Sioux Falls, SD – The Broin Companies are pleased to announce a Ground Breaking program and ceremony for Prairie Ethanol, LLC to be held October 12, 2005. The program will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Fire Hall, 104 East Main Street in Letcher, SD. A Ground Breaking ceremony will be conducted at the plant’s construction site following the program. The public is invited to attend both events.

Prairie Ethanol will be the eighth ethanol plant the Broin Companies of Sioux Falls, SD have built in the state of South Dakota and the 24th plant built since its inception. With cooperation and partnership from the agricultural community along with leadership in the region, the Broin Companies are excited to bring another new value-added agricultural business to South Dakota. Site work is scheduled to start in September with construction activities to follow. Plant start-up is projected near the end of 2006.

Annually, Prairie Ethanol 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. Prairie Ethanol will also help improve the local corn basis while providing an environmentally friendly fuel and premium Dakota Gold Enhanced Nutrition Distillers Products™ for regional, national and international markets.

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