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By Blake Haas and RFD
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Fair is just around the corner, and that means the sculpting of the state fair butter cow is underway.
Sculptor Sarah Pratt from Iowa is crafting this year’s life-sized cow made from 500 pounds of unsalted butter.
“Prairie Farms donates the butter, and they asked me if we wanted to get all new butter this year,” said Kendra Anderson with the Midwest Dairy Association. “Sarah does not like to sculpt with new butter because it’s harder to work with, so we are still using our same recycled butter that is stored in Decatur.”
The butter cow will be unveiled on Aug. 11 and will be on display throughout the state fair.
Blake Haas can be reached at [email protected].