Exhibit 23(b)

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors of Midwest Grain Products, Inc.

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement
on Form S-8  being  filed  under the  Securities  Act of 1933 by  Midwest  Grain
Products,  Inc. with respect to the Midwest Grain Products, Inc. Stock Incentive
Plan of 1996,  1998 Stock  Incentive  Plan for Salaried  Employees  and the 1996
Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (the "Plans"), to be used in registering
shares of Midwest Grain Products, Inc. Common Stock, of our reports dated August
8, 1997 relating to the  consolidated  balance sheets of Midwest Grain Products,
Inc. and subsidiaries as of June 30, 1997 and 1996,and the related  consolidated
statements of  operations,  equity and cash flows and the related  schedules for
each of the years in the  three-year  period ended June 30, 1997,  which reports
appears in the Midwest Grain  Products,  Inc. annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended June 30, 1997.


                                    s/BAIRD, KURTZ & DOBSON
                                    BAIRD,KURTZ & DOBSON

Kansas City, Missouri
May 4, 1998