This year, the traditional butter cow and calf are accompanied by four young student-athletes and a larger-than-life bottle of the official beverage that fuels them, chocolate milk.
Alex Balz, one of the lead sculptors, molds the hands of the tennis player sculpture. It took sculptors about 500 hours to complete this year’s butter display, working in a 46-degree cooler.
Matt Davidson works on the iconic American Dairy Association Mideast butter cow. He uses his knowledge as a dairy farmer to create the life-like butter sculpture.
Erin Swearingen uses a small tool to etch the OHSAA logo into a larger-than-life butter sculpture of chocolate milk. After several hours of shaping and smoothing the butter, sculptors chisel in the fine details last.
Paul Brooke is one of the lead sculptors for the American Dairy Association Mideast’s annual butter display at the Ohio State Fair. Each year, Paul and his team design and build a representation of Ohio’s history and culture - completely out of...
Tammy Buerk puts the finishing touches on the iconic butter cow sculpture, an attraction that has been a mainstay at the Ohio State Fair since the early 1900s.
Each year, the American Dairy Association Mideast chooses a butter display theme that honors Ohio’s history and culture. This year, they celebrate the hard work and dedication of Ohio’s high school athletes and the official beverage that fuels...
Fairgoers can enjoy the butter display through August 6, 2017 inside the Dairy Products Building, where they can also learn about Ohio’s dairy farms and enjoy treats like ice cream, milkshakes and cheese sandwiches.
The butter cow is an Ohio State Fair tradition that dates back to the early 1900s. Today, more than half a million fairgoers enjoy the display in the Dairy Products Building each year.
This year’s butter display celebrates the hard work and dedication that Ohio’s high school athletes show every day on the field, on the court, in the pool and on the track.
A larger-than-life bottle of chocolate milk featured in the butter display cooler at the Ohio State Fair gets its chocolatey color from cocoa powder that artists mixed with the butter.
