Dairy product manufacturers in Iowa
Iowa has 24 dairy processors in EPA records, facilities that list codes for milk, butter, cheese, dry dairy products and ice cream. The most are in Le Mars, Kalona and Des Moines. That is 2% of the 1,021 such facilities nationwide, and Iowa ranks #12 of 46 states.
- Product
- Dairy product manufacturers
- Facilities
- 24
- State rank
- #12
- NAICS
- 311511 and 4 related codes
- Revised
- November 1, 2026
Facilities in Iowa
These are active facilities in EPA's ECHO database that list a code for milk, butter, cheese, dry dairy products and ice cream.
| Facility | City | What EPA lists |
|---|---|---|
| Conagra Foods - Waterloo | Waterloo | Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing |
| South Ice Cream Plant | Le Mars | Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
| Swiss Valley Farms Cooperative | Luana | Cheese Manufacturing |
| Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant | Le Mars | Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
| Agropur Inc | Hull | Cheese Manufacturing |
| Anderson Erickson Dairy Company | Des Moines | Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
| Associated Milk Producers, Inc. - Sanborn | Sanborn | Cheese Manufacturing |
| Associated Milk Producers, Inc. Arlington | Arlington | Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing |
| Aveka Nutra Processing | Waukon | Cheese Manufacturing |
| Dairiconcepts | Allerton | Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
| Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid , LLC DBA Kemps | Le Mars | Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
| Frytown Properties, LLC | Kalona | Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
| Kalona Creamery, LLC | Kalona | Cheese Manufacturing |
| Pj Food Service Inc | Des Moines | Cheese Manufacturing |
| Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator | Independence | Cheese Manufacturing |
| Associated Milk Producers Inc | Sanborn | Cheese Manufacturing |
| Dean Foods - Le Mars Facility | Le Mars | Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
| Ecolab | Monona | Cheese Manufacturing |
| Farmland Industries Inc Feed Mill Maquoketa | Maquoketa | Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
| Nestle USA | Waverly | Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing |
| Prairie Farms-Dubuque | Dubuque | Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
| Rei Enterprises LLC | New Hampton | Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
| Twin County Dairy Inc | Kalona | Cheese Manufacturing |
| Wells' Dairy, Inc - 1698 18th St Sw | Le Mars | Fluid Milk Manufacturing |
Industry codes are reported by facilities to EPA programs and are not checked here. A few listings may be repair shops, distributors or recyclers. How these records work.
Where they are
- Le Mars: 5
- Kalona: 3
- Des Moines: 2
- Sanborn: 2
- Waterloo: 1
- Luana: 1
By product code
- Fluid Milk Manufacturing (NAICS 311511): 11
- Cheese Manufacturing (NAICS 311513): 10
- Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing (NAICS 311514): 3
All food manufacturing in Iowa: 326 facilities and Census job counts.