The winning bid of the first large-scale pot auction in American history will walk away with a full ton of marijuana. That's 2,000 pounds of the product grown by farmer Randy Williams of Fireweed Farm in Prosser, Wash. Williams has been cultivating the crop all summer. That's 2,000 pounds of the product grown by farmer Randy Williams of Fireweed Farm in Prosser, Wash Williams has been cultivating the crop all summer. USA Today reports that at retail prices, Williams' crop could be valued as high as $6 million. 'It's just like regular farming - you grow in the spring and summer, harvest in the fall and then you go to Cabo for the winter,' cracked Greg James, who publishes Marijuana Venture, an industry magazine.
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2,000 pound crop grown by Randy Williams of Prosser, Wash.
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Retail prices for that amount could reach $6 million
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Only state-certified processors will legally be allowed to buy the crop
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