**Exhibit31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATIONPURSUANT TO 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)**

**(SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION)**

 

I, Kevin M. Roche, certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form10-QSB of United Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC;

 

2.                                     Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered 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 United Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC, as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report;

 

4.                                     United Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC’s othercertifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e)) for United Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC, 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 UnitedWisconsin Grain Producers, LLC, including its consolidated subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)             Evaluated the effectiveness of UnitedWisconsin Grain Producers, LLC’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

 

c)              Disclosed in this report any changes inUnited Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during United Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC’s mostrecent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, United Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC’s internal controlover financial reporting.

 

5                                        United Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC’s othercertifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluationof internal control over financial reporting, to United Wisconsin GrainProducers, LLC’s auditors and the audit committee of United Wisconsin GrainProducers, LLC’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 United WisconsinGrain Producers, LLC’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

b)                                  Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in UnitedWisconsin Grain Producers, LLC’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 
| Date:  |    November 15, 2004 |                                    | /s/Kevin M. Roche |
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|   |                                     | President (Principal Executive Officer) |

 

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