This sculpture was carved from a half-ton of butter in preparation for the 102nd Pennsylvania Farm Show scheduled to start Saturday and run through Jan. 13 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg.

HARRISBURG — A half-ton of butter has been transformed into a sculpture celebrating Pennsylvania’s dairy industry — and heralding the start of the state’s 102nd Farm Show. Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said the sculpture unveiled Thursday highlights the careers and roles the dairy industry plays in the state.

It features renderings of a cow and farmer, an agronomist, a milk processor and a shopper with a basket full of products.

The butter came from waste scrap butter that’s not suitable for human consumption. After the show, the sculpture will be turned into energy in a methane digester.