Growers in Illinois are looking for new ways to expand their use of technology, and artificial intelligence is emerging as their way of embracing the future of farm production. Chad Colby, an agricultural technologist and creator of Colby AgTech, said Illinois farmers are starting to look into robotics as a way of managing their crops and are using technology they wouldn't have considered a few years ago. Remote sensing in soil and from the sky has become popular, according to Colby. "Right now, today, the use is coming from satellites, drones and aircraft; but over the next couple years, you'll see those benefits expand as guys start to utilize the benefits of new technology in our soils," Colby said. The costs for using artificial intelligence has gotten cheaper, Colby said.