Team

Pat Dockstader, Owner

Pat began by working with his father, Richard Dockstader, at Golden Eagle Hay Company. He took that business over in 1990 and worked with forage products such as hay for many years. He then decided to diversify his business ventures and started growing hay directly to use in the export business of Golden Eagle Hay. P&T Enterprises, the farming venture was begun. He became more diversified with the addition of lemons, grapefruits, minneolas, sweet limes and medjool dates. As of 2024, all 1000 acres of P&T’s fruit orchard is 100% USDA Organic. Pat decided he would pack his own fruit rather than sending it to four different packing houses. He wisely decided to include in his nephew, Dusty Dockstader, in this new venture.

Dusty Dockstader, Owner

Dusty has a hay trucking company- D&G Trucking that he started in 2006. He would haul hay and other forage products from various farmers. Dusty delivered these products to the Golden Eagle Hay Compress, as well as delivering to barns, feed stores and private individuals in nearby areas, such as Temecula, San Diego or Los Angeles. His trucking company grew as his client base expanded. In 2016, his uncle, Pat, asked him if he would like to partner with him in his farming company, P&T Enterprises.

Gina Dockstader, Owner

Gina comes from a 4th generation Imperial Valley Farming Family. She graduated in 1995 from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Public Relations and a minor is Business Management and Spanish. She was the office manager for her father Rick Young, a 3rd generation Imperial Valley Farmer and she did her husband’s bookwork for D&G Trucking. While still working with her father, she has taken on this new roll with P&T Enterprises and Doc's Organics. Her non-farming passions include health and fitness. She is also on the Imperial Irrigation District board and is passionate about protecting the Imperial Valley’s water rights.

Jesus Chavez, Shed Manager

Jesus was born in Los Reyes, Michoacan Mexico. He worked for an avocado packing house in Michoacan for 5 years. He relocated to the U.S. in 2012 and got a job as an electrician helper in Texas. In one year, he moved up the ladder to journeyman. Jesus later moved to Colorado to work for a construction company. He was in between construction jobs when he applied to work at Doc’s Organics to help with construction of the facility. We liked him so much that we didn’t let him leave. He has been learning how to run the equipment and was promoted from being on the construction crew to Assistant Shed Manager to The Shed Manager.

Amanda Lawson, Office Manager

Amanda has been working for the Dockstader family since March 2015. Born and raised in the Imperial Valley, she was first generation college bound graduating from California State University, Los Angeles in 2013 with a degree in Business Administration option Accounting. She believes that organic is the future and looks forward to seeing the industry evolve to include more organic products. Her passions include numbers, reading and singing and most importantly her family and dog Cooper James.

Tanner Dockstader, Sales

Tanner is a 5th generation farmer. He graduated from Davis Technical College in Kaysville, Utah in 2023 and is a multi-certified welder. Lucky for us (aka Mom) he came back to the Imperial Valley and is our new salesman!