MIDWEST GRAIN PRODUCTS INC
SC 13G/A, 1995-02-14
GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS
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                            UNITED STATES  
                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C.  20549

                             SCHEDULE 13G
               Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                          (Amendment No. 6)

                    MIDWEST GRAIN PRODUCTS, INC.
                           (Name of Issuer)

                      Common Stock, No Par Value
                    (Title of Class of Securities)

                             59832G 104
                           (CUSIP Number)


Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement
[ ].  (A fee is not required only if the reporting person:  (1)
has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership
of more than five percent of the class of securities described in
Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto
reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such
class.)  (See Rule 13d-7.)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filed out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to
the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter disclosures provided in
a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page
shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall
be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).














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CUSIP No. 59832G 104           13G              Page 2 of 5 Pages

_________________________________________________________________
1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   Midwest Grain Products, Inc.
   Employee stock Ownership Plan
   48-6107197
_________________________________________________________________
2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                          (a) [ ]
                                                          (b) [X]

_________________________________________________________________
3  SEC USE ONLY


_________________________________________________________________
4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   U.S.A.


_________________________________________________________________
               5  SOLE VOTING POWER
  NUMBER OF       37,973
   SHARES      __________________________________________________
BENEFICIALLY   6  SHARED VOTING POWER
  OWNED BY        1,072,578
    EACH       __________________________________________________
 REPORTING     7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON         37,973
    WITH       __________________________________________________
               8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                  1,072,578
_________________________________________________________________
9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
    1,110,551


_________________________________________________________________
10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
    CERTAIN SHARES*
    The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership       [ ] 
    in all the shares in Row 9.

_________________________________________________________________
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
    11.37%


_________________________________________________________________
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
    EP

_________________________________________________________________

                 *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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                            SCHEDULE 13G
                  For Midwest Grain Products, Inc.
                    Employee Stock Ownership Plan


Item 1(a)  Name of Issuer:

           Midwest Grain Products, Inc.

Item 1(b)  Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

           1300 Main Street
           Atchison, Kansas  66002

Item 2(a)  Name of Person Filing:

           Midwest Grain Products, Inc.
           Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Item 2(b)  Address of Principal Business Office or, if None,      
           Residence:

           1300 Main Street
           Atchison, Kansas  66002

Item 2(c)  Citizenship:  Kansas

Item 2(d)  Title of Class of Securities:

           Common Stock, No Par Value

Item 2(e)  CUSIP Number:  59832G 104

Item 3  If this Statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 
        13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:

        (f) [x] Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is      
            subject to the provisions of the Employment           
            Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or Endowment   
            Fund.

Item 4  Ownership:

        The following information is provided as of December 31,  
        1993:

        (a)    Amount Beneficially Owned:

               1,110,551

        (b)    Percent of Class:

               11.37%




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        (c)    Number of Shares as to Which Such Person has:

              (i)   Sole Voting Power to Vote or to Direct  the   
                    Vote:

                    37,973

              (ii)  Shared Power to Vote or Direct the            
                    Vote:

                    1,072,578

              (iii) Sole Power to Dispose or to Direct the
                    Disposition of:

                    37,973

              (iv)  Shared Power to Dispose or to Direct the      
                    Disposition of:

                    1,072,578

     The Midwest Grain Products Employee Stock Ownership Plan
disclaims beneficial ownership in all of the above-referenced
shares.

     The reporting person is the principal stock ownership plan
of Midwest Grain Products, Inc.  The Employee Stock Ownership
Plan and each of the subsidiary employee stock ownership plans
are managed by five Trustees consisting of Cloud L. Cray, Jr.,
Laidacker M. Seaberg, Robert G. Booe, Randy M. Schrick, and Brian
Cahill, all of whom are officers or directors of Midwest Grain
Products, Inc., and all of whom have addresses at 1300 Main
Street, Atchison, Kansas 66002.  The other Midwest Grain
Products, Inc. employee stock ownership plans, which are also
managed by the five Trustees, and which shareholdings are
included in the 1,110,551 shares mentioned above are:  (a)
Illinois Non Union ESOP; (b) Illinois Union ESOP; and (c) Union
ESOP.

     The Trustees of the Plans are obligated to vote the shares
which are allocated to participants (1,072,578 shares at December
31, 1994) in accordance with instructions given by such
participants.  Unallocated shares (37,973 shares at December 31,
1994) are voted by the trustees.

Item 5   Ownership of 5% or less of a class:

         Not applicable

Item 6   Ownership of more than 5% on behalf of another person:

         Not applicable




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Item 7   Identification and classification of the subsidiary      
         which acquired the security being reported on by the     
         parent holding company:

         Not applicable

Item 8   Identification and classification of members of the      
         Group:

         Not applicable

Item 9   Notice of dissolution of group:

         Not applicable

Item 10  Certification

         Not applicable


                            SIGNATURE

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the knowledge of
the undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the information
set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

                                   MIDWEST GRAIN PRODUCTS, INC.
                                   EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN


      February 9, 1995                  /s/ Robert G. Booe
Date__________________________     By:___________________________
                                   Robert G. Booe, Trustee and
                                   Member of the Administrative
                                   Committee



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