Comment from Grimmius Cattle Company, Inc.

My name is Austin Flores, Chief Operating Officer of Grimmius Cattle Company, Inc., a cattle operation based in California's Central Valley. I am submitting this comment in strong support of this rulemaking and urge the FAA to explicitly designate agricultural livestock facilities as eligible fixed site facilities with restricted airspace protections comparable to other critical infrastructure. We are actively dealing with unauthorized drone activity at our facilities on a near-weekly basis. Operators park vehicles on public roads miles away and fly beyond visual line of sight, including at night, in direct violation of existing FAA rules. We have documented this activity and have no legal mechanism to stop it. A neighboring operation experienced a drone-triggered stampede that injured cattle. Our employees are being filmed without consent, and we are aware of a case where an activist organization submitted over 30 hours of drone footage of a producer's ranch to law enforcement. This footage is being used to file complaints and pressure lawful agricultural operations. Without enforceable airspace restrictions, we cannot distinguish between recreational intrusion, activist surveillance, and deliberate targeting of food supply infrastructure. That gap is a food security vulnerability. We urge the FAA to designate agricultural facilities as restricted airspace, apply enhanced penalties for BVLOS and nighttime violations, and coordinate with USDA and DHS to treat this as the critical infrastructure issue it is. Full testimony is attached.