Sioux Falls, SD – The Broin Companies are pleased to announce a Ground Breaking program and ceremony for Frontier Ethanol, LLC (FEL) at Gowrie, IA to be held on April 21, 2005. Frontier Ethanol will be the fifth ethanol plant the Broin Companies of Sioux Falls, SD have built in the state of Iowa and the 22nd plant built since its inception.

The program will take place at 1:30 p.m. at Prairie Valley High School located at 1005 Riddle Street in Gowrie. A Ground Breaking ceremony will be conducted at the plant site following the program. The public is invited to attend both events.

With cooperation and partnership from the agricultural community along with the county and community leadership, Frontier Ethanol is excited to bring another new value-added agricultural business to Iowa. Annually, FEL will produce 60 million gallons of ethanol by consuming over 21 million bushels of corn from the regional area. The plant will employ approximately 40 people, most from the local area. Frontier Ethanol will also help improve the local corn basis while providing an environmentally friendly fuel and a premium Dakota Gold brand livestock feed for local, regional and national markets.

“Frontier Ethanol is creating a new corn market for producers throughout the region; it is providing new highly technical, good paying jobs and will contribute millions of dollars to the local economy,” said Jeff Broin, CEO of Broin Companies. “We’re thrilled to play such a key role in the successful ethanol industry in Iowa and look forward to maximizing the success of Frontier Ethanol.”

Surveying, permitting and other site development activities have been completed. Site work is scheduled to start the first week of April with concrete and construction work to begin in early June. Plant start-up is projected for summer of 2006.

Broin Companies, who began building ethanol plants in 1983, has built plants in five states and provides turnkey development, design/build, management and product marketing services for their partner facilities.