FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

2-27-07

BILLINGS - Hall and Hall, Inc. is pleased to announce the listing of the Fazenda Santo Antonio do Paraiso. This ranch is the first Brazilian property Hall and Hall has offered. This ranch is one of the most reputable and beautiful ranches in all of Brazil and is located a 2.5 hour drive from a large, well-served domestic airport.

The ranch name Fazenda Santo Antonio do Paraiso is Portuguese for "Saint Anthony's Paradise" and appropriately named. Encompassing 255,371+/- deeded acres, this gorgeous property is the ranch is flanked by two large rivers flowing 80 miles along two of the ranch borders. 

A 500-acre lake holds large numbers of Peacock Bass and other game fish. Additionally, this is one of Brazil's most famous "Panteneiro" (cowboy) ranches running 23,000+ mother cows and farming soybeans on 12,000+/- tilled acres with far greater potential than its current operation.

"Seventy percent of this land lies within the Pantanal Wetlands Complex which is the largest wetland in the world," said Hall and Hall Ranch Broker Tim Murphy. "Four distinct ecosystems harbor a rich and diverse array of flora and an incredible concentration of wildlife including jaguar, puma, marsh deer, anaconda, caiman and over 640 species of birds."

The ranch is substantially supported by a variety of structures and includes six runways. It is being offered at $50,000,000 USD.

For more information on this property, contact Tim Murphy in the Bozeman office at 406-587-3090 or email info@hallandhall.com.

Founded in 1946 as an agricultural mortgage company, Hall and Hall has become the largest full-service rural real estate firm in the Rocky Mountain West and Great Plains regions. A leader in its field, Hall and Hall manages over 500,000 acres of land, services a loan portfolio of over $400 million and produces annual sales in excess of $240 million. A unique partnership between its eight offices in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nebraska and Colorado ensures that each client receives local knowledge and personal service as well as the international perspective needed to make informed decisions regarding any aspect of the purchase, sale, financing or management of a farm or ranch. For additional information about Hall and Hall, contact the company's headquarters in Billings, Montana at 406-656-7500 or visit www.hallandhall.com.

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