The current development of intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment is driven by both policy and market, with the core trend accelerating towards intelligence, unmanned, green, high-end, and full industry chain collaboration, becoming the core engine of new agricultural productivity.
Core technology integration and intelligent upgrading of agricultural machinery
The popularization of autonomous driving and unmanned operation: The unmanned driving system with Beidou high-precision navigation as the core is moving from assisted driving (L1 level) to higher levels (L2-L3 level), and the straight-line operation error can be controlled within ± 2.5 centimeters. In 2026, the No. 1 central document clearly sets the goal that the coverage rate of Beidou unmanned agricultural machinery will reach 35%, and nearly 40% of the future work volume will be completed by unmanned equipment, which is 3-5 times more efficient than manual work.
The "embodied intelligence" of agricultural machinery and deep integration of AI: Agricultural robots are shifting from "rule driven" to "data-driven", combining cloud based AI models with real-time decision-making systems on the vehicle side to achieve environmental perception, autonomous planning, and precise execution.
AI technology is applied to weed recognition (with an accuracy rate of 99.5%), pest and disease warning, yield prediction, etc., and data has become a new type of production material.
Agricultural machinery system integration and function integration: agricultural machinery auto drive system is integrating with operation control, Beidou monitoring and other functions, realizing collaborative operation through multi machine Internet of Things, improving the utilization rate of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, and reducing environmental pollution.
Full scene coverage and lightweighting: from Datian to diversified business formats.
Comprehensive penetration of staple crops in the field: The penetration rate of intelligent equipment for staple crops such as wheat, corn, and rice continues to increase.
Breakthrough in economic crops and mountainous areas: Light and simple intelligent agricultural machinery is adapted to hilly and mountainous areas, and specialized equipment for economic crops such as cotton, sugarcane, fruits and vegetables is accelerating its landing.
Facility agriculture and livestock upgrading: Picking robots, inspection robots, and intelligent feeding/milking equipment have entered the demonstration and commercialization stage.
Product high-end, green and scene expansion
New energy equipment has become mainstream: electric and hybrid agricultural machinery have developed rapidly due to energy conservation (with a cost reduction of over 60% in electricity consumption) and efficiency improvement (with a fuel saving rate of 25% for hybrid power), and high-end products such as 300 horsepower new energy tractors have been put into the market.
Breakthrough in independent core technology: Leading enterprises have tackled bottleneck links such as transmissions, engines, and intelligent control systems through research and development communities, increasing the localization rate of core components from 50% to 65%.
Cracking the mechanization problem in hilly and mountainous areas: Targeting approximately 700 million acres of arable land in hilly and mountainous areas across the country, we will develop a system solution that combines "suitable mechanization transformation+specialized machinery+intelligent technology". For example, unmanned tracked tractors equipped with AI path planning can operate stably on 25 degree steep slopes.
Mechanization coverage of the entire agricultural machinery industry chain: Mechanization extends from traditional farming and harvesting to the full chain of pre production, mid production, and post production, covering areas such as animal husbandry and agricultural product processing, forming a pattern of "coordinated production of staple foods, integrated planting, breeding, and services".
