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What better way to celebrate a state’s dairy products than with a butter sculpture? On Tuesday, the 2025 Ohio State Fair ...
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The unofficial start to the 2025 Ohio State Fair is here as organizers unveiled this year’s dairy art. The American Dairy ...
In 1903, Ohio State and the Dairy Processors of Ohio hosted a butter sculpting contest with no restrictions on subject matter; the selected piece would be displayed at the Ohio State Fair. There was ...
This year's butter cow display is udderly self-aware, poking fun at the ongoing renovations at the Ohio State Fairgrounds.
The butter cow is a 122-year-old tradition that started as a butter-sculpting contest in the early 1900s. Here's what to expect in 2025.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) – The Ohio State Fair revealed its 2025 butter cow display on Tuesday. This year’s display was crafted from 2,000 pounds of butter by a group of Ohio-based sculptors.
On behalf of Ohio’s dairy farmers, the 2025 butter cow display at the Ohio State Fair has a cheerful message to fairgoers: “Pardon Our Dust!” Major renovations are underway across the fairgrounds, ...
The butter cow and calf now appear annually along other elements, also sculpted in butter, that carry various themes including cultural trends in Ohio. Past tributes include Darth Vader, Neil ...
The butter cow made its debut at the Ohio State Fair in the early 1900s. Themes for the famous display, which attracts 500,000 fairgoers each year, were added in the 1960s.