Stewart Doty of Big Piney faces about two years in prison when he is sentenced in November. He also must forfeit $63,000 in cash seized during a search of his property in August 2017.
Doty, who is 61, pleaded guilty Thursday to growing and distributing between 88 and 132 pounds of marijuana and depositing $35,000 in marijuana proceeds in a Colorado bank account.
KTWO-AM reports Doty told U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl that his farming business had been declining and his debts were mounting so he converted about a third of his tomato greenhouse to growing marijuana.
Doty said he knew it was illegal but didn’t realize the severity of the crime.