Nick Ledger explores how American farmers use leverage to expand operations, often outearning low-debt neighbors in good years while risking catastrophic losses when interest rates spike or crops fail. Using Illinois farm data spanning 2007-2024, he reveals why the people feeding America are more leveraged than Wall Street traders—and what happens when weather and economics collide.

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