The invention discloses a drilling fluid PLC automatic control system and a control method thereof, which are matched with a drilling pump and solid control equipment. The control system consists of a central processing unit, an A / D converter, a D / A converter, a liquid crystal display screen, an electromagnetic flowmeter, a mud flow meter, an intelligent mud level measurement device, a drilling fluid density tester, a drilling fluid viscosity measuring instrument, a blender, a clay feed inlet, a bentonite feed inlet, a weighting material feed inlet, a fluid loss agent feed inlet, a tackifier feed inlet, a water inlet, an inlet pump, and an outlet pump. The control method comprises that: the central processing unit sends a command to control the work of the water inlet, five feed inlets, the inlet pump, the blender and the outlet pump; the electromagnetic flowmeter, the mud flow meter, the intelligent mud level measurement device, the drilling fluid density tester, and the drilling fluid viscosity measuring instrument input the acquired data into a PLC; and the data subjected to PLC operation is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen. The control method can reduce the manpower and material resources needed by on-site liquid preparation and reduce the production cost.