Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC

SIRE is a state of the art dry-mill grain processing facility that produces over 110 million gallons of fuel grade ethanol per year. It also produces over 330,000 tons of Dried Distillers' Grain (DDGs) annually and has the ability to produce Wet Distiller Grains (WDGs). The facility will consume over 39 million bushels of corn feedstock annually. The grain originates from a large portion of southwest Iowa and several counties in southeast Nebraska. SIRE has begun corn oil production. SIRE is a Limited Liability Company incorporated in the State of Iowa on March 8, 2005. The owners of SIRE have positioned the Company to be a locally controlled business enterprise providing farmers and local investors with the chance to extract added value through ownership of a processing plant that can convert corn to a higher value product.