The invention discloses a combine harvester control device and method. The combine harvester control device comprises a load feedback control device, an engine for supplying power, a first transmission device, a walking mechanism, a second transmission device and a transmission band, wherein an output shaft of the engine is connected with a driving sprocket axle of the walking mechanism through the first transmission device. The combine harvester control device is characterized in that the driving sprocket axle of the walking mechanism is connected with a drive sprocket axle of the transmission band through the second transmission device; the load feedback control device comprises a fuzzy control module, a PID (Proportion Integration Differentiation) control module, a first detection element for detecting the rotating speed of a threshing cylinder, and a second detection element for detecting the load torque of the threshing cylinder; the fuzzy control module forms a roller rotating speed control loop by virtue of the first detection element; and the PID control module forms a roller load torque control loop by virtue of the second detection element. According to the invention, on the basis of the conventional combine harvester, the combine harvester control device allows the power of the transmission band of a combine harvester is transmitted by the walking mechanism, and a pure lag link of the conventional transmission band is eliminated, thereby improving control performance greatly. Meanwhile, the roller load torque control loop is formed by the detection on the load torque of the threshing roller, thereby improving the dynamic performance of a roller rotating speed control system, and further improving the work state stability and the harvesting efficiency of the combine harvester.