
advisable to such persons as the attorney-in-fact deems appropriate; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing that, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required of the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form
and shall contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may
approve in the attorney-in-fact's discretion.

    The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
the attorney-in-fact, or the attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and  powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and their substitutes, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is
the attorney-in-fact's employer assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.

       The undersigned agrees that each such attorney-in-fact may rely
entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by or at the
direction of the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
Granite Falls Energy, LLC, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of the date written below.

				 /s/ Rodney R. Wilkison
Date:	12/3/2015		 Printed Name:  Rodney R. Wilkison




State of Minnesota	)
			) s.s.:
County of Lyon		)


On this 1st day of December,2015,before me, the undersigned notary public,
personally appeared Rodney Wilkison, and executed the foregoing instrument
for the purposes therein expressed and acknowledged it to be his free act
and deed.
																	/s/ Patricia A. Moe
				Patricia A. Moe, Notary Public
				My Commission Expires: 1-31-2020