Farm Show cancels butter sculpture, citing COVID-19 concerns
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — There won’t be a butter sculpture at next month’s annual Pennsylvania Farm Show, which had previously been converted to an all-virtual format because of the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers said Tuesday that COVID-19 makes the event too risky for the sculptors, the Farm Show staff and those involved in recording and broadcasting the event. State officials announced in August that the Farm Show won’t be an in-person event, a disappointment for the hundreds of thousands who usually attend the weeklong fair. The Jan. 9-15 event will be virtual, with the theme of “cultivating tomorrow.” The Farm Show claims — in normal times — to be the country’s largest agricultural exposition under a single roof.