**Exhibit 31**

 

**GREAT PLAINS ETHANOL, LLC**

 

**CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE****OFFICER**

**AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO RULE13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)**

 

I, Rick Serie, certifythat:

 

1.               I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Kof Great Plains Ethanol, LLC;

 

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report doesnot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements weremade, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

 

4.               The registrant’s other certifyingofficers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)              Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

b)             Designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reportingto be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples.

 

c)              Evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

 

d)             Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likelyto materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting; 

 

5.               The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) andI have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and audit committee of theregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions).

 

a)              All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)             Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date: March  27,  2008 |   |
|-----------------------------|--------|
|                        | /s/    | Rick Serie |
|                        |   | Rick  Serie |
|                        |   | Chief Executive Officer  and Chief |
|                        |   | Financial Officer  (Principal Executive |
|                        |   | Officer and Principal  Financial Officer) |

 

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