Hall and Hall was recently featured in a Financial Times how-to article on buying iconic western ranches. Joel Leadbetter, managing director of Hall and Hall, explained that the decision to buy is usually more emotionally-based than financially-based – staffing a working ranch with a manager and cowboys, and keeping the cattle fed and tractors running is expensive. And Hall and Hall partner Jim Taylor noted that pricing ranches is “more art than science.” Nonetheless, now may be the time to buy, as ranch prices have decreased along with cattle prices.

Read the Financial Times story.