Factory or dairy visit · Waukon
WW Homestead Dairy
Anyone can walk the viewing hall at WW Homestead Dairy, 850 Rossville Road in Waukon, during business hours. Guided creamery tours run Monday to Friday by appointment for $8 (call 563-568-4950), and creamery plus farm tours cost $12 from April to October, weather permitting.
- Viewing hall
- Free, during business hours
- Creamery tour
- $8, Mon to Fri by appointment
- Farm and creamery tour
- $12, April to October
- Under 5
- Free
What You See
The back hallway has large viewing windows onto the plant where WW Homestead makes cream-line milk, ice cream, cheese and butter from two local farms near Waukon and Lansing. The guided creamery tour walks you through the milk processing and includes a 6-ounce bag of fresh curds or a scoop of ice cream. The farm tour adds the barns, where you see how the cows are housed, fed and milked, and may get to feed a calf.
The Store and Coffee Barn
The retail store stocks the full dairy range, with an ice cream parlor of 16 flavours, a coffee bar using the farm's milk and a grilled cheese made with its cheddar. A drive-up window serves soft serve and deep-fried curds. The dairy calls itself the Cheese Curd Capital of Iowa.
Getting There
Waukon is in Allamakee County in north-east Iowa, near the Mississippi and the Minnesota and Wisconsin borders, about 30 minutes from Decorah.
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Questions People Ask
Can you tour WW Homestead Dairy?
Yes. The viewing hall is open to everyone during business hours. Guided tours are Monday to Friday by appointment: $8 for the creamery, $12 with the farm from April to October.
What is the Cheese Curd Capital of Iowa?
WW Homestead Dairy in Waukon uses the title for its fresh cheddar curds.
Official site: wwhomesteaddairy.com/pages/tours. Dates, hours and prices checked 22 October 2026; confirm on the official site before you travel. See all cheese factory tours.