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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 ...
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.
The Iowa State Fair butter sculptures were set months ago. Here's who you will see posing with the butter cow.
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, ...
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.
The theme of the butter cow display is often referred to as one of the fair's best-kept secrets leading up to opening day.
The Ohio State Fair is set to kick off on Wednesday, July 23, and dairy farmers are revealing this year’s butter sculptures.
The Ohio State Fair unveiled an annual tradition on Tuesday, the 2025 Butter Cow Sculpture. This year’s theme, “Pardon are Dust” includes the iconic cow and calf wearing butter hard hats along with ...
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 ...
Three area people helped in constructing the butter cow display at the Ohio State Fair, which opens Wednesday in Columbus.
The butter cow has been part of the Iowa State Fair since 1911, when J.K. Daniels sculpted the fair's butter bovine, but here are a few things even the biggest butter cow fan might not know.