By: Jim Taylor Tim Murphy and Trent Jones joined me in New York for a week of calling on friends and clients, which surrounded a Wednesday evening “Event” at the venerable Holland and Holland New York Gun Room co-hosted by our friends at Holland and Holland and David Light, editor in chief of Open Fences [...]

Hall and Hall partners Jim Taylor, Trent Jones and Tim Murphy will be panelists at a May 9th gathering at the Holland and Holland Gunroom in New York City. Panel discussions will include the factors that contributed to a record-setting farm and ranch real estate market in 2011 and what investors should expect going forward, [...]

Some years ago a client who prefers to go unnamed said to me something to the effect of “I really would love to buy a beautiful ranch in the American West, but you know, Jim, it really must wash its own face.” At that time he and his wife represented a relatively rare breed in [...]

For many years, Hall and Hall partner Bill McDavid has been perfecting his photography skills. His photos have graced the cover of The Land Report , Open Fences, and several others top-tier publications. Recently, his work was featured in Centro y Sur as part of a story about the decimation of the Brazilian Cerrado. McDavid [...]

Waurika Farms, a 7,000+ acre beef production outfit located in southern Oklahoma, sold at auction Thursday, April 12th for $11 million. Located 50 miles west of Interstate 35 and roughly six miles southeast of Waurika, KS, the farm consists of approximately 3,300 acres of wheat land and 2,700 acres of Bermuda grass and native species. [...]

Hall and Hall partner Keith Lenard spent last Sunday fly fishing the Bitterroot River in Western Montana, where dry fly fishing and morning nymphing is producing quite a few BIG trout. The middle and upper Root’ is seeing the most consistent activity with March Browns, Skwalas, Neumoras and Baetis, while the lower river is just [...]