Spread the news! Pennsylvania Farm Show unveils long-awaited butter sculpture

The Pennsylvania Farm Show opens this weekend. Today, Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding and dairy industry leaders unveiled this year’s butter sculpture.

Carved from 1,000 pounds of butter, it highlights this years theme: Rooted in Progress.
The sculpture, a longtime staple, celebrates the state’s 5,200 dairy farmers and also highlights the strong roots their agriculture has today thanks to a vision rooted in progress.

A spokeswomen said the figure showcases the dairy industry and its focus on sustainability.

The farm show held in Harrisburg will run through January 14th.

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