a large round baler is equipped with a plurality of components for delivering crop to an inlet of a baling chamber of a large round baler . these components have a width which is substantially wider than the baling chamber inlet and include a crop take - up device and a crop processing arrangement , such as a cutter head , that receives crop from the crop take - up device . the crop processing arrangement delivers the processed crop to a transverse conveyor , which narrows the stream of crop to the width of the baling chamber inlet .