**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I,William R. Pracht, certify that:

 

1.                                        Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of East Kansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C.;

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this quarterly reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of EastKansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C., asof, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.                                       East Kansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C.’s other certifying officers and I areresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controlover financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)) for East KansasAgri-Energy, L.L.C., 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 East Kansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C., including its consolidated subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

 

b)                                     Designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over internal reporting to bedesigned under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statementsfor external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

 

c)                                      Evaluated the effectiveness of East Kansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C.’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness ofthe disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered bythis report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)                                     Disclosed in this report any changes in East Kansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C.’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during East KansasAgri-Energy, L.L.C.’s mostrecent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, East KansasAgri-Energy, L.L.C.’s internalcontrol over financial reporting; and

 

5                                          East Kansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C.’s other certifying officers and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to EastKansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C.’sauditors and the audit committee of East Kansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C.’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)                                      All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect East Kansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C.’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

 

b)                                     Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in East Kansas Agri-Energy, L.L.C.’s internal controls over financialreporting.

 

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| Date:  |   August  14,2003 |      |    /s/ William R. Pracht |
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|   |                        | President |

 

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