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Dairy Farm Tours Across the USA
Does it sound fun to see where your milk, cheese, ice cream, and other dairy products come from? Farms and homesteads across the United States offer dairy farm tours where your classroom, homeschool group, scout troop, tour bus, or family can get a first-hand look at operations on a dairy farm.
You’ll visit the barns and see how the animals live, walk along the pasture, or take a wagon ride. Many adventure tours let you see cows milked by robots allowing them to milk at will. There are opportunities to feed calves, pet baby goats, and even join a summer camp. You’ll see how milk is bottled and how cheese and butter are made.
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Visit a Working USA Dairy Farm
Alabama Dairy Farm Tours
Blue Ribbon Dairy | Tallassee, AL
Blue Ribbon Dairy is a 4th generation family dairy farm. Their products include farm fresh small batch vat pasteurized cream-line whole milk, chocolate milk & cookies & cream milk, and seasonal flavors. Visit for a birthday party, pony ride, or special visitor event.
Dayspring Dairy | Gallant, AL
Dayspring Dairy is a family-owned farm offering handmade goat cheeses that can be purchased at their store, local farmer’s markets, and on their website. They invite you to visit during their farm open house and on shearing day.
Humble Heart Farms | Elkmont, AL
Humble Heart Farms is family-owned and operated offering premium hormone, steroid, and herbicide-free goat cheese. They offer farm tours by appointment as well as school and group farm tours.
Arizona Dairy Farm Tours
Danzeinsen Creamery | Laveen, AZ
Danzeinsen Creamery offers butter-making classes and creamery tours where they bottle fresh milk and at the end of the tour you’ll get to sample their many flavors.
Shamrock Farms | Phoenix, AZ
Exciting, entertaining, and educational working dairy farm tour. Learn the history of milk in the dairy museum and see how milk is better than ever with the latest technological advances. Fun play area, hands-on milking, and an ice cream parlor. The Shamrock Farms dairy tour has plenty to see, touch, explore and learn for individuals, families, and school field trips.
Superstition Farm | Mesa, AZ
Superstition Farm offers an open-to-the-public petting zoo, guided hayride, Moo-iversity with a close-up look of machinery used to milk cows, farm fresh milk bar, and ice cream. Reserve a special day for your class field trip, plan your wedding, birthday, or other special events on the farm. You can even plan a visit in your RV because Superstition Farms are Harvest Hosts!
Arkansas Dairy Farm Tours
Dogwood Hills Guest Farm | Harriet, AR
Collect fresh eggs, hand feed the goats and cows, learn about wool and fiber arts, book a farm stay package, or dine at The Loft, a fodder-to-fork dining experience.
California Dairy Farm Tours
Harley Farms | Pescadero, CA
Bring your walking shoes to go deep into the farm to view the milking herd, newborn babies in spring, guardian dogs, and British White cattle. Enjoy a picnic around the pond and visit the dairy farm shop.
Oasis Camel Dairy | Ramona, CA
They start off with a show where you’ll meet the biggest camel and talking parrots. Visit your favorite farm attractions and let the kids take a fair-style camel ride. They also offer camel camp where campers learn to care for and work with camels. Private group tours are available.
Rosa Brothers Milk Company | Tulare, CA
Rosa Brothers Milk Company offers exciting tours for kids and adults alike. Come with your family or enjoy a day with your class. See the milk produced and poured into the bottle at the creamery, tour the working dairy from the Moo-Mobile tour bus, and complete a cow milking contest.
Toluma Farms | Tomales, CA
Enjoy a walking tour of the farm, peek at the creamery, and visit the animals. Special events include Sunday supper at the farm, goat yoga, and sunset chocolate & cheese tasting. Farm stays are also available where you’ll sit on the porch and watch the workings of the farm or assist in herding the animals.
Colorado Dairy Farm Tours
Jumping Good Goat Dairy | Buena Vista, CO
Enjoy lunch at a picnic table, take a walk through the milk parlor, peek at production, visit the animals, and stop by the country store for the entire lineup of goat cheese along with locally produced honey, jams, salami, and gifts.
Morning Fresh Dairy | Bellevue, CO
Tours begin and end at Howling Cow Café where you can sample Morning Fresh milk and receive a free noosa yoghurt. Meet the cows that make your milk, pet a baby calf, and learn about local farming.
Connecticut Dairy Farm Tours
Fairholm Farm | Woodstock, CT
Up close, guided, hay wagon farm tours and 4-day kids farm camps. Learn about modern dairy operation, and sustainability, and leave with a new perspective on what it takes to run a farm in the 21st century.
Fairvue Farms | Woodstock, CT
A tour guide will teach you about modern agriculture, the milking process, where cows are housed and fed, milk storage, and nutrition.
Oakridge Dairy | Ellington, CT
Schedule a tour of the barns with more than 750 solar panels, maximum efficiency pumps, and sustainable manure practices. See how the whole dairy operation works.
Thorncrest Farm & Milkhouse Chocolates | Goshen, CT
Cow milking, butter making, and wood milling demonstrations during the Goshen Open Farm Tour. Wedding venue, stable visits, chocolate shop, and special events.
Florida Dairy Farm Tours
Daikin Dairy Farms | Myakka City, FL
Kids will learn where milk comes from and how milk goes from the cow to the bottle. You’ll visit the cows in the barn, tour the milk parlor, then go into the plant to learn about pasteurization, bottling, and cheese-making. Tours include tasting chocolate, milk, and making your own butter.
Milking R Dairy | Okeechobee, FL
Farm tours for school field trips, families, church groups, seniors, and everyone. Meet the baby Calves, tour the farm, lessons on raising and caring for dairy cows, and the history of the farm. Enjoy some ice cream on the playground.
Georgia Dairy Farm Tours
Hillcrest Dairy Farm | Dearing, GA
Georgia’s first robotic dairy farm! Visit the robotic observation room and take a trolley ride through all parts of the farm. discounted rates for students K-12.
Mountain Fresh Creamery | Clermont, GA
See the baby calves in the nursery, watch the cows being milked, milk a pretend cow, learn about cows and how they are to be treated, travel to the creamery and learn about the bottling process, non-homogenization and low temp pasteurization processes, sample milk and chocolate and try some ice cream.
Hawaii Dairy Farm Tours
Honomu Goat Dairy | Honomu, HI
Honomu Goat Dairy invites you to come any time during business hours. No appointment is needed and there is no fee to visit with the goats. Expect the baby goat play yard to be closed during the rainy season. The farm store is open rain or shine.
Kauai Kunana Dairy | Kauai, HI
Kauai Kunana Dairy is a dairy goat farm that makes milk and artisan cheese, but they also make honey from their beehives and grow organic fruits and vegetables on 8 acres. Interact with the goats and then stroll through organic tropical orchards.
Surfing Goat Dairy | Kula, HI
Daily casual tours for those short on time, grand dairy tours where you learn to care for the goats and see how the cheese is made, and evening chore and milking tours where you’ll lend a hand to the farmers by helping with chores, milking the goats, and tucking them into bed.
Idaho Dairy Farm Tours
Ballard Dairy & Cheese Plant | Gooding, ID
The Ballard Cheese facility offers scheduled, guided tours and fun interactions with the cows.
Illinois Dairy Farm Tours
Berning Acres | East Dubuque, IL
Berning Acres offers farm camp for children aged 7-12, farm tours May-October where they’ll lead you through the working dairy farm, give you the opportunity to milk a cow, feed a calf, and learn about innovative technologies used on the farm. They also have a schedule of Night at the Farm special events.
Golden Oaks Farm | Wauconda, IL
Part wagon ride, part walking tours where you’ll learn about calf and cow care, milk production and equipment, crops, feeding, and diet, and recycling. Groups and schools can schedule weekday tours throughout the year.
Kilgus Farmstead | Fairbury, IL
Each tour is given personally by a member of the Kilgus family. They welcome any size group and each tour is designed specifically to your interests. Learn how they care for the animals, visit the milking parlor, meet the animals, visit the creamery through a viewing window, and enjoy some ice cream.
Lenkaitis Holsteins | St. Charles, IL
State-of-the-art farm tours by request. Learn about the family-owned operation and see how the cows are cared for with curtains that can be raised and lowered depending on the weather, automated cow brushes that help cows scratch, and birds-eye view cameras.
Marcoot Jersey Creamery | Greenville, IL
Individuals, families, and small groups may show up anytime during normal business hours for a self-guided tour. Drop by the creamery for an informational brochure then visit the calf barn, milking parlor, and creamery at your own pace.
Rolling Lawns Farm & Milk House | Greenville, IL
Both the farm and the milk house can be toured by appointment. On the farm tour you will visit the barns, pastures, and registered Holstein cows. At the Milk House you will take a tour of the creamery and production facility.
Indiana Dairy Farm Tours
Fair Oaks Farms | Fair Oaks, IN
Fair Oaks Farms is an experience you won’t forget with experiential museums, adventures, and tours. You can see the future of dairy farming in the robotic dairy, take a daily tour with your family, group, or class, attend classes, workshops, and enrichment events, and even book a corporate event where you can stay on-site at their hotel.
Goat Milk Stuff Farm | Scottsburg, IN
Individual, family, group, and FFA farm tours with baby goat experiences and a farm store. See where the soap is made, unmolded, and cut, visit the milk barn to see how the goats are milked, and stop by the farm store for goat milk soap, lip balm, natural deodorant, and other goat milk products.
River Jordan Camel Dairy | Milford, IN
Book a tour of the River Jordan Camel Dairy where they make camel milk and all-natural ingredients artisan soaps and lotions.
Traders Point Creamery | Zionsville, IN
Traders Point Creamery is the first USDA certified organic farm in Indiana. Visit their farm store, restaurant, dairy bar, attend one of their special dinner events, or rent one of their venues for your own special event.
Iowa Dairy Farm Tours
Cinnamon Ridge Farms | Donahue, IA
Learn and watch where milk comes from, how milk gets from the cow to the store, and visit the robotic dairy to see robots milking the cows. Cinnamon Ridge also offers kids camps and wine and cheese pairings events.
Hansen Dairy | Hudson, IA
Guided group farm tours, for families, classrooms, and other groups where you’ll learn about dairy farming, and milk processing, and get to interact with the animals. Admission includes a trolley ride around the farm, a foot tour, calf feeding, cow milking, and homemade butter making.
Jones Family Dairy | Milford, IA
Jones Family Dairy is a 4th generation Jersey cow dairy farm that uses the latest technology to keep its cows healthy and comfortable. With over 300 cows, calves are born almost every day at Jones Family Dairy.
New Day Dairy | St. Clarksville, IA
New Day Dairy can accommodate groups of up to 40 people and all guests receive an intro and farewell tour. Take the Be a Farmer Dairy Challenge where you’ll milk a cow by hand, ride in the tractor, feed baby calves, walk amongst the cows, and more!
Stensland Family Farms | Larchwood, IA
Book a tour or class field trip to see first-hand where dairy products come with an up-close look at our dairy operation, creamery, and store with plenty of samples for all.
Kansas Dairy Farm Tours
Borntrager Dairy | Hutchinson, KS
Learn about farm animals including calves, chickens, pigs, and more, and see where your food comes from. You’ll go inside the dairy barn where the cows are milked and have a sample of fresh milk at the farm store.
Forget-Me-Not Farms | Cimarron, KS
See everything from the cows being milked on the carousel, to milk being loaded onto the trailers. You’ll get a birds-eye view from the viewing areas and finish everything off with some milk and ice-cream sandwiches.
Hildebrand Farms Dairy | Junction City, KS
Tours take you on a walk through the milk barn, free-stall barn, calf barn, and dairy processing plant. Each tour will enjoy samples our of own milk and an ice cream cone at the end. Tours are by appointment and tailored for your group size, type, and age.
Klausmeyer Dairy Farms | Clearwater, KS
Field trip tours that are consistent with educational standards. Students get one-on-one interaction opportunities and various agriculture experiences. Teachers have the flexibility of choosing specific stations and altering the tour experience by selecting and choosing from many of the “self-guided” centers to cater to their specific classroom curriculum.
Kentucky Dairy Farm Tours
Chaney’s Dairy Barn | Bowling Green, KY
Self-guided farm tours for individuals and small groups during normal business hours with no reservation needed. Scheduled, guided farm tours for groups of 15 or more. Group tours include a wagon ride to the barn, a robotic milking demonstration, an observation window into the barn, and a scoop of ice cream.
Harvest Moon Farm | Crestwood, KY
Farm tours for school kids, families, church groups, civic groups, and senior adults. Learn about farm life and the life of a cow, how cows are treated, genetics, breeding, and cloning, how crops are stored, soil & water management, nutrition, milk quality, how milk is measured and sampled, and much, much more.
Louisiana Dairy Farm Tours
Morell Dairy Farm | Mooringport, LA
Bring a sack lunch to enjoy in the picnic between parts of the tour. Make friends with the calves, visit the milking parlor, learn to make butter and fresh cream, and receive a small gift bag. Call to schedule your field trip or birthday party.
Maryland Dairy Farm Tours
P. A. Bowen Farmstead | Brandywine, MD
Walking farm tours every Saturday where you’ll see the dairy operation and learn about the artisan cheese-making process from start to finish. Learn how they naturally raise pigs, cows, laying hens, and meat birds using pasture-based practices.
Kings Dairy Barn MOOseum | Boyds, MD
Learn about the importance of the dairy cow and the history of dairy farming, see dairy exhibits and live farm animals, and go on a walking tour. Special tours for classrooms, scouts, and summer camp groups are available.
Long Delight Farm | Williamsport, MD
7th generation, a 160-acre farm that welcomes visitors. Their products include craft milk, cheese curds, artisan aged cheese, handcrafted rolled butter, and farm-raised, grass-fed beef, pork, and eggs.
Misty Meadow Farm Creamery | Smithfield, MD
Visit the Misty Meadow Farm Creamery for hayrides, pedal tractors, ice cream, animal visits, and lots of family fun. Scheduled educational field trips for classrooms, scouts, and other groups of 10 or more. Organize your child’s birthday party in the pavilion, stop at the farm market, and enjoy a full menu of soups, sandwiches, and cheese curds.
South Mountain Creamery | Middletown, MD
Sign up for a guided private tour or visit the farm and stop at the country store for a self-guided tour booklet. Explore the entire farm, including the milking barn, the loafing barns, the maternity ward, and the calf barn, and learn as you go.
Massachusetts Dairy Farm Tours
Barstow’s Longview Farm | Hadley, MA
Educational farm tours for school field trips, large and small groups, and for individuals and families by appointment. Walking tours, wagon ride tours, robotic tours, and more are available. They also offer seasonal events where farm tours are free to the public.
Fletcher Farm | Southhampton, MA
Farm field trips aimed at children in pre-school through grade 3. Tours are customized for your group’s interests. Most groups stay about 2 hours which gives plenty of time to visit the baby dairy calves and enjoy lunch or a snack near the hay bale play area.
Hornstra Dairy Farm | Norwell, MA
Hornstra Dairy Farm is more than 100 years old with a public store and dairy bar. They offer tours by request where you’ll get to see for yourself where milk begins and ends.
Whittier Farms | Sutton, MA
Educational, engaging, hands-on walking and wagon ride farm tours throughout the year for families, schools, scouts, and other groups. Contact the farm to schedule a tour for your group.
Michigan Dairy Farm Tours
Calder Dairy Farm | Carleton, MI
The farm is open to the public 7 days a week all year long. Watch the cows being milked at 4:00 PM every day, view the educational posters, and enjoy interactive activities. Watch the goats in their playscape, and visit the store where you can purchase ice cream and other dairy products.
Cook’s Farm Dairy | Ortonville, MI
Cook’s Farm Dairy invites the public to walk around free of charge. See the farmers milk the cows, watch the baby calves being fed, and possibly even witness the live birth of a baby calf. Scheduled, guided tours are available for groups of 20 or more.
Country Dairy | New Era, MI
See the cows, heifers, and calves, and visit the manufacturing plant to see how the milk is bottled. Kids will enjoy a variety of ways to learn including film and hands-on activities. Everyone gets a wagon ride pulled by a vintage tractor.
Dairy Discovery at Swisslane Farms | Alto, MI
Tours and outings for classrooms, homeschool groups, families, and more. See where the cows live, watch the milking process, see farming equipment and tractors, enjoy a wagon ride and dairy snacks, relax in the picnic area, and more. This farm also offers summer and fall farm day camps for children.
Shuler Dairy Farms | Baroda, MI
Shuler Dairy Farms offers tours that begin on the hour every hour through 5:00 PM. Enjoy fresh ice cream, see calves and bulls, and learn about the latest innovative farming technology including the robotic milking system and tunnel ventilation.
Weiss Centennial Farm | Frankenmuth, MI
Public dairy farm tours for schools, groups, bus tours, and more. The milking robot is on the job 24/7 and aside from the daily feeding of the calves, depending on the season, you’ll get to watch many farm chores happening. Weiss Centennial Farm also offers seasonal activity tours.
Minnesota Dairy Farm Tours
Merryville Farm | Waverly, MN
The family-owned and operated dairy farm robotically milks more than 300 Holstein cows every day.
Poplar Hill Dairy Goat Farm | Scandia, MN
Farm visits by appointment. Tour the farm, view the milking parlor, milk a goat, get your questions, answered, and more. Attend the baby goat experience to feed, snuggle, and play with the baby goats.
Redhead Creamery | Brooten, MN
Visit the Jer-Lindy dairy calves and heifers, the pregnant mama cows, and the milking parlor. Learn about cheese making and get a view of the process through the giant window, hear the history of Redhead creamery, and learn about farm conservation and sustainability.
Mississippi Dairy Farm Tours
Middleton Farm | Moss Point, MS
Field trips that meet content standards for students with hands-on experiences, past vs. present farming, cow lifecycle, milking demonstration, farm activities, picnic area, and more. Middleton farm also offers barn birthday parties and a fall pumpkin patch.
Missouri Dairy Farm Tours
Baetje Farms | Bloomsdale, MO
Schedule a farm tour with cheese tasting, and a tour of the creamery, goats, and barn. You can also stay on the farm for a vacation or weekend stay in one of the luxury tiny homes or book the Artisan venue for your wedding or other special events.
Green Dirt Farm | Weston, MO
A guided look at the pastures, a glimpse inside the milking parlor, a view into the cheese kitchen, followed by a tasting of three kinds of cheese at the retail shop. Your guide will describe the story of how they turn the milk into delicious cheeses and answer all your questions about practices and products.
Shatto Milk Company | Osborn, MO
Learn how milk gets from the farm to your table with a tour of the processing plant. You’ll see the processing plant, meet the calves, milk a cow, and enjoy some samples.
Nevada Dairy Farm Tours
Anderson Dairy | Las Vegas, NV
The Barnyard Buddies tour from Anderson Dairy offers an educational experience for any age group. Barnyard Buddies includes animatronic animals, farm scenery, and colorful lighting. See firsthand how they process the dairy products that you enjoy at home.
New Hampshire Dairy Farm Tours
Huckins Farm | New Hampton, NH
Visitors are welcome anytime but for an in-depth, behind-the-scenes tour, just make an appointment. You’ll learn the history of this 200-year-old working farm, meet the animals, and see how they produce their many dairy products.
Stonewall Farm | Keene, NH
Get an overview of the grazing system for dairy cattle, and learn how well-managed grazing can capture carbon and improve ecosystem processes. Learn about the mineral and water cycle and more. On and off-site programs for students from preschool through high school are taught by experienced educators.
New Jersey Farm Tours
Cherry Gove Farm | Lawrenceville, NJ
Guided pasture walks, hay ride farm tours, and private group tours for all ages. 500 acres of pastures, streams, ponds, and hedgerows make up Cherry Grove Farm. Discover how all these things are linked together and work together to create an interconnected farm ecosystem.
Creamy Acres Farm | Mullica Hill, NJ
The barnyard walk is open to families during normal business hours. Watch a working dairy farm in action while the farmers work and the animals play. Group tours of 15 or more are available by reservation. Creamy Acres has special seasonal events throughout the year and you can book a birthday party on the farm.
Fulper Family Farmstead | Lambertville, NJ
Week-long farm adventure camps that provide a hands-on experience for children aged 8-13. Children will learn where dairy products come from and how to take care of their own calves. Other farm camp activities include hayrides, showing your own calf, learning to make ice cream, butter, and milkshakes, scavenger hunts, and much more.
Gorgeous Goat Creamery | Stockton, NJ
A small-scale commercial goat dairy that makes fresh cheese and bottles its milk right on the farm. Meet the goats and learn how to make cheese on the farm tour or go along on a 3/4 mile 40-minute goat hike through 17 acres of forest. Gorgeous Goat Creamery is happy to accommodate home-school groups, scouts, and other groups by appointment.
Valley Shepherd Creamery | Long Valley, NJ
Spring lambing tours, summer tours, harvest tours, group tours, and school tours. Glass viewing windows allow visitors to look into the state-of-the-art barn with automatic feeding belts and rotary milking parlor. Tour highlights vary depending on the season.
New York Dairy Farm Tours
Catapano Dairy Farm | Peconic, NY
Catapano Goat Farm invites you to schedule an appointment to visit the farm where you’ll learn how to milk a goat, see how a dairy operates, and watch how they make the cheese. They also offer goat yoga and can book weddings and special events.
Dirty Girl Farm | Andes, NY
Visit a working dairy goat farm in the Catskills of New York where they make fresh bottled goat milk, goat cheese, and other goat milk products. Contact the farm to schedule a tour and meet the goats.
Fesco Farm Discovery Center | Skaneateles, NY
Chris Fesco is an award-winning, farmer, educator, and video producer who brought a 100-year-old barn back to life and turned it into an educational center. Field trips and videos teach the cycle of life, the cycle of water, simple and complex machines, mathematics, and more.
Ideal Dairy Farms | Hudson Falls, NY
Visit the Ideal Dairy Farms commercial dairy farm to learn how dairy products are made. They’ll share how they care for their cows and the environment with technology and tools and take a tour of the processing plant. The tour includes a visit to Argyle Cheese Farmer Dairy Processing plant and retail store.
Old Ford Farm | New Paltz, NY
Take the milking tour to see the cows up close, watch them get milked, try to milk a cow, visit the milk and parlor and learn the process of how milk gets from the farm to your home. Old Ford Farm also offers a poultry tour.
North Carolina Dairy Farm Tours
Brookhaven Mill Farm | Greensboro, NC
Educational farm tours by appointment, petting and feeding area, animal therapy, farm store, private party venue, barnyard birthday parties, bed & breakfast, wedding venue, and much more.
Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery | Germanton, NC
Buffalo Creek welcomes small group educational tours for families, clubs, church groups, scouts, 4-H groups, homeschoolers, and more. We’ll teach where food comes from, talk about life on a dairy farm, and cheesemaking. Visitors are welcome to bring lunch and watch the animals from the picnic area.
Round Mountain Creamery | Black Mountain, NC
Round Mountain Creamery is open to farm tours and cheese tastings by appointment. You’ll get an in-depth look at how the farmstead operates and learn how dairy goat farming works. You’ll get to play with the baby goats and enjoy cheese tasting.
Simply Natural Creamery | Ayden, NC
You’ll get a glimpse into the life of a dairy farmer, meet the cows, and enjoy the environment. Tours include a wagon ride, a tour of the milking barn, petting the calves, simulated cow milking, an ice cream sample, and a picnic and play area.
Ohio Dairy Farm Tours
D & L Meadows | Williamsburg, OH
Goat farm tours are available by appointment and geared toward people with no farming or homesteading experience. Each tour is about an hour and you can choose between the baby goat experience or the milking experience.
MVP Dairy | Celina, OH
MVP Dairy has a non-profit education center open to the public with two levels of interactive games. You’ll also view the cows being milked in a state-of-the-art milking carousel, and can take a by-appointment shuttle through the barn. Groups and schools can be accommodated.
Yeazel’s Dairy | Eaton, OH
Educational farm tours that are kid-friendly with hands-on experiences. See more than 100 Holstein dairy cows up close, pet the calves, and watch the robotic milkers that allow the cows to be milked voluntarily and on their own schedule.
Young’s Jersey Dairy | Yellow Springs, OH
Young’s Jersey Dairy is an entire family fun center with a petting area, miniature golf, hayrides, and special events throughout the season. Group and classroom tours are available by appointment.
Oklahoma Dairy Farm Tours
Braum’s Ice Cream Factory & Dairy Store | Tuttle, OK
Make a reservation to watch the Braum family make ice cream, ice cream cones, cookies, and milk in both the processing plant ice cream factory, and bakery. Conclude your tour with a sweet treat.
Grays Lland Acres | Pryor, OK
Grays Lland Acres makes llama and goat soaps, foot rubs, lotions, and more. Come by to milk a goat or llama during the milking season (April-August). Petting the animals is open year-round.
Pennsylvania Dairy Farm Tours
Fresh Start Farm | Pipersville, PA
Take a guided tour where you’ll explore the barns, 5 acres of pasture, and see the cows and calves. Fresh Start Farms also offers milking classes and a farm immersion experience where you’ll get up with the farmers and participate in morning chores, feed the calves, and prepare the pasture.
Klein Farms | Easton, PA
Stop by the farm for ice cream, raw aged cheese, milk, eggs, yogurt, cream cheese, honey, and much more. The public is invited to visit the animals on weekends from noon-4:00 PM.
Kreider Farms | Manheim, PA
Watch an introductory video at the welcome center before boarding the trolley for a guided tour of the farm. You’ll ride down the middle of the moo-ternity barn where it isn’t uncommon to see a calf being born. You’ll take a short walk to the milking merry-go-round where 1,700 cows are milk 3 times a day, and experience a taste of Kreider Farms’ milk with a free sample of our farm-fresh milk or chocolate milk.
Milky Way Farms | Chester Springs, PA
Milky Way Farms offers weekly day camps for pre-schoolers and students through 6th grade. They also offer a homeschool science class. Weekly themes include plant growth, harvesting, experiments, beekeeping, water cycle, geology, environmental science, and more.
Old Windmill Farm | Ronks, PA
Old Windmill Farm is a working Amish farm in the Lancaster area. They invite groups and bus tours for farm & garden tours, hayrides, a view of authentic Amish life, and more.
Oregon Dairy | Lititz, PA
Oregon Dairy offers fun and educational group tours of their family farm and market. Tour packages include the calf farm tour, bull & heifer farm tour, and herd farm tour. Guided tractor and wagon rides, petting zoo, free handfuls of feed for the animals, and sample tastings of milk and ice cream. Fall family fun includes a corn maze, sunflower picking, and pumpkins.
Perry Dell Farm | York, PA
Perry Dell Farm invites you to take a self-guided tour of the farm and bottling plant. They ask you to come in small groups. There are comfort and sanitation stations onsite. Stop by the store for an ice cream after you’ve visited the farm.
Pleasant Lane Farms | Latrobe, PA
Explore 185 acres of preserved farmland while enjoying a state-of-the-art robotic milking experience, smart barn, cheesemaking, and calf nursery. Customized tours are available for schools, 4H groups, scouting, and other youth organizations.
Stoner’s Dairy Farm | Mercersburg, PA
Students will understand and appreciate agriculture when they experience it first-hand through curriculum-based field trips at Stoner’s working dairy farm. Students will take a guided stroll through the barn, visit the milking parlor, and maternity area, and learn about the milking process and daily farm operations.
Verdant View Farm | Paradise, PA
Join a tour operated by 4th generation Verdant View farmers. Farmer’s apprentice tours give you a hands-on farm experience where you’ll milk a cow, go inside the chicken coup, play with the goats, and learn about the homestead.
Rhode Island Dairy Farm Tours
Wright’s Dairy Farm | North Smithfield, RI
See the cows milked daily from 3:00-4:30 PM. The milking parlor was specifically designed with both the cows and customers in mind. State-of-the-art technology offers comfort to the cows and the large viewing window allows you to watch the milking process.
South Carolina Dairy Farm Tours
Burden Creek Dairy | John’s Island, SC
Sign up for an afternoon of cuddling and feeding the goats, some goat yoga, or plan your special event at Burden Creek Dairy. Milk a goat, watch cheese being made, or rub the belly of a pig during an interactive farm experience.
Emerald Farm | Greenwood, SC
Take a ride around Emerald Farm on an antique train that will bring you through pastures, tunnels, and a village in the woods. The ride and tour can host families, classrooms, and other groups.
The Goatery at Kiawah River | John’s Island, SC
Farm tours are available by appointment. The Goatery also offers private birthday parties, events, and goat yoga. They will even bring some of the farm to you for your special occasion.
Happy Cow Creamery | Pelzer, SC
An hour-long tour includes a trolley ride through the paddocks and a visit to the milking parlor. Enjoy a sample of milk and single-serve ice cream before you go. Tours are educational with lots of good ol farm fun.
Hickory Hill Milk | Edgefield, SC
A 2-hour behind-the-scenes tour of a working dairy. Tours are educational and include a little match, science, health, and vocabulary. Tours can accommodate school field trips, clubs, church groups, organizations, and families.
Jeremiah Farm & Goat Dairy | Johns Island, SC
Jeremiah Farm offers Garden & Goats Tour, Baby Goat Snuggles, Goat Therapy, Milkmaid Tour, Full-Circle Tour, and Farmer for a Morning. Choose from a variety of experiences and tour lengths.
NannyBees Farm | Ravenel, SC
NannyBees Farm is the home of milk and honey where they specialize in dairy goats and honey bees. They offer farm products, educational workshops, family outings, and field trips.
Possum Kingdom Kreamery | Benton, SC
Possum Kingdom Kreamery welcomes visitors to their farm during farm store hours. Pet and feed the goats, pick up some raw goat milk, farm fresh eggs, local honey, or lavender soap.
Split Creek Farm | Anderson, SC
Visitors are welcome to stop by the farm store 6 days a week and visit the farm on Fridays and Saturdays. See Nubian and Alpine milking goats along with many other goat breeds. Enjoy fresh goat milk, fudge, yogurt, and other products from the store.
Whispering Pines Dairy | Seneca, SC
Sign up for a class on the farm where you will learn how to handle, lead, restrain, and vaccinate goats, how to deliver a baby goat, and all the basics of shepherding.
South Dakota Dairy Farm Tours
Carl B’s Farm | Salem, SD
Have a fun day with the family at Carl B’s Farm where you’ll see newborn kids in the spring and summer and take a ride on the donkey cart. Visit Carl B’s Naturals for handmade products including soaps and candles.
Farm Life Creamery | Ethan, SD
The only small, grade-A licensed bottling plant in South Dakota. Visit the Holstein herd, play a round of 18-hole mini-golf, enjoy the tractor tire playground, take a tour of the creamery, fill up at the food truck finish your day with an ice cream cone.
Stensland Family Farms | Sioux Falls, SD
Get a first-hand look at where your dairy products come from when you visit Stensland Family Farms. Get an up-close look at the dairy operation, creamery, and store where you’ll enjoy a sample dairy product.
Tennessee Dairy Farm Tours
Flowers Creamery | Ethridge, TN
Family-operated Holstein and Jersey cow creamery with tours available by appointment. Small-batch artisan cheeses and locally bottled milk.
Harmony Lane Farm & Creamery | Smithville, TN
Farm tours by reservation. Farm tours include seeing all the barns and learning how the animals are cared for. You’ll get the opportunity to milk a goat and hold a baby goat. Visit the milking parlor and learn about the process of cheese-making.
Hatcher Family Dairy | College Grove, TN
Enjoy a tour of the farm, take a scheduled class, or stop out for one of their special events. Special events include pancake Saturdays, milk & cookies days, children’s country picnics, and more.
Horse Creek Farms Dairy | Chuckey, TN
Family tours, bus tours, school field trips, and homeschool groups can take an educational guided tour of the farm. You’ll see how the cows are milked and learn about their daily routines. A wagon ride at the end takes you on a leisurely trip through the countryside.
Nash Family Farm | Chapel Hill, TN
Farm tours are seasonal and by appointment. They offer dairy farm tours specifically designed for either children or adults. Direct-to-consumer fresh milk and artisan cheese.
Noble Springs Dairy | Franklin, TN
Interact with the farm animals, see the milking parlor, and learn about the cheese-making process. Group and private tours are available. Noble Springs Dairy also offers farm camps and can host special events.
Sweetwater Valley Farm | Philadelphia, TN
Experience the Red Cow Tour where you’ll see and learn about the latest technology in dairy farming. They use 8 robots to milk over 500 Holstein cows. You’ll learn about the entire operation on this guided tour.
Texas Dairy Farm Tours
Circle N Dairy | Gainesville, TX
Visit the farm with your school group, scout troop, or any group that is interested in earning where milk comes from. The tour includes how cows are cared for, visiting the milking parlor, feeding the baby animals, and much more.
Southwest Dairy Museum | Sulphur Springs, TX
Dairy museum and education center that preserves the history of the Southwestern dairy industry. A 10,000 square foot facility where one of the main exhibits shows a dairy farm family before electricity reached rural America.
The Jersey Barnyard | La Grange, TX
The Jersey Barnyard offers tours for the family, schools, and other groups as well as birthday parties. Visit the countryside to learn what farming and agriculture are all about, enjoy some ice cream, and pet the animals.
Veldhuizen Cheese Texas Farmstead | Dublin, TX
Scheduled farm tours and cheese-making tours. You’ll see an aging cave and learn about the history of their products.
Volleman’s Family Farm | Gustine, TX
See how the milk is produced, learn about local agriculture, and peek into a day in the life of a dairy farmer. You’ll visit the cross-vent barn to see where the cows eat and sleep, feed the baby calves, and see the bottling plant.
Utah Dairy Farm Tours
Heber Valley Artisan Cheese | Midway, UT
Observe one of the first Western USA-installed robotic milking systems, get a birdseye view of the barn from the observation deck, and see how the cows relax when they aren’t grazing in the pasture.
Vermont Dairy Farm Tours
Monument Farms | Weybridge, VT
Give Monument Farms a call for a tour anytime. They love to show people the farm and the products they take pride in making.
Virginia Dairy Farm Tours
Alvis Farms | Manakin-Sabot, VA
Learn where milk comes from at a family-owned and operated dairy farm. Alvis Farms also has festivals and other special events for children and adults throughout the year.
Hayes Valley Farms | Marion, VA
Hayes Valley Farms loves visitors. Schedule a private tour where you’ll walk the farm, visit the livestock, and feed the animals.
Mt. Crawford Creamery | Mt. Crawford, VA
Tours last approximately one to one and a half hours and must be scheduled in advance. Tours include a history of the farm and creamery, visiting the milking parlor, calves, and samples.
Richland’s Dairy Farm | Blackstone, VA
Book a private or group tour available April-November. Tour the dairy farm and facilities, enjoy a hayride, and get the opportunity to pet and milk a cow.
Sunny Knoll EcoFarm | Lovettsville, VA
A beautiful farm in Loudoun County at the foot of the Blue Ridge. All scheduled tours are private. Visit with your classroom, homeschool group, or scouts. They offer a variety of stand tours and are willing to design a tour just for your group.
Washington Dairy Farm Tours
Dungeness Valley Creamery | Sequim, WA
Environmentally aware, family-owned and operated, Jersey cow creamery. Stop by for a visit, and grab some fresh, local milk, eggs, cheese, chocolate, and much more.
Left Foot Farm | Eatonville, WA
Left Foot Farm is a 5-acre goat and chicken farm near Mount Rainer that welcomes visitors to see, touch, and smell where their food comes from. Visit for a day or stay the night in one of their cabins.
Mountain Lodge Farm | Eatonville, WA
Visit the website for the gate code and step onto the farm for a self-guided tour. You’ll see and feed the animals along the walking paths. Mountain Lodge Farm also offers classes and workshops.
The Forest Farmstead | Poulsbo, WA
A small, sustainable farm that offers goat milking demonstrations, poultry 101 and egg gathering, baby goat playtime, and other activities, tours, and workshops. Book online.
Wisconsin Dairy Farm Tours
Cozy Nook Farm | Waukesha, WI
Tours last about one hour and introduce visitors to the baby calves and take you through their life cycle to milk-producing dairy cows. Learn about the food they eat, their habitat, and how dairy farming impacts the economy. Feed the heifers, take a hay ride, and more.
Daluge Farm Camp & Tours | Janesville, WI
Tours by appointment where you’ll learn to milk the cows, feed the calves, and even learn how to birth the calves. Daluge Farm also has spring break and summer camps for children.
Dream Valley Farm | Strum, WI
Dairy tours, hiking, campfires, and farm experiences are available by contacting Dream Valley Farm for more information.
Hinchley’s Dairy Farm | Cambridge, WI
Clean, safe, hands-on, family-friendly tours.Milk the cows, feed the animals, and during the spring months, see many baby animals including ducklings, goat kids, calves, baby pigs, and more.
Sassy Cow Creamery | Columbus, WI
Individual, family, and group tours are available throughout the week. See firsthand how cows produce milk that is made into dairy products including their award-winning Wisconsin ice cream.
Wyoming Dairy Farm Tours
The Family Farm | Carpenter, WY
Book an adventure at The Family Farm where you can milk the goats, make butter, learn all about milking cows, separate cream, and how to bottle milk.
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