If you watched the Oprah Winfrey Show Tuesday - you saw Illinois pork producer Matt Kellogg. Kellogg says the show was largely focused on Proposition 2 - the proposed Standards for Confining Farm Animals initiative statute California voters will vote on November 4^th. And unfortunately - he says the scales were tipped in favor of the ballot initiative. Now Illinois Farm Bureau President Phil Nelson wants Oprah to get an up close and personal view of a livestock operation. He says he’s challenged her to visit a farm to see how producers care for their animals.

According to Nelson - if Oprah would take the time to visit - she would see that modern livestock producers are ethically committed to the well being of their animals. He notes a producer’s very livelihood depends on the production of healthy animals - and well-cared for animals mean healthy food for Americans and the world.