What better way to celebrate a state’s dairy products than with a butter sculpture? On Tuesday, the 2025 Ohio State Fair ...

The butter cow is a 122-year-old tradition that started as a butter-sculpting contest in the early 1900s. Here's what to ...

The unofficial start to the 2025 Ohio State Fair is here as organizers unveiled this year’s dairy art. The American Dairy ...

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.

This year's butter cow display is udderly self-aware, poking fun at the ongoing renovations at the Ohio State Fairgrounds.

The classic state fair tradition began in the early 1900s, with the first-ever butter cow debuting in 1903. Figures with a theme were added to the display in the 1960s.

The Ohio State Fair and the iconic butter cow is nearly upon us once again. The 2024 fair runs July 24 through Aug. 4 at the Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds. It will feature a variety of ...

A life-size butter sculpture of Josephine Cochrane, who was born in Ashtabula County, stands beside her invention, the hand-powered dishwasher, in the 2023 butter cow display at the Ohio State Fair.

The Ohio State Fair is set to kick off on Wednesday, July 23, and dairy farmers are revealing this year’s butter sculptures.

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.