I'll have to take you word on that. I always found these kinds of estimates to be amusing. About half of the plants are going to be male, so they're pretty well worthless for pot. Then there's the assumption that all the plants will survive to harvest and produce good yields. If a farmer lost a corn crop in the middle of summer and filed an insurance claim estimating it's value by the same method it would be considered fraud.
Usually these reports have a vastly overestimated price based on the amount seized which always makes me wonder if some of the dope isn’t making it to the impound locker.
There is a huge variation in quality depends on the type of seeds they used. If it is the brown frown, Mexican dirt, crap, it can be as cheap as 50 an ounce. If they planted a modern hybrid strain, it could go for as much as 500 or more an ounce. If the seeds were feminized, males are very rare. That is a lot of seeds for it to be high grade.
Hemp will grow nearly year round in this area and can withstand the frost. We’ve had a ton of rain so it likely took little care. The growers are idiots. There’s no way your going to get away with that many plants outdoors. It will be interesting to see who gets busted and if this cartel or a bunch of idiot stoners.