Intelligent control is the key technology for the intelligentization of agricultural equipment. From the aspects of intelligent perception, intelligent control, intelligent decision-making, autonomous operation, and intelligent control of agricultural equipment, this paper analyzes the development status and trends of intelligent agricultural machinery at home and abroad. The latest technological advances in agricultural machinery intelligent control by agricultural machinery enterprises, as well as the gap between China’s intelligent agricultural machinery and foreign countries, the key issues restricting the development of agricultural machinery intelligent control in China. In order to realize China’s transformation from a big country in agricultural machinery manufacturing to a strong country in agricultural machinery manufacturing, integrating cutting-edge technologies in information fields such as big data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, etc. New ideas for the development of intelligent agricultural machinery systems, namely, intelligent field control, intelligent cloud decision-making, and mobile terminal monitoring and dispatching.